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The large retrospective includes some of the modernist painter's best-known works -- portrayals of tenement children and boxers -- but also unexpected surprises, including depictions of World War I atrocities and traditional portraiture. National Gallery of Art Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC | 202-737-4215

An exhibit of carnivorous plants, including the famed Venus flytrap U.S. Botanic Garden 100 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington, DC | 202-225-8333

Annmarie Garden 13480 Dowell Rd., Solomons, MD | 410-326-4640

Mozart's opera stars Ildar Abdrazakov and is conducted by WNO Music Director Philippe Auguin. Performed in Italian with English supertitles. At the Opera House. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-467-4600

The audience joins the fun in this performance based on a murder in a hair salon. At the Family Theater. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-467-4600

Ralph Ellison's novel about a black man from the south attempting to make a solid life in the north is given a turn on the stage. Studio Theatre 1501 14th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-332-3300

A survey of how we use the land that surrounds our everyday lives. Artisphere 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA | 703-875-1100

Weingarten's photo biographies are composites of images that his subjects have identified as representing who they are. S. Dillon Ripley Center - Smithsonian Institution 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

Sixteen digital composite portraits of American icons including Sandra Day O'Connor, Hank Aaron and Chuck Close. National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

Few artists were more skilled than Willem van Aelst (1627-1683) at depicting luscious fruits, luxurious fabrics, and spoils of the hunt. The gallery brings together 28 of these sumptuous paintings and his only known drawing. National Gallery of Art Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC | 202-737-4215