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The Admiral, with one of DC’s biggest patios, opens in Dupont Circle 12/24/2019 09:01am • The Admiral is the latest restaurant to open in Dupont Circle. (Courtesy Mission Group) Dupont Circle’s newest restaurant, The Admiral at 1 Dupont Circle, has opened its doors with three bars, one of the biggest outdoor patios in D.C., free-to-book event spaces and a 220-inch TV Wall. The A Things to do around DC this weekend: Dec 20–22 12/20/2019 10:52am • (Courtesy Getty Images/Robertus Pudyanto; Associated Press/John Davisson) All Weekend Bull Run Regional Park’s Festival of Lights is 2.5 miles of illuminated holiday lights with a carnival, rides, refreshments and Santa. The Downtown Holiday Market in downtown D.C. is in its 15th season of a Things to do around DC this weekend: Dec. 13–15 12/13/2019 03:45pm • Step Afrika! – photo / Edward C. Jones; Emmy Lou Harris – photo / AP; Slim Jim Phantom – photo / Getty - Paul Kane All Weekend Seventh Annual Kris Kringle Christmas Market at the Charles County Fairgrounds this weekend will have music, shopping, crafts and crafters, kids activities, lights, Wreaths Across America traffic changes, limited Metro work this weekend 12/13/2019 01:10pm • Volunteers help to lay holiday wreaths at graves at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Saturday Dec. 15, 2018, during Wreaths Across America Day. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Crowds in Arlington, Virginia, for Wreaths Across America on Saturday and Red Line single-tracking on Sunday a 'Holiday heart syndrome': What is it and how to avoid it 12/12/2019 08:04am • 'Tis the season of holiday parties, powered by fatty, salty hors d'oeuvres with plenty of booze to wash them down. The combination can create what doctors call "holiday heart syndrome." It's a term coined in 1978 to describe the sudden increase of patients in emergency rooms during the holidays c DC tavern Hook Hall transforms into rustic ski lodge 12/09/2019 09:20am • Hook Hall's summer cabanas are now what the event space describes as cozy alcoves. (Courtesy Hook Hall) Hook Hall — the tavern and events space in D.C.'s Park View neighborhood between Columbia Heights and Petworth — has turned its backyard into a ski lodge for the winter. The Chalet at H Things to do around DC this weekend: Dec. 6–8 12/06/2019 10:57am • (Ana Caceres; Rick Diamond/Getty; National Geographic Museum; National Theatre) All Weekend The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival at the Dulles Expo Center is a one-stop holiday spot featuring arts and artisans, crafters, demos, vendors, music and kids entertainment. The Christmas Village at Baltimore DC-area traffic changes, Metro work to watch for this weekend 12/06/2019 05:15am • Diverging diamond design of the new interchange in Stafford County, Virginia. (Courtesy VDOT) The long-term weekend closure of Wiehle-Reston East, Red Line single-tracking and a number of traffic changes are among things to look out for this weekend. There will also be major bus changes comin Sunset in Hagerstown? City, team fight for minor league survival 12/05/2019 02:09am • The automated voice that greets you when you call the Hagerstown Suns' front office announces the club as “your single-A affiliate of the World Champion Washington Nationals.” This should be a time of celebration, considering 17 former Suns players and coaches were part of the Nats' incredible r Northern Va. bus strike talks resume with threat of broader disruption 12/04/2019 04:00am • With thousands of commuters stranded for six weeks, and tens of thousands more people in Fairfax County on edge about losing their rides, negotiations resume Wednesday over contracts for hundreds of Northern Virginia bus drivers and other workers. Metrobus drivers at the Cinder Bed Road garage in Live! Casino & Hotel unveils new concert venue The Hall 12/03/2019 01:21am • Maryland residents are about to get a state-of-the-art new entertainment venue. Live! Casino & Hotel, in Hanover, Maryland, launches a 75,000-square-foot, three-story space dubbed The Hall at Live! later this month. That includes soft openings with Kristen & The Noise on Dec. 26 an Party like a spy: Spookstock is intel world’s hush-hush bash 11/29/2019 09:45am • In this image provided by Mark Kelton, Lenny Kravitz, the headliner at this years Spookstock concert poses with Army Gen. Tony Thomas, former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, at the annual Spookstock event, While many Washington insiders haven’t heard of it, the annual charitable eve Things to do around DC this weekend: Nov. 29–Dec. 1 11/28/2019 12:09pm • (Courtesy Theo Kossenas; Tony Powell; Sean Gardener/AP; Christopher Polk/Getty; Allen Berezovsky/Getty) All Weekend The Festival of Trees at the Maryland State Fairgrounds features a magical wonderland of trees, displays, rides, games and entertainment. If Santa had a theme park, this would be it Best places to ice skate in the DC area 11/19/2019 10:12am • There's a sequel to "Frozen" this year, and if you've ever dreamed of lacing up your skates and gliding to the tune of that really catchy song going through your head right now, then here's a list of places to skate in the D.C. area. See a list below. DC Canal Park Ice Rink, 200 M St. SE T Chinese troops join Hong Kong cleanup as protesters retreat 11/16/2019 08:08am • HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese troops came out of the barracks in Hong Kong on Saturday — not to quell protests but to help clean up. It was a rare public appearance by the People’s Liberation Army on the streets of the semiautonomous territory, where the local government’s inability to end mor