Going Out Guide: Sidewalk Sales on 14th Street + August's Best Art

Monday, 1 August 2011 by IrwanKch
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Baltimore's National Aquarium celebrates its 30th anniversary with a free outdoor party on the pier, the Dog Days of August sale takes over 14th and U streets this weekend and local rock group Beauty Pill concludes its Artisphere recording project. [ Read more ]

Art in August

Art in August

This month's best exhibitions and openings. [ Read more ]

Gurus' Picks

A spontaneous act

A spontaneous act

Monday, Aug. 1 | Taffety Punk has chosen "King John" for its annual Bootleg Shakespeare performance, in which actors rehearse a play by the Bard just once before the show. [ Read more ]

Storied strumming

Storied strumming

Tuesday, Aug. 2 | Former Jerry Garcia collaborator and bluegrass veteran David Grisman plays a show with his sextet at the Birchmere. [ Read more ]

Blanchett's back

Blanchett's back

Thursday through Aug. 27 | Cate Blanchett returns to the Kennedy Center — where she was last seen as Blanche DuBois in 2009's "A Streetcar Named Desire" — with the Sydney Theatre Company's staging of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya." [ Read more ]

Go Gods'illa

Go Gods'illa

Sunday, Aug. 7 | Local hip-hop group Gods'illa celebrates the release of its sprawling and scintillating new mixtape, "CPR — The Blend Tape," at U Street Music Hall. [ Read more ]

From Kingston to Bladensburg

From Kingston to Bladensburg

Sunday, Aug. 7 | Wayne Wonder, lovers rock legend Beres Hammond and reggae singer Sharon Tucker are among the artists celebrating 49 years of Jamaica's independence at an indoor/outdoor festival at the Crossroads. [ Read more ]

Tequila and breakfast tacos

Tequila and breakfast tacos

Every Saturday and Sunday | Brunch tacos and Mexican small plates are on the menu every Saturday and Sunday at El Centro. Need more? How about bottomless tequila cocktails. [ Read more ]

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