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Icebergs, a display of more than 30 16- to 56-foot tall icebergs, wraps up this weekend at the National Building Museum. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

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1812 overture, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Capitol Fourth, Abigail Adams, Air and Space Museum, Air Force Memorial, Alisan Porter, All Night at the Museum, Amber Riley, Anacostia Park, Apollo lunar module, Basque, beach, Benjamin Frankin, Bicentennial Birthday Party, birthday cake, Casadee Pope, Choral Arts Soceity of Washington, Christopher Jackson, Constitution Avenue, Daikaya, Destination Moon, DMV, East Potomac Park, Ellipse, FDR Memorial, fireworks, fourth of july, Fourth of July Celebration at the National Archives, Galaxy Quest, Gavin DeGraw, Gen. Colin Powell, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Ghostbusters, Gravelly Point, Grease, High Line, Hugo, Icebergs, Independence Day, Jackie Evancho, James Corner Field Operations, Jefferson Memorial, John Adams, July 4, kakigori, Kenny Loggins, Le Voyage dan la Lune, Lincoln Memorial, Maze, Metro, Milestones of Flight, Milestones of Flight Hall, National Archives, National Building Museum, National Independence Day Parade, National Mall, National Symphony Orchestra, Navy Pier, On the Move: Migration and Immigration Today, On Your Free, Patrick Lundy & the Minister of Music, Patti Labelle, PBS, Potomac River, ratatouille, Reflecting Pool, SafeTrack, Sam Smith, Scott Hamilton, shaved ice, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smokey Robinson, Sounds of California, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, Strathmore, Sutton Foster, the Music Center at Strathmore, Thomas Jefferson, Tom Bergeron, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, U.S. Army Ceremonial Band, U.S. Army Herald Trumpeters, U.S. Army Presidential Salute Battery, U.S. Capitol, U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, union market, Union Market Drive-In, weekend guide, West Lawn, West Potomac Park, white house, Yolanda Adams

Declare Your Independence from Boredom If you are staying in the DMV for the long Fourth of July weekend or if you are visiting, you’re in luck. There is plenty to fill your weekend before Monday night’s fireworks from outdoor movies to an indoor concert and cool museum exhibits.

Rolling Thunder brings thousands of motorcycles to the DMV over Memorial Day weekend. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Weekend Guide

27 May 2016

Mark Heckathorn

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1812 overture, 19th Street Band, 2016 Summer Blast Off, A Prairie Home Companion, America Now, American Idol, Arlington Cemetery, Arlington memorial Bridge, Bay Bridge, beach, Beach Boys, Betty Cantrell, Buzz Aldrin, Catholic University, Chaise lounge, Chris Thile, Constitution Avenue, Deanna Bogart, Delaplane Strawberry Festival, DJ Adrian Loving, DMV, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Enter the Haggis, fireworks, Garrison Keillor, Gary Sinise, George V. Johnson Jr., Independence Avenue, Jazz in the Garden, Joe Mantegna, John Michael Montgomery, Katharine McPhee, Lake Wobegone, Leyla McCalla Trio, Manual Cinema, Martin Puryear, Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions, memorial day, Memorial Day weekend, Metro, Miss America, motorcycles, National Gallery of Art, National Mall, National Memorial Day Concert, National Memorial Day Parade, National Museum of American History, National Portrait Gallery, National Symphony Orchestra, National Zoo, Nickel Creek, Pavilion Cafe, Peace Corps, pentagon, Phil Vassar, plastic pollution, Punch Brothers, Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Robert Irvine, Rolling Thunder, Sculpture Garden, sculptures, Sept. 11, Sierra Leone, Skymeadows State Park, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Musuem, summer, The President's Own, Tony Orlando, Trace Adkins, trash, Trent Harmon, U.S. Capitol, United States Marine Band, Vessel, Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea, weekend guide, West Lawn, West Potomac Park, wolf trap, World War II

Things to Do Over Memorial Day Weekend It is Memorial Day weekend – the unofficial start to summer. While it is a three-day weekend for many people, it also means trips to the beach, long lines to cross the Bay Bridge, the annual concert on the West Lawn of the Capitol, weekly

The Barraks Row Fall Festival takes over Eighth Street SE on Saturday. (Photo: Popville)

Weekend Guide

25 Sep 2015

Mark Heckathorn

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2 Birds 1 Stone, Alt-J, Amsterdam Falafelshop, Arepa Zone, Art All Night, autumn, Baby Bry Bry, Barracks Row Fall Festival, Ben's Chili Bowl, Best of the Beatles, BonMi, by Drake, Calvert Marine Museum, CapMac, Chvrches, College Park Day, Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Show, Curley Q’s BBQ, D.C. Empanadas, D.C. Pollo, D.C. Public Library, Dan Deacon, Dangerously Delicious Pies, Dealfield String Band, Disney, Doi Moi, Duke’s Grocery, Dumbarton House, Eighth Street SE, Estadio, Explore@NASAGoddard, fall, George Ezra, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, James and the Giant Peach, Landmark Music Festival, Lemongrass Food Truck, Lincoln Theatre, Loretta Lynn, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Metro, Mockingbird Hill, Montpelier Mansion, Movies on the Potomac, Museum Day Live!, National Harbor, National Mall, National Museum of Women in the Arts, National Symphony Orchestra, New Belgium beer, Old Ebbitt Grill, oyamel, Pepe, Pete’s New Haven Style Pizza, Proof, Rajton, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Reginald Cyntje, Rocklands Barbeque & Grilling Co., Shake Shack, Strokes, Tapas Truck, The Big Cheese, the Hamilton, The Kennedy Center, the Kreeger, the National Building Museum, the National Inventors Hall, the Newseum, the War on Drugs, Turkish Festival, Uncensored: Opening Night, union market, Wale, weekend guide, West Potomac Park, Wiener 500 Dachshund Dash, Yards Park

It’s a Fun-Filled, First Weekend of Fall It’s the first weekend of fall, but the weekend is still full of outdoor activities. Although the forecasts calls for temperatures in the lower-70s, it is also calling for scattered showers. As long as you keep dry, it will be an

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