Going Out Guide: Summer Bucket List + Top Weekend Events

Thursday, 19 May 2011 by IrwanKch
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Your summer bucket list

Twenty suggestions to make the most of the hazy, lazy days of summer, including paddleboarding, food trucks and a doggie happy hour. [ Read the full story ]
The end is near : Doomsday parties
Pool parties : Capitol Skyline's news

Weekend planner

Weekend planner

See "Swampoodle" or nosh in Arlington. [ Read more ]

Got Plans?

Have questions about what to do once it finally stops raining? The Going Out Gurus share ideas for weekend fun and D.C.'s best dates — and give away a pair of tickets to see the Decemberists — during their weekly live discussion at 1 p.m. Thursday. Submit a question .

News & Reviews

Get your goat — and veggies

Get your goat — and veggies

By Justin Rude | Ghana Cafe has one of the area's most adventurous lunch specials. [ Read more ]

A bar, at long last

A bar, at long last

By Fritz Hahn | Uniontown provides Anacostia with a much-needed place for dinner, drinks and karaoke. [ Read more ]

Club banger

Club banger

By David Malitz | The new EP from DJs Tittsworth and Alvin Risk is like a sweaty night at U Street Music Hall condensed to 17 thumping minutes. [ Read more ]

A labor of love

A labor of love

By Michael O'Sullivan | It's easy to get lost in Hadieh Shafie's intricate scrolls of colored paper at Morton Fine Art. [ Read more ]

The masochistic side of acting

The masochistic side of acting

By Stephanie Merry | "Venus in Fur," opening this week at Studio Theatre, is a titillating "90-minute tease." [ Read more ]

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