Weekend Round Up September 10, 2026
By • September 10, 2026 0 501
More than a dozen law-firm rock bands compete tonight and tomorrow night at The Atlantis. Art All Night brightens up Cleveland Park on Friday and Georgetown on Saturday. Also on Saturday, pet a live llama at George Washington University’s Textile Museum and dunk your dog in Rockville. It’s Week 1 of the NFL season. Will you be watching with Clinton Portis on Sunday?
Our Avenue of the Arts
Welcome locations for Georgetown’s Art All Night, on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., are the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW, with family-friendly programming, and N Street Plaza, 3206 N St. NW, holding a Makers Night Market. Exhibitions, workshops and live music will be offered at a dozen Wisconsin Avenue locations, from N Street to Reservoir Road, and others nearby, including Tudor Place, 1644 31st St. NW. Dancing on the Waterfront will run an open dance, with instruction sessions at 5:30 and 8 p.m.
Controlling the Narrative
Tonight, Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m., Kai Bird chats with Rep. Jamie Raskin about Bird’s book, “American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump,” at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. The event is free, with first-come, first-serve seating.
Plugged In Lawyers
The 11th annual Law Rocks Washington DC, a pair of battle-of-the-bands fundraising concerts, ignites The Atlantis, 2047 9th St. NW, tonight, Thursday, Sept. 10, and Friday, Sept. 11. Performing from 6 to 11 p.m. each night will be seven bands with names like The Precedents and Sound Counsel. The mission of Law Rocks is to promote music education for underprivileged youth and raise funds for local nonprofit organizations by combining the power of music and the generosity of the global legal community. General admission tickets for either night are $45; VIP tickets, including a 5 p.m. rooftop party, are $125.
Art All (Friday) Night
On Friday, Sept. 11, from 5 to 10 p.m., District Bridges presents Art of the Word, Cleveland Park’s celebration of D.C.’s Art All Night, featuring live music, poetry and spoken word, interactive art activities and a Paws & Prose Pet Fashion Show. The Cleveland Park Main Street information tent will be located at Sam’s Park & Shop, 3505 Connecticut Avenue NW, directing visitors to participating businesses on the 3300, 3400 and 3500 blocks of Connecticut Avenue.
Aria Listening
The Listening Room at Evermay, 1623 28th St. NW, welcomes soprano Adelaide Trombetta, a national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, who will perform a program titled “Exquisite Arias” on Friday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $100.
Not to Be Confused With Petaluma
On Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW, hosts a free community festival, “Celebration of Textiles: Andean Traditions.” Besides watching traditional dance performances and textile artist demos, visitors can view the exhibition “Weaving an Empire: Textiles of the Inka World” and pet a llama.
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math
Company E dancers and Sound Impact musicians will perform “Pulse” — a 45-minute S.T.E.A.M.-based journey created by storytellers, choreographers, dancers, musicians and scientists — at the National Museum of Natural History on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 10:30 a.m. Hands-on activities will follow from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event, part of the museum’s free “The World & Me” family series, will take place in the ground-floor Q?rius education center; enter on Constitution Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets NW.
Dog Paddle
Before the pool closes for the season, Manor Woods Swim Club, 14410 Bauer Drive in Rockville, is holding a “Last Splash” Dog Pool Party on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. Local dog-friendly businesses will be on hand. Timed-entry registration on Eventbrite is $23.18 per dog ($17.85 for club members), including admission for an accompanying responsible adult. (The accompanying adult is mandatory, as is written proof of vaccinations — the dog’s, not yours.) Additional nonmember humans pay $12.51. Enter your four-legged athlete in the Tennis Ball Toss for $7.18.
More Art, Farther North
This year’s Bethesda Row Arts Festival takes place on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nearly 200 artists will turn Bethesda Row’s Arts and Entertainment District into an outdoor art gallery, displaying work in 16 categories. Arrayed along Elm Street, Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda Avenue and Arlington Road, Bethesda Row features more than 50 shops, galleries and restaurants.
Abel I Was
Abel Gance’s rarely seen five-hour masterpiece, the 1927 silent film “Napoleon,” will be screened with a recorded score by Carl Davis in the National Gallery of Art’s East Building Auditorium, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 10:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. There will be an intermission from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. Admission is free.
La lecture est un voyage de l’esprit
Bonjour Books DC, 3758 Howard Ave. in Kensington, presents a French Fête de la Rentrée & Children’s Discovery Day on Sunday, Sept. 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Beginning, intermediate and fluent French speakers are welcome at this free back-to-school party with giveaways and purchase perks. After French Storytime with Sabrina from 11:30 a.m. to noon, visitors can try sample workbooks, test out French board games and browse kids’ collections. The Summer Reading Challenge continues through Sept. 13.
Portis in Person
On Sunday, Sept. 13, Shipgarten, 7581 Colshire Drive in McLean, is throwing a birthday party for famed Washington running back Clinton Portis, host of a Commanders vs. Eagles Watch Party, who turned 45 on Sept. 1. Doors open at 11 a.m., the event starts at 3 p.m. and kickoff is at 4:25 p.m. Email [email protected] to reserve an indoor VIP couch with bottle service.
