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All raw bar items are half-off. Old Ebbitt Grill 675 15th St. NW, Washington, DC

All raw bar items are half-price. Clyde's of Gallery Place 707 7th St., NW, Washington, DC

The breezy bar at Hank's offers a $4 food and drink menu from 5 to 7 on weekdays: Think tins of meaty oysters, smoky trout dip, crisp French wines and a piquant house-made punch. Hank's Oyster Bar 1624 Q St. NW, Washington, DC

Get half-price oysters every night from 11 p.m. to midnight. Hank's Oyster Bar 1624 Q St. NW, Washington, DC

Senart's daily Raw Bar Happy Hour features fresh oysters at $12 a dozen (instead of the usual $24) and a dozen cherry stone clams for $10. Senart's Oyster and Chop House 520 8th St. SE, Washington, DC

The second show dedicated to the artist this year, the Sackler's Weiwei exhibit features large-scale installations, photography and architectural designs by the Chinese artist. The show's crowning glory is the large-scale installation "Fragments," which Weiwei calls an "irrational structure" built out of wood from Qing dynasty temples. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - Smithsonian Institution 1050 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

The best raw bar happy hour in Bethesda. Black's Bar & Kitchen 7750 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD

Sing your heart out and just be yourself at Banana Cafe's weekly karaoke nights. Banana Cafe & Piano Bar 500 Eighth St. SE, Washington, DC | 202-543-5906

Genre and landscape paintings capture the transformative impact of the war. Pieces by Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Frederic Church and Sanford Gifford anchor the exhibit, which includes 59 paintings and 18 vintage photographs. Smithsonian American Art Museum - Smithsonian Institution Eighth and F streets NW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

The Freer Gallery's Peacock Room, designed by James McNeill Whistler, will get a makeover to appear as it did in 1908, when it was the dining room of museum-founder Charles Lang Freer. Freer Gallery of Art - Smithsonian Institution Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-4880