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A combination of art, photojournalism, historic documents and films examines the causes, activities and representation of the Occupy movement. The large part of the exhibit features work by Facing Change: Documenting America, a nonprofit photo collective. At the Katzen Arts Center. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC | 202-885-1300

Outdoor, three-dimensional, free-standing and wall-hung sculptures installations and new media by Damian Yanessa, Patrick McGowen, Kate Kauffman, Steven Jones, Linda Hesh, Robert Bickey, Greg Braun and M. Frank. At the Katzen Arts Center. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC | 202-885-1300

Images of tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning storms and other forms of damaging natural forces. National Geographic Museum 1145 17th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-857-7588

There is a new stop along the trolley tracks! Thursdays and Fridays in October kids can hop aboard a trolley and hop off at Pinson's Pumpkin Market. Each kid will receive a token with paid admission that they can redeem for a pumpkin at the market. At the Northwest Branch Park. National Capital Trolley Museum 1313 Bonifant Rd., Colesville, MD | 301-384-6088

Brightly colored paintings and monotype prints by Pattee Hipschen. Artisphere 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA | 703-875-1100

Volunteer groups representing Union and Confederate troops provide a weekend of demonstrations. Similar events are held April 21-22 and every Saturday and Sunday from May 12 through Oct. 28. Visit www.nps.gov/gett for a complete schedule of re-enactors and events. Gettysburg National Military Park 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA | 202-426-7723 202-426-7723

Cheryl Wassenaar is a visual artist, who explores the function of text in a hybrid practice of painting, sculpture, and design. She works primarily with found commercial signage, re-purposing discarded wood into visual metaphors of communication that borrow from the language of modernist painting and contemporary advertising. Her latest body of work uses sign-maker's vinyl for site-specific work, often collaborating with a writer or poet. Long View Gallery 1234 9th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-232-4788

Shakespeare Theatre Company - Lansburgh Theatre 450 Seventh St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-547-1122 or 877-487-8849

Our guess is Molly Ivins would be pleased: Kathleen Turner comes to Arena to take on the bravado, smarts and tough skin of the late Texas newspaper columnist. Ivins' was a highly regarded writer, who will come to life in this show, which weaves personal anecdotes with a look at politics. Watch out, D.C. The play runs through Oct. 28. Arena Stage at the Mead Center 1101 6th St. SW, Washington, DC | 202-488-3300

Charlotte Dumas travels the world making evocative, formal photographic portraits of animals. This show is her first one-person museum exhibition in the United States and features a newly commissioned series of portraits centered on the majestic burial horses of Arlington National Cemetery. Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-639-1700