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Your guide to summer fun amid Washington's natural splendor.

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Weekend best bets

Jazz in the Garden concerts and the opening of area pools and water parks mark Memorial Day weekend.

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We meet again

Critic Tom Sietsema revisits 13 restaurants in the Spring Dining Guide. How do they fare this time?

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Nightlife Agenda

Check out a burlesque act, a floating nightclub, or take a first listen of Daft Punk's new record.

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Events for Today May

  • Sun 26
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  • Tues 28
  • Wed 29
  • Thurs 30
  • Fri 31
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Today's Editors' Picks

  • James and the Giant Peach - Performing Arts
    An oversize peach serves as a floating ship for a boy and talking bugs. Best for ages 4 to 10.
    Imagination Stage | Bethesda, MD
  • Wallenstein - Performing Arts
    Set during the Thirty Years' War, the play follows a general who is torn between loyalty and power.
    Shakespeare Theatre Company - Harman Hall | Washington, DC
  • Sprays, Dusts and Aerosols: A Chemical Revolution - Exhibit
    An installation by David D'Orio and Nils Henrick Sundqvist. At the McLean Community Center.
    McLean Project for the Arts | McLean, VA
  • Nationals - Sports Events
    Vs. the Philadelphia Phillies
    Nationals Park | Washington, DC
  • Defining Moments: An Exhibition of Works by Bryan Collier - Exhibit
    Illustrations in watercolor and collage by the Maryland native.
    Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture | Baltimore, MD
  • Show Boat - Performing Arts
    Washington National Opera's new artistic director, Francesca Zambello, mounts the classic musical. At the Opera House.
    The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, DC
  • Un Lugar sin Reposo/A Place With No Rest - Exhibit
    Photography by Luis Gonzalez Palma.
    Art Museum of the Americas | Washington, DC
  • Threshold to the Sacred: The Ark Door of Cairo's Ben Ezra Synagogue - Exhibit
    Features a trove of documents on medieval Jewish life called the Cairo Geniza documents, as well as a inscribed wood panel from a Torah ark.
    Walters Art Museum | Baltimore, MD
  • Show Boat - Performing Arts
    The Washington National Opera presents this performance of the Broadway classic. At the Opera House.
    The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, DC
  • High School Congressional Art Competition - Exhibit
    A showcase of art created by high school students who hail from the 11th Congressional District of Northern Virginia.
    Workhouse Arts Center | Lorton, VA

Highlighted Events: Mon, May 27

  • Sprays, Dusts and Aerosols: A Chemical Revolution - Exhibit
    An installation by David D'Orio and Nils Henrick Sundqvist. At the McLean Community Center.
    McLean Project for the Arts | McLean, VA
  • Nationals - Sports Events
    Vs. the Baltimore Orioles
    Nationals Park | Washington, DC
  • One Life: Amelia Earhart - Exhibit
    Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of her disappearance, this one-room exhibition brings together a selection of portraits of Earhart in different artistic media.
    National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC
  • Hassidic Courts - Exhibit
    Photojournalist Gil Cohen-Magen displays his photographs that give insight into the ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in Israel.
    Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia | Fairfax, VA
  • Framing Love - Exhibit
    An exhibition featuring photographs by Ward 8 residents.
    THEARC Theatre | Washington, DC
  • Pop Art and Beyond: Tom Wesselmann - Exhibit
    An exhibit of one of the vanguards from the American Pop art movement.
    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond, VA
  • The Gibson Girl's America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson - Exhibit
    A collection of drawings by the artist who created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the 20th-century, all-American woman. At the Jefferson Building.
    Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Bldg. | Washington, DC
  • ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comics Books, 1938-1950 - Exhibit
    A look at the mid-20th-century flourishing of comic books, and the creative processes of the young, largely Jewish artists who drew and wrote them.
    The Jewish Museum of Maryland | Baltimore, MD
  • Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music - Exhibit
    The house of Chanel, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were just a few of the visionary collaborators who brought modernism and panache to the costumes and sets of the young Ballet Russes, the legendary company launched in Paris in 1909. With 135 pieces, including the 50-by-30-foot set from "The Firebird" and nubby bodysuits made by Coco Chanel, this exhibit explores the company's cutting-edge use of visual art in performance.
    National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC
  • Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah From Slave Ship to Pirate Ship - Exhibit
    Features the artifacts excavated from a pirate ship found off the coast of Cape Cod. The vessel was originally a slave ship that sailed during the early 18th century.
    National Geographic Museum | Washington, DC

