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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 Things to do around DC this weekend: Nov. 15–17 11/15/2019 09:23am • (Cheryl Gerber/AP; Mike Groll/AP; C. Stanley photography; Scott Suchman) All Weekend The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertainment Show this weekend at the D.C. Convention Center is the ultimate foodie outing featuring samples from 50+ local restaurants, local brews and wines, celebrity chefs and Red Line shutdown, 395 Express Lanes launch this weekend 11/14/2019 01:49pm • A Red Line shutdown in the District and single tracking on the Orange Line slow Metro service this weekend. On the roads, the Interstate 395 HOV lanes are closed Friday night through sometime Sunday. When the lanes reopen Sunday, they will become tolled Express Lanes where HOV or toll rules ap Things to do around DC this weekend: Nov. 8-10 11/08/2019 02:21pm • Things to do in the D.C. area this weekend, Nov. 8-10. Clockwise from upper left: Black Violin (courtesy The Meyerhoff); the Death Becomes Us true crime festival; Mark Morris Dance Group's "Pepperland" (courtesy The Kennedy Center); Joe Bonamassa (Getty Images/Theo Wargo); the 13th Annual Alexandri Veterans Day 2019: Freebies and deals 11/08/2019 12:40pm • As America honors service members who served and sacrificed, there are a number of freebies and deals for veterans and active-duty military this Veterans Day. What's open, what's closed on Veterans Day Things to do Colonial Williamsburg: Free admission for all active-duty military, re Downtown shutdown on Blue, Orange and Silver lines this weekend 11/08/2019 05:52am • Metro will close Blue, Orange and Silver Line platforms at four stations downtown this weekend for lighting work. Saturday and Sunday, the Federal Triangle and Smithsonian stations will be closed, and there will be no Blue, Orange or Silver Line service at Metro Center or L'Enfant Plaza. Shutt Garden Plot: How to keep your lawn safe when you de-ice 11/08/2019 04:57am • It is time to purchase a lawn and landscape-safe de-icer before the first icy event. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/tbgrant) 'Are you ready for some ice-fall?' Baby, it's cold outside! Many of us are waking up to frost on our windshields — and the odd houseplant left outside that we don’t have to