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The Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival features activities beginning at 1 p.m. and fireworks at 8:30 p.m. rain or shine. (Photo: National Cherry Blossom Festival)

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10 Year Celebration, astronomers, Atlas Brew Works, beer-and-cider garden, Bethesda Art Walk, Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, Bethesda Urban Partnership, cherry Blossom Celebration, Cherry Blossom Chase, Cherry Blossom Princess, Consider It Done, D.C. Bike Party, D.C. Vote, David Grasso, dragon boats, dupont circle, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Explore the Universe Day, face painting, fireworks, food truck rally, fountain, Gallery B, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Gen OUT LGBTQ Youth Chorus, Hains Point, Home Rule Beer Launch, Home Rule IPL, House of Representatives, Japanese Stone Lantern Lighting Ceremony, Kasa hats, Koi windsocks, Makers' Mart Arts and Craft Show, Metro, Milk Cult, NASA, National Air and Space Museum, National Capital Region, National Cherry Blossom Festival, National Conference of State Societies, National Museum of Women in the Arts, National Park Service, NCSS, paper glider, paper-bag puppets, Phoebe Waterman Hass Public Observatory, planetarium, Rainbow Youth Alliance, Rock Creek Singers, RYA, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival, Studio B, taiko drummng, telescopes, The Chromatics, tidal basin, Titanic Memorial, Toho Koto Society of Washington D.C., Tunnel Vision, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, Washington Japanese Choral Society, Waverly Street Gallery, weekend guide

Fireworks Festival Highlights Weekend Peak bloom may be over, but the National cherry Blossom Festival is entering its second-to-last weekend with plenty of free events across the city, including the Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival and the SAAM Cherry Blossom celebrations

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Area Eateries Offer Food & Drink Specials It is cherry blossom season and the 3,000 Japanese Cherry trees that Tokyo Mayor Ozaki gave to the city in 1912 are currently in peak bloom. The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, which honors this gift, runs through Apr. 17.

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23 Oct 2015

Mark Heckathorn

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14th Street Bridge, AFI Silver, Arlington National Cemetery, B Chord, Barcelona Restaurant & Wine Bar, Barnhouse, Belly Love, Beltway, Blue Ridge Kettle Korn, Boo at the Zoo, Bradley Coal Mine, Bradley Farm Haunted House, Brew LoCo, Bryan Voltaggio, Buffalo Wing Factory, Cactus Cantina, Capital Eagle, Cathedral Commons, Cathedral Height Fall festival & Craft Beer Showcase, Chritina Tosi, CityCenterDC, Columbia Heights, Congressional Cemetery, Corcoran, Crooked Run, Cured, David Gaus, day of the dead, Deluxe Café, Dirt Farm, Dracula, droit Theory, Eat the Rich, European Union, Frankenstein, Giada De Laurentis, Giant Foods, Grilled Oyster Co., Halloween on Screen, Herndon-REston FISH, Hops and Nut, Hotel Monaco, Jackies, Jailbreak Brewery, Kids Euro Festival, Lenny Burridge, LoCo Brewfest, Lost Rhino, Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Loudoun Brewing Co., Loudun County, Mad Horse, Marine Corps Marathon, Marine Corps War Memorial, Mario Orsini, McDowell’s Brew Kitchen, Mercy Creek, Metro, Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show, Michael Symon, Milk Bar, Monk's BBQ, National Mall, National Zoo, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, Ocelot, Old 690, Old Ox, pumpkin carving contest, PureBarre, Quattro Goombas, Raku, Red Derby, Route 110, Shaw, Silver Spring Zombie Walk, Smithsonaian, Soul Stroll, The Franklin Project, The Remainders, The Washington Ballet, tidal basin, Verizon Center, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington International Horse Show, weekend guide

Halloween Activities Arrive in the DMV Halloween may be next weekend, but there are many Halloween events going on this weekend including haunted houses, cemetery tours, Boo at the Zoo, a zombie walk and pumpkin carving contests. There are also a few fall festivals going on and

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