Weekend Round Up August 30, 2018
• August 30, 2018

Labor Day weekend is also the weekend of the National Book Festival, taking place on Saturday. Feel like marching on Labor Day? Give your white clothes a wash and sign up for the Washington Revels’ parade.

Baseball Fever Sweeps D.C.
• July 16, 2018

Leading up to tomorrow’s All-Star Game: a lineup of events at the stadium, the convention center, bars and restaurants, even the Library of Congress.

Weekend Round Up July 12, 2018
• July 12, 2018

In between Capital Fringe shows, spend time outside, cleaning up Theodore Roosevelt Island and picnicking with sculptures at the Kreeger and to the sounds of folk and Southern rock in Rose Park.

Weekend Round Up May 24, 2018
• May 24, 2018

Memorial Day weekend observances include the annual concert on the Capitol’s West Lawn on Sunday and the Arlington National Cemetery wreath-laying, followed by the Memorial Day parade down Constitution Avenue, on Monday.

Weekend Round Up March 22, 2018
• March 22, 2018

The National Cherry Blossom Festival’s opening ceremony is Sunday. Also this weekend: more cherry blossom doings, the tail end of the Environmental Film Festival and two cultural spectacles at the Kennedy Center.

Weekend Round Up February 1, 2018
• February 1, 2018

This unusually musical Super Bowl weekend features contemporary music, classical guitarists, the songs of Jerome Kern, the hymns of Hildegard, the Kreisler Collection and the Whiffenpoofs.

Book Lovers Flock to National Book Festival (photos)
• September 5, 2017

After 12 years on the National Mall, the festival moved indoors in 2014. On a particularly rainy start to Labor Day weekend, this felt like a good choice.