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THE BEST OF THE WEEK AHEAD | What’s Doing 38
Saturday Vampire Weekend Saturday-Jan. 23 “Spencer Finch: My Business, With the Cloud” Saturday Black Family Reunion PHOTOS, FROM LEFT: HELAYNE SEIDMAN FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART; JAHI CHIKWENDIU/THE WASHINGTON POST; GOLF CLUBS BY JAMES M. THRESHER/THE WASHINGTON POST
THE YARDS PARK GRAND OPENING Friday-Sunday FREE Looking for a new pre- or post-game destination near Nationals Park? Beginning Friday, you can add the Yards Park, a new 51
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the Anacostia River, to your repertoire. At the park’s grand opening, you’ll find live music, trapeze artists, kid-friendly crafts, area food trucks and two beer gardens for adults on Friday from 3:30 to 11 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., just in time for the Nationals to host the Marlins. The Yards Park, Third and Water streets SE.
www.capitolriverfront.org.
BLACK FAMILY REUNION Saturday FREE The highlight of the National Council of Negro Women’s 25th annual gathering is a musical tribute to the late Dorothy I. Height, featuring headliners Chrisette Michele and Musiq Soulchild, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The reunion’s family festival, with food vendors, a stage and themed pavilions, is open from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Mall, between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial (Metro: Smithsonian). 202-737-0120.
www.ncnw.org/events/ reunion.htm.
SPX SMALL PRESS EXPO Saturday-Sunday If you’re familiar with Web comics “Hark! A Vagrant” and such graphic artistMetaphrog, you probably have tickets to the Small Press Expo, a two-day showcase of works by
-acre park along
independent and alternative illustrators from North America. But if you’re looking for something to break the “Cathy” cycle, you’ll have plenty to choose from Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Rd., Bethesda. 301-822-9200. www.
spxpo.com. Single-day admission, $10; $15 for both days.
“SPENCER FINCH: MY BUSINESS, WITH THE CLOUD” Saturday-Jan. 23 Ever feel as if your head is in the clouds? Not in the same way that Spencer Finch does. In his exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Brooklynite uses the fluffy meteorological phenomena in ways you may not have considered: namely, as a means of exploring the history and environment of Washington and connections between Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW (Metro: Farragut North). 202-639-1700.
www.corcoran.org. $10; $8 students and age 62 and older; free for age 11 and younger.
TASTE OF FALLS CHURCH Saturday
If it has been a while since your last meal out in Falls Church, a few new additions to the city’s dining scene — Pizzeria Orso and Mad Fox Brewing Co. in particular — mean it’s time to have another look. The Taste of Falls Church is the perfect opportunity to sample the new arrivals, along with nearly a dozen other local eateries,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cherry Hill Park, 312 Park Ave., Falls Church. 703-248-5077.
www.fallschurchva.gov. $3 per taste; $25 for 10 tastes.
VAMPIRE WEEKEND Saturday The sonically globetrotting prepsters from New York return to the D.C. area after April’s sold-out-and-then-some show at D.A.R. Constitution Hall. Tunes from the band’s sophomore release, “Contra,” stood up well during the summer months, and the quartet’s island-inspired sonic palette should keep things warm as night falls over Merriweather. With Beach House and Dum Dum Girls. Doors at 6 p.m. Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia. 410-715-5550. 877-435-9849.
www.merriweather
music.com. $30-$45.
ADAMS MORGAN DAY Sunday FREE
It’s not so unusual to find Adams Morgan’s 18th Street overrun on a weekend night, but on a Sunday afternoon? Such is the case this week when the family-friendly neighborhood festival unfolds from noon to 7 p.m. Along with food vendors, artisans and live performances, the 2010 celebration promises a pet zone featuring a local “dog whisperer” (pups are welcome to tag along). 18th Street between Florida Avenue and Columbia Road. 202-232-1960.
www.adamsmorgan
dayfestival.com.
UPTON HILL FALL CLASSIC MINIGOLF TOURNAMENT Sunday
How’s your short game? If you think you’ve got what it takes to sink putts with the best of them — especially when there are windmills and loop-de-loops involved — prove it at this gathering of the area’s top mini-golf talent. Compete with teammates beginning at 10 a.m. and then go it alone in the afternoon, when the winner of the individual tournament will qualify for the Harris Cup national minigolf championship, Oct. 2 in Upstate New York. Upton Hill Regional Park, 6060 Wilson Blvd., Arlington (Metro:
East Falls Church). 703-534-3437.
www.nvrpa.org. $12 for team play or individual play; $17 for both.
“THE GREAT GAME: AFGHANISTAN” Wednesday-Sept. 25
You need not be a history wonk to know that the history of Afghanistan is a complicated series of conflicts, so much so that the Tricycle Theatre’s history play is actually three plays: “Invasions and Independence,”
IT’S FREE!
FIESTA MEXICANA Wednesday Celebrate Mexican Independence Day at Fiesta Mexicana at the Kennedy Center, with a concert from 6 to 10 p.m. It’s part of Celebrate Mexico 2010, a showcase of Mexican musicians, chamber singers, vocalists and circus performers from Saturday-Oct. 3. Visit www.
kennedy-center.org for a complete schedule of free and ticketed events. Kennedy Center, Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW (Metro: Foggy Bottom). 202-467-4600. 800-444-1324.
“Communism, the Mujahideen & the Taliban” and “Enduring Freedom.” There are five performances of each installment, which can be seen in any sequence, beginning Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW (Metro: Gallery Place). 202-547-1122. 877-487-8849. www.
shakespearetheatre.org. $50-$60 each; $116-$137 for all three.
— By Alex Baldinger
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