The DC Lineup for this weekend: Overflowing with DC heritage and holiday cheer

In the spirit of the holiday season, we’ve let our lineup overflow with festivities this weekend, Dec. 14 to 16. We note more than a few holiday markets, where you can shop while taking in art, food, live music and more. Celebrate DC history this weekend as well, with events commemorating Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History Month, and 1968, the historic year of riots in DC.

The weather will be rainy throughout the weekend. Temperatures will range from 39 to 53 degrees.

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   DC History: The National Building Museum will the culmination of a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of 1968, a dark time in DC history when the city filled with riots after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visit the museum Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. for the free program 1968: Shaping the District’s Future, presented by the 1968/2018 Collaborative, which is associated with the dc1968 digital storytelling project. Phil Portlock, photographer, writer and social justice activist, will speak at 2 p.m. and share his photography, including from his time as a staff photographer at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Activities will also include curator and educator talks about the exhibits Community Policing in the Nation’s Capital: The Pilot District Project 1968-1973 and a space for us. The museum is located at 401 F St. NW.

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   Veterans: National Wreaths Across America Day is Saturday. Arlington National Cemetery, National Battleground Cemetery and US Soldiers’ & Airmen’s Home National Cemetery — along with over 1,400 locations all over the world — will ceremoniously lay wreaths in keeping with National Wreaths Across America’s mission to “Remember, Honor and Teach.” The project remembers all veterans, honors them with the annual wreath-laying event and gives out educational materials to teach schoolchildren the importance of commemorating those who served.

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   Dance: Science meets dance in the production We Choose to Go to the Moon on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. The DC-based Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company collaborated with NASA to create this show. The performance is tied to the museum’s 50th anniversary activities — which include the exhibit One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey — and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s yearlong look at the Apollo mission and the United States’ future in space. We Choose to Go to the Moon premiered Dec. 12, and there will be another chance to see it on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at 6:30 p.m. Its title comes from President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 speech of the same name in which he announced the country’s efforts to travel to the moon.

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   Science: Microsoft is giving the gift of knowledge this Saturday at its Holiday Open House: Learn to Code from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Inclusive Innovation Incubator (In3), 2301-D Georgia Ave. NW. Festive treats will be served as attendees get a sneak preview of the science, technology, engineering and math workshops that Microsoft and In3 will be hosting in 2019.  The event will include an introduction to computer science and Java, as well as talks on how to write code for computers and robots and how to participate in a career-day program called ManCode for young men.

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5. Music: The DC-based choir The Thirteen will present a holiday concert on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. Tickets cost $15 to $30, with a $5 discount for advance purchase. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Pathways to Housing DC, which provides resources to those experiencing homelessness in the District. … You can also listen to carols at the National Gallery of Art on Saturday and Sunday. The annual Caroling in the Rotunda program features guest choirs in the West Building Rotunda. This weekend, Westminster Presbyterian Choir and Ringers will perform on Saturday, followed by Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School Choir on Sunday. Both shows occur twice: at 1:30 and again at 2:30 p.m. As part of the Sunday Concerts program, the Hot Club of San Francisco will perform a gypsy jazz concert, Hot Club Cool Yule, on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in the West Garden Court of the West Building. Doors open at 3 p.m. and seating is first-come, first-served.

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   DC History: Carter G. Woodson — the father of Black History Month — moved to DC in the early 1900s to teach at M Street High School (now known as Dunbar High School) after earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Chicago. He was the second African-American to complete a Ph.D. at Harvard University, earning a doctorate in history in 1912. The Shaw home he purchased in 1915 at 1538 9th St. NW is a National Historic Site. The National Park Service and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, an organization that Woodson founded as the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, will honor what would have been Woodson’s 143rd birthday on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Seaton Elementary School in Shaw, 1503 10th St. NW. The ceremony will include performances by Kiamsha Youth Empowerment, DC Strings and actor Phil Darius Wallace. The National Park Service will provide updates on its work at Woodson’s historic home. Representatives of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History will also give remarks.

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   Food & Drink: The Heurich House Museum — dubbed “the unofficial capital of the Washington beer scene” by The Washington Post — presents one of its Home/Brewed Happy Hours this Friday. Guests can drink in the Carriage House Gallery, then view part of DC’s history in the museum’s current exhibition Home/Brewed, which features more than 1,000 bottles, cans, signs and other memorabilia from the brewery’s heyday. Additional Home/Brewed Happy Hours will be held on Dec. 20 and 21. Tickets cost $10. The museum is located at 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. … For a nonalcoholic option, head downtown to 14K restaurant at the Hamilton Hotel, 14th and K streets NW. To celebrate the season, the restaurant is hosting a free hot chocolate happy hour as a gesture of appreciation for its guests and the community. The promotion, which started Dec. 6, will run weekdays from 4 to 6 p.m. through Friday, Dec. 21. So unwind on Friday with a hot chocolate drink made with either whole milk or coconut milk.

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   Wards 7 and 8 Neighborhoods: Wards 7 and 8 are celebrating the holidays this weekend with events in Anacostia and Fairlawn. First is Selfies with Santa at the Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Road SE on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Activities include a Santa picture booth, caroling and other festivities. The Maryland-based toy company Wicked Uncle will provide toys for kids while supplies last. … On Sunday, Thai Orchids Kitchen in Fairlawn at 2314 Pennsylvania Ave. SE will host the Ward 7 Neighbors and Friends 9th Annual Holiday Party from 6 to 9 p.m. with light appetizers plus alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks. Tickets are a suggested donation of $25. All proceeds will be donated to the So Others Might Eat Conway Center. This year’s goal is $4,000.

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   Ward 5 Holiday Markets: Appointed is a shop in Ivy City that sells merchandise made in the Washington area, such as the We Love DC Gift Box ($82), which includes a tote bag, candle, chocolate, workbook, letterpress card and coffee. Find this and more at the Holiday Market on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1500 Okie St. NE — with complimentary gift-wrapping. … Hole in the Sky, a cooperative artist-run space in Eckington, 2110 5th St. NW, second floor, hosts its Holiday Bizarre Bazaar on Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m. This marketplace showcases an eclectic mix of local makers with merchandise generally around $100. … Nearby in Bloomingdale, the beloved neighborhood cafe Big Bear presents its own annual Holiday Bazaar at 1700 1st St. NW on Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. Enjoy drink specials along with merchandise from local artisans, including Lillith Plant Shop, Auggie Froggie and Black Pepper Paperie.

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    Wards 1, 6 and 7 Holiday Markets: Penn Branch Citizens Civic Association’s Holiday Bazaar is on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at The Shops at Penn Branch, 3200 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. This market is hosted by Mayor Muriel Bowser and interim Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity Brenda Donald to promote area businesses. … Coconut Market is back after its mid-November marketplace. This time Fiesta in the Snow — the 2018 finale — brings vendors from tropical regions in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and Asia to Blind Whino, 700 Delaware Ave. SW, on Sunday from noon to 5:30 p.m. … On Saturday and Sunday, there is a Holiday Art Market at The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. This fair features local merchants at one of DC’s oldest cafes. … This is the final weekend of Winterfest at Wunder Garden in NoMa, 1101 1st St. NE, which opened Nov. 30 and closes on Sunday. The beer garden transforms into a market on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m., Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. This weekend’s featured vendors include Zeke’s Coffee of DC, Victory Dance Creative and Spoil Me Rotten Dog Biscuit Co.