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Weekend guide: Live music, culinary cook-offs and international films 06/27/2013 05:03pm • WASHINGTON - Hungry for an exciting summer weekend? Don't let the heat -- and looming chance for potential thunder storms -- keep you inside. There's plenty going on in the D.C. area, including live music, food and film events. International film fans will not be disappointed this weekend. The Dates For Bethesda Row Arts Festival 06/26/2013 10:15am • The Bethesda Row Arts Festival is coming back this fall. The large weekend event that draws artists of all types from across the country will take over Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda Avenue and Elm Street for the 16th year on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to War and photography the highlight of Corcoran exhibit 06/24/2013 07:57pm • WASHINGTON - The Corcoran Gallery of Art is exploring the relationship between two immense subjects with its new exhibit, "WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath." As part of a national traveling exhibit organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Corcoran will displa Sunday, June 23, 2013 06/23/2013 03:30am • 4:20 p.m. - Danielle Kurtzleben, business and economics reporter, U.S. News and World Report Download The 'skills gap': How bad is it, and who's responsible for fixing it? 12:50 p.m. - Nycci Nellis, The List Are You On It Download Dining events in the area Weekend Wakeup: Welcome to 'summer weekend traffic patterns' 06/21/2013 11:31am • WASHINGTON - Summer weekend traffic patterns will be in place for the next several months as most schools have let out for vacation. On Sundays the usual sore spots where traffic tends to slow include northbound Interstate 95 through Fredericksburg, Va. and Stafford County, Va. and Route 50 t AT&T National Guide 06/19/2013 11:45am • More than 136,000 spectators descended on Congressional Country Club during last year’s AT&T National golf tournament, even after no spectators were allowed on the course during third round play because of the derecho that hit the night before. With tourney host Tiger Woods expected to play, Extreme trampoline park hopes to bounce into Springfield 06/19/2013 11:44am • Sign your waivers, check your health insurance and prepare to flip: The Washington area is on the verge of a trampoline boom. Cameron Gentry and Dustin Ward, the business partners behind Flight Trampoline Park, have submitted plans for a location at 7200 Fullerton Rd., a warehouse property in Spring Photos: Columbia Pike Blues Fest 2013 06/17/2013 04:20pm • Sunny and pleasant weather and a big-name headliner attracted the largest crowd yet to the Columbia Pike Blues Festival over the weekend, organizers said. More than 7,000 people turned out for the 18th annual Blues Festival, which is held on S. Walter Reed Drive just north Take Dad Out for Father’s Day Activities 06/13/2013 03:30pm • The weather may be foul now, but it’s supposed to improve this weekend. That means outdoor options are in play for taking dad out to celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday (June 16). Whether outdoors or inside, there are numerous events taking place around Arlington this weekend where you can Pet of the Week: Josie Mae 06/12/2013 02:00pm • Meet Josie Mae, a rescue pup with a heart of gold and this week’s Arlington Pet of the Week. Here’s what her owners had to say about her: Josie Mae–or Miss Mae, The Pups, Pup-Tart and Frankenpuppy, Poo Poo Potties, Baby GIrl, Freshie Freshington and Pretty Pie–as we affe Holocaust survivor addresses genocide, forgiveness on National Mall 06/09/2013 06:41am • WASHINGTON - Eva Kor is a Holocaust survivor. In 1944, when she was 10 years old, