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For this blog posting, I'm not going to tell you about any of DC's gems or goings-on.  Instead, I'd like you to send me your favorite things to do and see in the Washington area, places to visit, eat, shop and sleep here, as well as any other local gems you've discovered in your peripatetic forays into our nation's capital.  I call this approach "Interactive Blogging."

This call for input is motivated not ...

With so many activity choices in Washington, DC, on any given day, it can be overwhelming to decide what to do, especially on the weekend.  Here are my Top Three picks for this coming Saturday, 29 September.  Since I'm into economizing, all the activities I've chosen are FREE.  Keep a sharp eye out and you just might see me at one, or all, of them!

WalkingTown, ...

The Barns at Wolf Trap, a woodsy concert venue in Virginia, about 30 minutes west of downtown Washington, DC, recently announced their Fall-Winter '07-'08 lineup.  Wolf Trap, often associated with the NPR set, is known for its dedication to high-quality artists who uphold the inspiring musical legacies of jazz, folk, classical, and rock. 

If you're planning a trip to DC in October, mark your calendar to go see (among others):  folk-singer sisters the Nields ...

Don your kilts and tune your bagpipes lasses and laddies, as you prepare to be transported back to the land of heather and tartans through song.  This Friday, 21 September 2007, at 7:30 pm, gather at the National Geographic Society's Grosvenor Auditorium for what promises to be a lively and moving concert of Scottish music, featuring renowned Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout and Scotland's premier musicologist, Dr. John Purser.  The dynamic duo will ...

Every Thursday evening through August 9th, the Freer and Sackler Galleries--part of the Smithsonian complex--remain open until 8pm.  Each week features family-friendly programs of song, dance, art, storytelling, films and more.  Admission for all this heady entertainment?  FREE!

This Thursday, July 19th, come to the museum to see:

5:30 pm:  Capoeira dancers from Brazil demonstrating their unique brand of martial arts.
5:30 pm:  A dramatic telling of the story behind painter James McNeill Whistler's ...

What better place to celebrate our Independence Day than the nation's capitol, Washington, DC?  There is no shortage of patriotic holiday activities downtown this year, between the parade on Constitution Avenue, to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, to the patriotic NSO concert on the west lawn of the Capitol Building, to fireworks over the National Mall.  The fireworks show begins at dusk, usually around 9pm, and I ...

One of my favorite DC summer traditions is Screen on the Green, a plein air free movie theater set up on the National Mall between 4th and 7th Streets (just west of the Washington Monument.)  (I recommend taking Metro's Orange or Blue lines to either Federal Triangle or Smithsonian stations).  Every Monday night from July 16th to August 13th, a classic ...

Don't miss a Washington, DC, summer tradition: Shakespeare Free-For-All, running through June 5th at the Carter Baron Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park.   (Click here for a map.)  This year's featured Bard classic is "Love's Labors Lost", directed by Michael Kahn.

The show plays every night from Thursday, May 24th, through Sunday, June 3rd, at 7:30 p.m. (no performance Monday, May 28th; gates open at 5:30 p.m.), ...

Before you go out, go online, to www.goldstarevents.com This site offers half-price tickets to live entertainment at the area's best venues--includes theater, clubs, sporting events, walking tours of historic Georgetown or Duke Ellington's neighborhood, talks on almost any topic and more. They offer a free membership, and each week you recieve an e-mail with a large list of live entertainment opportunities. The best part? You can plan ahead instead of ...

Next door to the Hard Rock Café is Ford's Theatre. This cultural site is a working theatre that blends its rich history with live performances.

On 14 April 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln and two guests attended the evening performance of Our American Cousin when John Wilkes Booth shot the president and plunged ...