Highlighted Events: Tues, May 28

  • Sprays, Dusts and Aerosols: A Chemical Revolution - Exhibit
    An installation by David D'Orio and Nils Henrick Sundqvist. At the McLean Community Center.
    McLean Project for the Arts | McLean, VA
  • The Winter's Tale - Performing Arts
    Romance, false accusations and a faked death are blended together in Shakespeare's play.
    Shakespeare Theatre Company - Lansburgh Theatre | Washington, DC
  • Pop Art and Beyond: Tom Wesselmann - Exhibit
    An exhibit of one of the vanguards from the American Pop art movement.
    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond, VA
  • The Gibson Girl's America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson - Exhibit
    A collection of drawings by the artist who created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the 20th-century, all-American woman. At the Jefferson Building.
    Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Bldg. | Washington, DC
  • ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comics Books, 1938-1950 - Exhibit
    A look at the mid-20th-century flourishing of comic books, and the creative processes of the young, largely Jewish artists who drew and wrote them.
    The Jewish Museum of Maryland | Baltimore, MD
  • Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music - Exhibit
    The house of Chanel, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were just a few of the visionary collaborators who brought modernism and panache to the costumes and sets of the young Ballet Russes, the legendary company launched in Paris in 1909. With 135 pieces, including the 50-by-30-foot set from "The Firebird" and nubby bodysuits made by Coco Chanel, this exhibit explores the company's cutting-edge use of visual art in performance.
    National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC
  • Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah From Slave Ship to Pirate Ship - Exhibit
    Features the artifacts excavated from a pirate ship found off the coast of Cape Cod. The vessel was originally a slave ship that sailed during the early 18th century.
    National Geographic Museum | Washington, DC
  • Mathew Brady's Photographs of Union Generals - Exhibit
    Studio portraits by one of the most famous photographers of the Civil War.
    National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC
  • Play Work Build - Exhibit
    The exhibit explores the history of play through a toy collection and foam block area.
    National Building Museum | Washington, DC
  • Laib Wax Room - Exhibit
    German artist Wolfgang Laib originally created this fragrant, illuminated beeswax chamber for the Phillips family home. It will be the museum's first permanent installation since the Rothko Room in 1960.
    Phillips Collection | Washington, DC

Highlighted Events: Wed, May 29

  • Wallenstein - Performing Arts
    Set during the Thirty Years' War, the play follows a general who is torn between loyalty and power.
    Shakespeare Theatre Company - Harman Hall | Washington, DC
  • Sprays, Dusts and Aerosols: A Chemical Revolution - Exhibit
    An installation by David D'Orio and Nils Henrick Sundqvist. At the McLean Community Center.
    McLean Project for the Arts | McLean, VA
  • The Winter's Tale - Performing Arts
    Romance, false accusations and a faked death are blended together in Shakespeare's play.
    Shakespeare Theatre Company - Lansburgh Theatre | Washington, DC
  • Pop Art and Beyond: Tom Wesselmann - Exhibit
    An exhibit of one of the vanguards from the American Pop art movement.
    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond, VA
  • The Gibson Girl's America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson - Exhibit
    A collection of drawings by the artist who created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the 20th-century, all-American woman. At the Jefferson Building.
    Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Bldg. | Washington, DC
  • ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comics Books, 1938-1950 - Exhibit
    A look at the mid-20th-century flourishing of comic books, and the creative processes of the young, largely Jewish artists who drew and wrote them.
    The Jewish Museum of Maryland | Baltimore, MD
  • Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah From Slave Ship to Pirate Ship - Exhibit
    Features the artifacts excavated from a pirate ship found off the coast of Cape Cod. The vessel was originally a slave ship that sailed during the early 18th century.
    National Geographic Museum | Washington, DC
  • Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music - Exhibit
    The house of Chanel, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were just a few of the visionary collaborators who brought modernism and panache to the costumes and sets of the young Ballet Russes, the legendary company launched in Paris in 1909. With 135 pieces, including the 50-by-30-foot set from "The Firebird" and nubby bodysuits made by Coco Chanel, this exhibit explores the company's cutting-edge use of visual art in performance.
    National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC
  • The Network - Exhibit
    Artist Lincoln Schatz recombines interviews with famous politicians, scholars and other notables into a single-screen video.
    National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC
  • Laib Wax Room - Exhibit
    German artist Wolfgang Laib originally created this fragrant, illuminated beeswax chamber for the Phillips family home. It will be the museum's first permanent installation since the Rothko Room in 1960.
    Phillips Collection | Washington, DC

