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If you’re not cooped up this weekend finishing your taxes (friendly reminder: they’re due Monday, April 15), the District is full of ways to keep your left brain working after crunching numbers on all of those financial documents. A TEDx…

Until the 1960s, the library offerings in Southeast DC’s Marshall Heights and Capitol View neighborhoods were limited to just two bookmobiles. In 1965, neighbors won a 10-year battle to build a DC Public Library branch in their area, but…

The first weekend of April presents opportunities to learn about a wide range of subjects like science, automobiles, baseball, orchids, Japanese-American history and Ukrainian Easter eggs. Other options include letting loose at a giant…

Longtime customs as well as brand-new developments are on our list of things to do in the District this weekend, March 29 to 31. Springtime continues with a variety of events, whether it’s welcoming a new local festival for the trans…

This weekend, March 22 to 24, is full of ways to get out and enjoy the arrival of spring. Outdoor options include a historic walking tour and park cleanup. A wine and art class as well as local jazz are on the list for those looking for a…

Options for going out in the District this weekend, March 15 to 17, include the world’s largest environmental film fest, local jazz and choral music, and a fundraiser to end world hunger. There are also plenty of seasonal events for not…

About 100 people celebrated last week’s opening of an art exhibition at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery full of revealing photographs of daily life in DC’s neighborhoods — but instead of wine at the reception, there were Capri Suns. …

Throughout this weekend, March 8 to 10, DC will host opportunities to support local dance, music, art and film, as well as bike and restaurant businesses. Events geared toward International Women’s Day start things off on Friday. The…

Radical Matriarchy, a New York-based art project focusing on the condition of women, staged a Valentine’s Day protest outside of the National Gallery of Art to call attention to the fact that 97 percent of the gallery’s collection was…

Editor's Note: Women's History Day at the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, listed in this article as taking place on Sunday, March 3, was mistakenly included among this week's items with information from last year's activities.…

The District is closing out February with a varied slate of arts and humanities events, plus a Wizards game on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Night during the last weekend of Black History Month. There is also a housewarming…

This weekend in DC provides opportunities to honor President Abraham Lincoln, as well as many other prominent U.S. figures such as descendants of trailblazers from the Civil War, a self-made photographer and Frederick Douglass on his…

When the architects of a nationwide anti-gun violence campaign deliver some 720,000 postcards to Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning urging universal background checks for gun buyers, it will mark the culmination of a monthslong effort that…

This weekend in the District, observance of Black History Month continues with a poetry open mic, an afternoon concert and a talk by an esteemed World War II pilot. Other activities on tap include used-book sales, a new art exhibit at…

The first weekend of February is full of ways to celebrate Black History Month, as well as Groundhog Day and Super Bowl Sunday. There is also a polar plunge for folks who can’t get enough of the cold, and a clothing exchange for those…

Almost all of the events on this list are happening on the same day — Saturday — with the exception of a public art event on Friday (though the monster trucks will race again on Sunday and you can sample the Asian-inspired ice cream…

There are lots of opportunities to honor history and to be a part of history in the making this weekend, Jan. 18 to 21. The third annual Women’s March is Saturday, Jan. 19, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on Monday, Jan. 21,…

The Smithsonian has dubbed 2019 the “Year of Music,” and the city seems to be overflowing with musical performances over the next couple of days, both related and unrelated to the campaign. Additionally, there are several sporting events…

How will you spend your first Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the new year? Your myriad options include a men’s basketball game, ‘90s dance party, LGBTQ book reading and running scavenger hunt. The weather report calls for temperatures…