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Georgetown Goes All Out for Halloween
November 2, 2023
•You’ve been seeing the Halloween decorations for weeks, but it was the trick-or-treating in the neighborhood that brought it all home. The houses around 31st and Q — especially the […]
Halloween Ghost Cruise on Canal Boat: Spirited Fun Before 2 Years of Drydock
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Halloween phantoms often mysteriously appear – then disappear – then return to spook again. In Georgetown’s stretch of the C&O Canal, the water upon which Georgetown’s new canal boat floats […]
Georgetown Puts on a Spooky Halloween Show
October 30, 2023
•As Halloween draws nye, Georgetown does up the neighborhood in spooky splendor. We hope you enjoy this collection of creepy, scary, and eerie snapshots from the neighborhood. Photos by Robert […]
Adult Halloween Candy & Wine Pairings
October 26, 2023
•After a long night of trick-or-treating with the kids, celebrate Halloween adult-style with a glass of wine and a goulish raid on your children’s candy stash. Happy eating — and […]
Celebrate Día de los Muertos in D.C.
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Sugar skulls, Ofrendas, and Marigolds are just a few cultural trademarks of the celebration of Día de los Muertos or “Day of the Dead.” Día de los Muertos is a […]
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos
October 23, 2023
•Saturday and Sunday, October 28–29, 10 AM – 5 PM Free | National Mall Bring the whole family to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to participate in […]
Halloween Sugar Cookie Decorating Class
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Spooky season is back in session! In this class, Mayra Garcia from celebrateMe!, will teach you how to make your own Royal Icing to fill and outline your cookies. Each […]
Witch’s Brew & BOO Sugar Cookie Decorating Class
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Something’s brewin’! In this class, Mayra Garcia from celebrateMe!, will teach you how to fill and outline your cookies with Royal Icing. Each student will receive 8 pre-baked cookies ready […]
Death Comes to Tudor Place
October 10, 2023
•Join us for this special guided tour of the historic house from October 3 through November 5. This tour reveals almost 200 years of mourning customs as expressed through artifacts […]
Profs & Pints DC: Haunted Landscapes of Middle-Earth
September 25, 2023
•Profs and Pints DC presents: “Haunted Landscapes of Middle-Earth,” on J.R.R. Tolkien’s use of horror, with Peter Grybauskas, who has written extensively on Tolkien and teaches courses on him at […]