Highlighted Events: Thurs, May 30

  • Wallenstein - Performing Arts
    Set during the Thirty Years' War, the play follows a general who is torn between loyalty and power.
    Shakespeare Theatre Company - Harman Hall | Washington, DC
  • Sprays, Dusts and Aerosols: A Chemical Revolution - Exhibit
    An installation by David D'Orio and Nils Henrick Sundqvist. At the McLean Community Center.
    McLean Project for the Arts | McLean, VA
  • Magnificent Trees - Exhibit
    An exhibition of works by painter Oenone Hammersley.
    Arts Club of Washington | Washington, DC
  • Angle of Incidence - Exhibit
    An exhibition of still life oil paintings by Marie Riccio.
    Artists' Gallery | Frederick, MD
  • Motion - Exhibit
    Nancy Lee Davis and Rana Geralis exhibit pieces that depict figures moving. At the American City Building.
    Artists' Gallery | Columbia, MD
  • Tango Visions - Exhibit
    Area artist collective Pintores Argentinos 7 on display. Works address the Tango, which originated in Rio de la Plata and spread globally.
    Embassy of Argentina | Washington, DC
  • Shear Madness - Performing Arts
    The audience plays armchair detective in the record-breaking comedy. At the Theater Lab.
    The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, DC
  • Lara Bandilla: New Work - Exhibit
    Bandilla uses bright lights to convey hyper-realistic clarity in her artwork while attempting to capture everyday moments.
    Hillyer Art Space | Washington, DC
  • Of a Time and Place: Photographic Memories and Imaginings - Exhibit
    Featuring work by Washington Post photographer Rebecca D'Angelo and others.
    Hillyer Art Space | Washington, DC
  • The Jackson Family Artistic Legacy - Exhibit
    A 20-piece exhibit of works by Washington historian C.R. Wells, his niece Jasmine Williams and six adolescent family members ages 6-14. All artists are descendants of Sadie Jackson of King George, Va.
    Oxon Hill Branch Library | Oxon Hill, MD

Highlighted Events: Fri, May 31

  • Wallenstein - Performing Arts
    Set during the Thirty Years' War, the play follows a general who is torn between loyalty and power.
    Shakespeare Theatre Company - Harman Hall | Washington, DC
  • Sprays, Dusts and Aerosols: A Chemical Revolution - Exhibit
    An installation by David D'Orio and Nils Henrick Sundqvist. At the McLean Community Center.
    McLean Project for the Arts | McLean, VA
  • Figuring History - Exhibit
    New paintings by Dee Levinson.
    Alex Gallery | Washington, DC
  • DC Queer Theatre Festival - Performing Arts
    Six ten-minute plays that have LGBT themes are staged.
    Flashpoint | Washington, DC
  • Of a Time and Place: Photographic Memories and Imaginings - Exhibit
    Featuring work by Washington Post photographer Rebecca D'Angelo and others.
    Hillyer Art Space | Washington, DC
  • Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts - Exhibit
    To mark the centennial of the Girl Scouts, a portrait of the group's founder, Juliet Gordon Low, a patent award, a membership pin and photographs of Low when she celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Girl Scouts are on view
    National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC
  • Melanie Kehoss: New Work - Exhibit
    Kehoss uses the medium of paper to demonstrate the ways in which the human-made world and the natural world interact.
    Hillyer Art Space | Washington, DC
  • Lara Bandilla: New Work - Exhibit
    Bandilla uses bright lights to convey hyper-realistic clarity in her artwork while attempting to capture everyday moments.
    Hillyer Art Space | Washington, DC
  • Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association - Exhibit
    The City of Gaithersburg hosts the Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association to present a grand multimedia exhibition. Viewing by appointment only.
    Kentlands Mansion | Gaithersburg, MD
  • Angle of Incidence - Exhibit
    An exhibition of still life oil paintings by Marie Riccio.
    Artists' Gallery | Frederick, MD

Highlighted Events: Sat, June 1

  • Sprays, Dusts and Aerosols: A Chemical Revolution - Exhibit
    An installation by David D'Orio and Nils Henrick Sundqvist. At the McLean Community Center.
    McLean Project for the Arts | McLean, VA
  • Imagination Bethesda - Miscellaneous Event
    Local groups host activities in the streets of downtown Bethesda.
    Woodmont Triangle | Bethesda, MD
  • The Magic Finger - Performing Arts
    With a misdirected magical finger, a family of ducks swaps places with a family of hunters.
    Imagination Stage | Bethesda, MD
  • DC Queer Theatre Festival - Performing Arts
    Six ten-minute plays that have LGBT themes are staged.
    Flashpoint | Washington, DC
  • Trees: The World Greatest Cooperators - Exhibit
    This group exhibition celebrates the symbiotic relationship between humans and trees.
    Zenith Gallery Salon | Washington, DC
  • Nixon and the U.S. Space Program - Exhibit
    An exhibition of rarely seen photographs, documents, and objects related to manned spaceflight during President Nixon's administration
    National Archives and Records Administration | Washington, DC
  • New Photographs From the Vine Series - Exhibit
    New work in local artist John Brown's series of photo-assemblages.
    Cross MacKenzie Gallery | Washington, DC
  • Trees: The World's Greatest Cooperators - Exhibit
    This group exhibition celebrates the symbiotic relationship between humans and trees.
    Zenith Gallery Salon | Washington, DC
  • Drawings by Rula Jones - Exhibit
    Drawings by the local artist and art instructor. At the McLean Community Center.
    McLean Project for the Arts | McLean, VA
  • My Kind of Magic - Exhibit
    Curated by gallery artist Beau Chamberlain, the exhibition features multiple painters as they address the surreal and mystical.
    Project 4 | Washington, DC
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