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Enjoy live jazz, play board games and sip beer or wine in the museum's Kogod Courtyard on the third Thursday of the month. Smithsonian American Art Museum - Smithsonian Institution Eighth and F streets NW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

Neighborhood Restaurant Group's beer director Greg Engert hosts a monthly tutorial with at least six different beers to taste. Rustico 4075 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA | 571-384-1820

All of the exotic draft beers are half-price, as are selected pizzas. Pizzeria Paradiso 124 King St., Alexandria, VA

The Clarendon bar's daily deals -- which extend to the weekend -- include ten $3.50 beers from the "Session" draft menu, half-priced wines by the glass and $5 house-made brats and frankfurters. Lyon Hall 3100 N. Washington Blvd., Arlington, VA

The sunny wine bar offers a daily happy hour -- yes, including weekends -- with 20 different wines by the glass for $5. Vinoteca 1940 11th St. NW, Washington, DC

Let an expert guide you through free tastings of two wines every Tuesday night at Bistrot Lepic. No, there's no catch. Bistrot Lepic 1736 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC

Think the music played at most clubs is too predictable? Good Life Tuesdays is shaking up the status quo, with crowds who go crazy when DJs mix dubstep, house, hip-hop and indie into the same set. Recess 727 15th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-637-7667

Cheap liters of German beer and bratwurst platters bring a slice of Bavaria to downtown Washington. Cafe Mozart 1331 H St. NW, Washington, DC

DJ Neville C. gets the whole Saint-Ex basement moving with samba and bossa nova beats. The drink specials probably help a little bit, too. Cafe Saint-Ex 1847 14th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-265-7839

Show up between 5:30 and 7 p.m. to get 50 percent off all wines by the glass. Just as the specials end, the show begins. Bistrot Lepic 1736 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC | 202-333-0111