The Week of May 16

The Week of May 16

See the latest military aircraft and older models and watch aerial entertainment, headlined by the Navy's Blue Angels, all day at the Joint Service Open House May 16-18 at Andrews Air Force Base (May 16 is only for Department of Defense personnel and school groups). Admission is free. Call 301-981-4600 or http://www.jsoh.org.

The Week of May 23

Visit some of the most prestigious estates in Virginia

during the Hunt Country Stable Tour May 24-25 in the Middleburg and Upperville region. Tickets cost $20 through May 16, $25 afterward, age 11 and younger free. Call 540-592-3711. . . . The U.S. Marine Band opens the season at Wolf Trap National Park with a free concert May 25 in the Filene Center, followed by fireworks. Call 703-255-1868. . . . Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna host the free National Memorial Day Concert May 25 on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol with the National

Symphony Orchestra, Sarah Brightman, Charles Durning and others. Call 202-619-7222.

The Week of May 30

The Folklore Society of Greater Washington hosts the Washington Folk Festival May 31 and June 1 at Glen Echo Park, with entertainment on multiple stages, a crafts fair, children's activities and more. Call

301-634-2222. . . . Taste the finest products of more than 50 Virginia wineries at the Vintage Virginia wine festival May 31 and June 1 at Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville. Tickets cost $25 in advance, $30 at the gate, with discounts for children and designated drivers. Call 540-745-3378.

On Exhibit

The following exhibitions open next week: "Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia" and "Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Baseball Leagues," both opening May 18 at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., look at the history of African Americans in baseball. Call

202-383-1850.

Hot Tickets

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 for a show by Michael McDonald July 29 at the Music Center at Strathmore. They cost $35 to $75. Call 301-581-5100. . . . Tickets go on sale Friday at noon from Ticketmaster for a show by Grizzly Bear Aug. 11 at the Sixth and I Historic

Synagogue. They cost $16.50. Call 202-397-7328. . . . These 9:30 club shows are on sale now from

Tickets.com: Jakob Dylan June 7 ($25); and Fish June 22 ($30). Call 800-955-5566.

On Screen

Opening May 16: Those precocious Pevensie siblings are back in "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian." The royals find themselves hurtled 1,300 years into the Narnian future, where they meet Caspian, the land's wronged rightful heir. . . . "Before the Rains" is a new Merchant Ivory production set in India during the tumultuous 1930s, when a young Indian man finds that his ties to the past conflict with his ambitions for the future. . . . "Fugitive Pieces" is another film about a conflicted young man, this time a Polish survivor during World War II haunted by the fate of his family. . . . In "Irina Palm," Marianne Faithfull stars as a middle-aged widow who gets a job in a London sex club to pay her grandson's medical expenses. With the job comes the realization that she is not as old or as unattractive as she thought.

Opening dates may change.

Last Chance

This weekend is your last chance to visit "The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image, Part I: Dreams," at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (202-633-1000); and "Frogs! A Chorus of Colors," at the National Geographic Museum (202-857-7588).

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