Weekend Round Up December 4, 2014

Winter Wonderland at Bethesda Row

December 5th, 2014 at 06:30 AM | Free | Event Website

The first-annual holiday festival, Winter Wonderland on Bethesda Lane, will turn Bethesda Row into an outdoor street bazaar. A holiday market will pop up along the lane complete with festive tents to carry unprecedented deals on fashion, food, housewares, beauty items, and more. Additionally live entertainment will be on-site including ice carvers, face painters, balloon artists and a photo booth.

Address

Bethesda Row; 4950 Elm Street, Bethesda MD 20814

Potomack Company Design Online Auction Preview

December 5th, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. | info@potomackcompany.com | Tel: 703-684-4550 | Event Website

Preview Schedule (Online Bidding Open)

12/1-12/6: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

12/7: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

12/8: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Preview and bid in Potomack’s Dec. 9 Design Online Auction. Register and bid through www.potomackcompany.com or www.invaluable.com.

Design Online Auctions highlight designers of the 20th and 21st Century in a timed online auction format.

View full details at EstateSales.NET

Address

The Potomack Company; 1120 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA 22314

Relish DC Bi-Annual Sale

December 5th, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. | 30 – 80% off | relishdc@gmail.com | Tel: 202 333 5343 | Event Website

Who: Relish

What: Bi-annual Winter Sale featuring brands like Balenciaga, Marni, Dries Van Noten and Martin Margiela

When: Starts Friday, December 5th (no end date, but the best merchandise is available on a first come first serve basis)

Where: 3312 Cady’s Alley NW Washington, DC 20007

Smithsonian Holiday Festival December 6 & 7

December 6th, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. | gabrielle@prcollaborative.com | Tel: 202-339-9598 | Event Website

The Smithsonian will host a festival that will include concerts by the US Air Force’s Max Impact, Silver Wings, and Celtic Aire, seasonal films, Mars Chocolate demonstrations, family holiday photo opportunities, trunk shows featuring apparel, jewelry and art, book signings, festive food & much more. Gift-wrapping at the National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of American History & National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Holiday Shuttle will loop the National Mall every 10 minutes.

Address

National Mall and in the Smithsonian Institution Museums

Winter Craft Workshop @ Georgetown Library

December 6th, 2014 at 02:00 PM | FREE | rebekah.smith@dc.gov | Tel: 202-727-0232 | [Event Website](http://dclibrary.org/georgetown

The Georgetown Neighborhood Library will be celebrating the start of the holiday season with an afternoon of winter crafting fun. Learn to create a wide variety of holiday greeting cards and beautiful ornaments out of everyday materials! Then take your creations home for the holidays — or donate them to the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Plus, enjoy festive snacks and a live performance by acapella group GU Harmony. All ages and skill levels are welcome.

Address

Georgetown Neighborhood Library; 3260 R Street NW

Whiskey Talk and Tasting

December 6th, 2014 at 07:00 p.m. | jstiner@oatlands.org | Tel: 7037773174 | [Event Website](http://www.oatlands.org/)

Catoctin Creek Distilling company in Purcellville is the first legal distillery in Loudoun County since prohibition. It is a certified organic and kosher microdistillery that produces brandy, rye whiskey and gin from local fruit, grain and Virginia wine. Join owner Scott Harris to learn more about distilling and to sample Catoctin Creek spirits. Event at Oatlands. Call us at 703-777-3174 ext. 103 for more information.?

Address

20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane; Leesburg, VA 20176

Cantate Chamber Singers’ To Be Sung on the Water

December 6th, 2014 at 07:30 p.m. | $35-45 students $15 | exec@cantate.org | Tel: 301-986-1799 | [Event Website](http://cantate.org/)

Cantate (Gisele Becker, Music Director) presents stunning vocal and a cappella choral music about the natural world by Samuel Barber, Johannes Brahms, Edward Elgar, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Eric Whitacre, and more. Featuring soprano Rachel Evangeline Barham and keyboard artist Andrew E. Simpson. The public is invited to join the performers at a post-concert reception.

Address

St. John’s Norwood Parish; 6701 Wisconsin Avenue; Chevy Chase, Md.