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At the Patriot Center. George Mason University - Patriot Center 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax, VA | 202-397-7328, 703-993-3000

The Amernet String Quartet and pianist James Tocco present music of Haydn and Beethoven. At the Concert Hall. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-467-4600

Birchmere Music Hall 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA | 703-549-7500

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-265-0930

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