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Radius offers a $5 beer-and-pizza happy hour between 5 and 7 every weekday, all day on Saturday and Sunday and all night on Mondays. Radius Pizza 3155 Mount Pleasant St., Washington, DC

The city's beloved showcase for punk favorites, indie up-and-comers and other fledgling rockers is back for another year of free outdoor shows. Fort Reno Park Chesapeake Street and Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, DC | 202-355-6356

Oyamel's happy hour features discounted margaritas, beer and tacos. Oyamel 401 Seventh St. NW, Washington, DC

The lower half of George Washington's dentures, as well as the first president's last remaining tooth, are displayed. Mount Vernon 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy., Alexandria, VA | 703-780-2000

Rare artifacts and pieces of mail sent or salvaged from the doomed vessels. National Postal Museum - Smithsonian Institution 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC | 202-633-5555

Internationally renowned sculptor Chakaia Booker exhibits her rubber tire-based sculpture outside the museum along New York Avenue as part of a series of changing installations of contemporary works by women artists. National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Ave. NW, Washington, DC | 202-783-5000

On Monday nights, Nellie's puts "Golden Girls" on the big screen and hosts a viewing party with drink specials. Nellie's Sports Bar 900 U St. NW, Washington, DC

Dumbarton Oaks has a rich history of bringing contemporary art into its gardens, and the latest installation by Xavier Perrot and Andy Cao truly sparkles. "Cloud" is a mammoth, Swarovski crystal-dripping display in the Arbor Terrace that drapes over a reflecting pool and resembles an abstract chandelier. Passersby can stand under the creation and watch as the light catches each drop, with dazzling results. Dumbarton Oaks Museum and Garden 1703 32nd St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-339-6401

A collection of stone and gilt bronze Buddhist sculptures highlight two flourishing ages, the late Six Dynasties and the High Tang (6th to 8th century). The exhibition's dramatic focus is the monumental Cosmological Buddha: a life-size stone sculpture covered in intricate representations of the earthly realms. It is the only one of its kind on the world. Freer Gallery of Art - Smithsonian Institution Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

The posh, attractive little lounge at the Avenue Suites hotel offers an interesting happy hour with $4 seasonal punch, $4 bottled beer and a $4 cocktail from the house list, $5 red and white wines, and $6 flatbread and paninis. If the weather's nice, don't miss the secluded little terrace. A Bar 2500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (inside the Avenue Suites Hotel), Washington, DC | 202-464-5610