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U Street

U Streets Jazzed Up Cocktail Tour

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Capitol Hill

Imagining Shakespeare: Mythmaking and Storytelling in the Regency Era

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Tea Around Town’s Boo & Brew

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Downtown

Experience Art Ave

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Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Guided Tour of the Missing Soldiers Office

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Dupont Circle

Spy History Walking Tour on Embassy Row with a Former CIA Officer

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Logan Circle

Laugh Riot: Comedy in the Face of Everything

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National Mall

Built to Inspire: An Architecture Tour of the National Mall

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Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Public Tour of the Ongoing Exhibitions

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Downtown

Lucas Zelnick

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Georgetown

Lesser Known Notables of Oak Hill Cemetery

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Virginia

Fall Trunk-or-Treat Car Show

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Dupont Circle

Dupont Circle Fall Festival, Pumpkin Patch, and Bluegrass Jamboree

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Foggy Bottom

Guided Tour of OAS Underground Mural

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Downtown

Washington Capitals: Hockey Halloween

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Southwest & The Wharf

Floating Sound Bath Series

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Georgetown

Guided Garden Tour

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Adams Morgan

Fall PorchFest Returns to Adams Morgan – Saturday, November 1

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Downtown

Curiosity + Cocktails: A Playful FUNraiser

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Celebrate Latin American & Hispanic Heritage in DC

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Dance in DC: Gatherings, Classes & Performances

Celebrate joyous movement at locations across Washington, DC

Locals know the difference between Washington and DC. The latter is a city made up of neighborhoods, where people live and visit, where restaurants and pubs buzz, where cabs are hailed, hotels are busy and friends laugh.

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Adams Morgan is much more than a neighborhood with a crowded nightlife scene. You’ll find historic row houses around 18th Street, including the Adam's Inn B&B, as well as a variety of independently owned stores.

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