Looking for something to do this weekend in DC, Maryland, and Virginia? Check out our selection of the culinary, the classical, and more in your own backyard!
Looking for an experience that will make you feel like
you’re in the comfort of your own home, at the movies and at a restaurant all at once? There’s a solution for your hankering. The Workhouse Arts Center will be hosting Dinner and a Movie Night Friday evening, a special event that blends food and film. Watch the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie, REAR WINDOW, and select from a buffet style menu that includes sliced marinated steak, sliced chicken in marsala sauce, mashed Yukon potatoes, mixed green salad, and more.
This Saturday, award-winning guitarist Orlando Roman will be performing the works of Albéniz, Turina, Ponce, Barrios, Mertz, and Brouwer in a concert sponsored by the Washington Conservatory of Music. Come and let this accomplished performer serenade you with the wonders of his classical guitar.
The Asphalt Orchestra is no ordinary marching band. Instead of fight songs, shrill renditions of Sousa, and militaristic uniforms and dance routines, this group’s music and choreography is unpredictable and even jazzy! Join the 12-piece group as they fire up the Alden Theatre with music by Frank Zappa, David Byrne, Björk, and many more. Don’t miss out on this innovative evening!
And if you’re in the mood for a day at the museums, visit Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac at the National Gallery of Art. Check out what our critics have to say about it! Watch the video here!
In this crime drama directed by Derek Cianfrance, a motorcycle stunt driver, played by Ryan Gosling, begins robbing banks to provide for his lover and newborn child.
Cannes comes to Washington with the U.S. open of Italian director Matteo Garrone's drama this weekend. REALITY, starring Aniello Arena, follows a fishmonger who becomes obsessed with appearing on a reality TV show.
Looking for something to do this weekend in DC, Maryland, and Virginia? Check out our selection of a tropical flower exhibition, mysterious Slavonic music, and an epic viola serenade right in your own backyard!
Living in or near a big city like DC, you can sometimes find yourself disconnected from the natural world. This weekend, the National Museum of Natural History will have an opportunity for museum-goers of all ages to see a major collection of Latin American orchids close to home. Attend the Fiesta de las Or-Kid-eas Family Festival for a variety of orchid related activities, such as orchid face painting, orchid tattooing, orchid mosaic-making, and plant discussions. Want to learn how to pot an orchid? Orchid experts will also be giving patrons an orchid-potting demonstration and will even allow them to take an orchid home with them.
The best way to relax after an exciting weekend is with an afternoon classical music in a beautiful setting. This Sunday, enjoy the Cathedral Choral Society’s performance of Rachmaninoff's “Solemn Vespers, Op. 37” at the impressive Washington National Cathedral. To make this concert even more interesting, the Choral Society will perform the piece in the original Old Church Slavonic, which is a Slavonic language dating back to 9th century Byzantine missionaries. With a talented chorus and historic location, this concert will take you back in time and in peace.
Two concerts are better than one! If the Cathedral Choral Society’s performance wasn’t enough, indulge in a special collaboration between the National Symphony Orchestra’s Tsuna Sakamoto and the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra at the Hylton Performing Arts Center. The musicians will be performing “Symphonic Serenade” and Bartók’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. Don’t miss out on this spectacular performance!
Sunday, 8pm
Cost: $15 for adults, $10 for seniors (65+)/students, free for music teachers
Kerri Russell and Josh Hamilton star in Scott Stewart’s story of the Barrett family’s reckoning with a dark and terrible force.
SNITCH (PG-13)
Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, and John Bernthal star in Ric Roman Waugh’s story of a father who goes undercover for the DEA so his son can finally be released from prison after getting set up in a drug deal.
Take a ride on the Dinosaur Train! This Monday WETA KIDS premieres a Dinosaur Train special episode: Dinosaurs A-Z. This hour-long special follows Buddy and the gang as they ride the Dinosaur train to Troodon Town for a picnic. As the train makes stops for dino-passengers to come aboard, different dinosaur breeds join the crew in a song they sing called, “Dinosaurs A-Z”. PBSKIDS.org has an interactive Dinosaur’s A-Z game for parents and kids to play together.
We asked a group of parents to try out the game with their kids and write a Parent-Kid Review of it and here’s what they had to say! Check out the game and the episode and let us know what you thought!
C.H. said: “Both boys were excited to watch the video clip of Dinosaurs A to Z multiple times. Setting up the game, Aidan (5 years old) was engaged with writing the letters out on paper and Evan (3 years old) enjoyed taping the letters to the wall. They both found it fun to line up in front of the correct letters during the song, especially after we rearranged their order. The fun continued even after we finished playing the game, both from moving the letters to other parts of the wall and then putting them back in the alphabetical order.”
M.B. said: “My son is 3 ½ years old, within the age range the game suggests but I think it would be better for kids a little older than him. He seemed to like the song though!”
Dinosaur Train: Dinosaurs A-Z will air on WETA TV26
Monday May 14, 2012 at 10:00am
Tuesday May 22, 2012 at 10:00am
Dinosaur Train: Dinosaurs A-Z will air on WETA KIDS
Sousa, and militaristic uniforms and dance routines, this group’s music and choreography is unpredictable and even jazzy! Join the 12-piece group as they fire up the Alden Theatre with music by Frank Zappa, David Byrne, Björk, and many more. Don’t miss out on this innovative evening! 
close to home. Attend the Fiesta de las Or-Kid-eas Family Festival for a variety of orchid related activities, such as orchid face painting, orchid tattooing, orchid mosaic-making, and plant discussions. Want to learn how to pot an orchid? Orchid experts will also be giving patrons an orchid-potting demonstration and will even allow them to take an orchid home with them.
To make this concert even more interesting, the Choral Society will perform the piece in the original Old Church Slavonic, which is a Slavonic language dating back to 9th century Byzantine missionaries. With a talented chorus and historic location, this concert will take you back in time and in peace.
