Weekend Roundup: A Golden Prelude to Summer’s End
By • July 30, 2025 0 653
Welcome to August! Enjoy Shark Week at The Wharf, a free community day at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, pup night at The Stacks and more. Happy weekend!
Friday is Grateful Dead Day with the Nats
Celebrate the Grateful Dead on frontman Jerry Garcia birthday with a game at Nationals Park versus the Milwaukee Brewers. There will be a Grateful Dead-themed Nats jersey with a special ticket purchase, and access to a pre-game performance by Andrew Weiss and Friends. A portion of the proceeds for tickets will be donated to the Rex Foundation. More information on tickets can be found here.
Check Out the African Diaspora International Film Festival
Courtesy African Diaspora International Film Festival.
This weekend, don’t miss a partnership with Africa World Now Project and George Washington University: The African Diaspora International Film Festival. The festival opens with selections like “Brides” and “Village Keeper.” The closing night program features a catered reception and screening with director Jayan Cherian and his most recent film “Rhythm of Dammam” with a Q&A afterward. More information on the festival can be found here.
Shark Week Returns to The Wharf
Head to the Transit Pier at The Wharf for “Shark Bites & Brews” this Saturday from 5-8 p.m. Try your hand riding Bruce, the mechanical shark, or play shark-themed games like Pin the Fin on the Shark. There will even be free shark hats courtesy of Pacifico! More information on the event can be found here.
Washington Printmakers Gallery Continues Its 40th Anniversary with A Special Event
The Washington Printmakers Gallery is hosting a reception and awards ceremony this Saturday at 2 p.m. in honor of the 2025 Peggy Doole Competition and Exhibition “National Small Works.” The event includes selected works from over 120 artists and represents artists from 22 states, including Washington, D.C. More information can be found here.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts Hosts a Free Community Day
Installation of A Radical Alteration: Women’s Studio Workshop as a Sustainable Model for Art Making at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Photo by Kevin Allen.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts will be enriching its twice monthly Free Community Day with a conversation about book arts and intersectional feminist art-making collaborations. The event, which will be Sunday from 3-4 p.m., will be centered on the exhibit “A Radical Alteration: Women’s Studio Workshop as a Sustainable Model for Artmaking” and will feature curator and writer Maymanah Farhat and Natalie Renganeschi. More information can be found here.
Calling All Pups!
The Stacks, a waterfront neighborhood project, is hosting a free “Pup Meet Up” this Friday evening from 6-7:30 p.m. in its community park space. There will be a treat bar, live music and giveaways. Attendees who register and go to the event will be automatically entered to win a monthly gift card to a local Buzzard Point area restaurant or business. For more information on how to register, click here.
Five New Galleries Open at the National Air and Space Museum
Courtesy Smithsonian. The Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall is one of the newly opened exhibits at the National Air and Space Museum.
Beat the summer heat and visit the National Air and Space Museum this weekend for five new exhibits, the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater and the museum’s redesigned entrance, which all opened July 28. There will be thousands of artifacts that include items like the Spirit of St. Louis, John Glenn’s Mercury Friendship 7 capsule, touchable moon rock and more. More information can be found here.
The Last Art Walk in The Park is at Glen Echo Friday
Don’t miss the last Art Walk in The Park Friday from 6-8 p.m. at Glen Echo. Don’t miss open studios and artist demonstrations in the park’s visual arts studios and galleries. More information can be found here.
