Three musicians and celebrated Broadway stars will join the National Symphony Orchestra for 50 Years Over the Rainbow: A Judy Garland Celebration on Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29, 2019 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Laura Osnes, Capathia Jenkins, and Jimmie Herrod join Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke and the NSO in recreating many songs from Judy Garland’s 1961 famed Carnegie Hall performance. These concerts honor the cultural impact that the iconic Garland made, from The Wizard of Oz and Easter Parade to Meet Me in St. Louis, A Star Is Born, and countless others.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets ($24–$99) are available at the Kennedy Center Box Office, online atkennedy-center.org, and via phone through Instant Charge, (202) 467-4600; toll-free at (800) 444-1324. For all other ticket-related customer service inquires, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540.
Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Celebrate the Second of July, the day the Continental Congress voted for American independence, with music of the founding era. David and Ginger Hildebrand of the Colonial Music Institute perform eighteenth-century songs—including ballads, marches and French-inspired songs—in costume with period instruments.
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Staycationing in DC for the 4th? Celebrate Wednesday night in ALL WHITE! Start your Fourth of July week with JBC at its 7th Annual Pre-Independence Day party! Join in at the W Hotel’s POV in your best white look to dance the night away, sip on some of the best cocktails in the city and toast to our country while overlooking the Washington Monument.
Join City Tap Penn Quarter on Thursday, July 4, for its annual BeerBQ Battle, a competition with local breweries serving up the best barbecue with drink specials, patio games and live music. Sample barbecue offerings from City Tap, 3 Stars Brewing (DC), RAR Brewing (Maryland), and Port City Brewing (Virginia) and vote for the winner, while enjoying a barbecue platter ($20) with favorites like potato salad and coleslaw. Featured beers ($5) from each brewery as well as adult capri suns ($10) will also be available.
WHEN: Thursday, July 4
11:30am to 4pm (City Tap Penn Quarter)
Join The Rooftop at The Graham Georgetown for an all-day celebration on Thursday, July 4, complete with sweeping sights. Tickets include entrance to the event, all-you-can-eat barbecue buffet with burgers, sliders, wagyu hot dogs, and more, live music from DJ EPX, and drink specials. Those looking to elevate their evening can purchase the exclusive “Views” table which includes entrance for 10, two bottles of bubbly, a dedicated server, views of the fireworks and more. Boozy snowballs, red, white, and blue cocktails, beer buckets, and wine, spritzer & seltzer buckets will be available for purchase a la carte.
WHEN: Thursday, July 4
12pm to 2am
WHERE: The Rooftop at The Graham Georgetown
1075 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-337-0900
TICKETS: To purchase tickets to The Rooftop’s Red, White & Blue Skies event, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/red-white-blue-skies-4th-of-july-party-at-the-graham-rooftop-tickets-62993772068.
Tickets – $100 – entrance to the event, all-you-can eat barbecue buffet, live music, and drink specials available a la carte
Views Table – $2,500 – one corner table for 10 with views of the fireworks, two bottles of champagne, unlimited food, and a dedicated server (only one package available)
Guests are invited to an all you can eat and drink experience at City Tap Dupont’s All-American Cookout, complete with cornhole on the patio. For $40, enjoy endless hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, coleslaw, and ice pops, paired with house wines, Founders Solid Gold Lager, Dogfish Head SuperEIGHT, Southern Tier Swipe Right, and other beer offerings. Available a la carte options include bourbon slushies ($6), grapefruit crushes and orange crushes ($7), and watermelon limoncello cocktails ($8).
WHAT: This curated, kid-friendly event in NMWA’s Great Hall brings together small presses, artists and more to sell their independently published (largely paper-based) works. More than 40 artists will be selling creations from zines to books, from comics to prints, and plenty in between. This event is organized by the DC Art Book Collective, and the participants are chosen by a panel of judges: Nguyên Khôi Nguyễn, artist and educator based in Baltimore; Christopher Kardambikis, assistant professor in printmaking at George Mason University; Malaka Gharib, artist and writer based in Washington; Alison Michael Baitz, graduate student in library science and children’s literature at Simmons University; LA Johnson, artist, illustrator and creative director at NPR; Elizabeth Graeber, illustrator based in Washington; and Lynora Williams, Director of the Library and Research Center at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. WHERE: WHEN: PRICE: |
Join in on a celebration in partnership with Fever Tree and their selection of seven different tonic waters
Enjoy a summer evening at Hillwood, complete with dinner at Merriweather Café and a documentary film that dives into the world of America’s most fascinating photojournalists.
