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Donated to the museum in 2005, the collection features unique and rare works of traditional African art from throughout sub-Saharan Africa National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian Institution 950 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-4600

Seven portraits of women who figured prominently during and after the American Revolution. National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution Eighth and F streets NW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

The etchings, watercolors and small oil paintings underscore the immediacy of James McNeill Whistler's quick impressions of London's Chelsea neighborhood from 1863 to his death. Together, the works form a panorama of Chelsea in the 1880s. Freer Gallery of Art - Smithsonian Institution Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

Uni was closed for most of 2011 after a building fire, but the P Street sushi joint is getting its groove back. Happy hour isn't the usual cheap-nigiri-and-beer deal - instead, from 5 to 7 p.m. on weeknights, $7.95 gets you miso soup and two rolls from a dozen fish and vegetarian options, including spicy scallop, yellowtail, kanpyo (a dried gourd) and kappa (cucumber). Uni - A Sushi Place 2122 P St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-833-8038

Tako Sushi's happy hour mixes cheap beer and delicious sushi and other Japanese snacks. Tako Grill 7756 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD

Exhibit about life in a town occupied by the military, with biographical sketches of locals caught in the conflict, historical photos, artifacts and maps of wartime Alexandria Lyceum, Alexandria's History Museum 201 S. Washington St., Alexandria, VA | 703-746-4994

Blackbyrd Warehouse has turned its oyster special -- $12 for a half-dozen Virginia oysters and a pint of stout -- into a permanent fixture on the menu. Blackbyrd Warehouse 2005 14th St. NW, Washington, DC

Get $1 oysters after work at the cool 14th Street lounge. Blackbyrd Warehouse 2005 14th St. NW, Washington, DC

NASA's hardest-working space shuttle lands in Virginia. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA | 202-633-1000

Models of mousetraps show the different patents inventors submitted during the 19th century. Smithsonian American Art Museum - Smithsonian Institution Eighth and F streets NW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000