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Learn about you cat or the many breeds at the annual National Capital Cat Show in suburban Chantilly, Virginia.
Again this years, over 500 cats compete at the Cat Fanciers’ Association Debutante’s Ball in various competitions.
And remember, dogs have owners…cats simply have staffs.
There’s several categories of contacts including a cat agility competition. There’s also no […]
There are over 40 Washington, DC radio stations within listening distance to downtown. Most DC-based radio transmitter towers are shorter than in most cities, since most are located on shorter buildings or in the suburbs. This causes reception to be poor. It is partially because Washington, DC allows no buildings to be built that are […]
Join roughly 27,000 people aged 50 and over at AARP’s 50th anniversary event in Washington, DC, Life@50+ National Show & Expo.
For 50 years, AARP has been representing the interests of people as they age gracefully. And another person turns 50 every 7 seconds in America. Now that AARP has turned 50, it’s time for a party!!
Besides […]
American painter, Richard Diebenkorn’s early abstract impressionism work is not well known. But his Albuquerque period (1950-52), created a solid foundation for future work.
His individualist style were based, in part, of earlier works of abstract expressionists from a decade earlier.
By the 1960s, he had become a known and respected abstract expressionist on America’s Pacific coast.
Closing […]
If new and different world music is your thing, don’t miss the Planet Arlington World Music Festival on the grounds of the Iwo Jima Memorial just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC.
This year’s line up includes:
Solas, my new favorite a US-based Celtic band, featuring some lightening-fast and well-crafted traditional Irish […]
I really enjoyed the preserved bodies exhibit and so did close to 300,000 other visitors to Body Worlds 2, at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
The exhibit is closing on September 1st, 2008, so here’s you last chance to experience the inner workings of the human body.
For the final weeks, the hours […]
Associate Conductor, Emil de Cou, conducts the National Symphony Orchestra for the annual Annual Labor Day Concert on the West lawn of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
National Symphony Orchestra Labor Day concert West lawn of the US Capitol Building E. Capitol and First […]
Sure, Washington, DC may be a bustling metropolis and the center of democracy, but just an hour or so north of town, in Timonium, Maryland, you can enjoy all that local farmers and ranchers have to offer, at the Maryland State Fair.
There are so many things to do at the Fair, so here’s the […]
Les Misérables, one of Broadway’s longest running shows and Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, is coming to Wolftrap, in suburban Washington, DC.
Based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, it tells the tale of Jean Valjean, a criminal by circumstance, in pre-revolutionary Frances.. Sentenced to jail for stealing bread to feel his starving family, […]
The National Building Museum is usually not on most visitor’s must see list, but I think it should be. It’s worthy of a quick walk through, mostly for the building’s architecture and massive columns. Also, if you’ve dragged very young children from museum to museum who might need a bit of “playtime”, check out […]
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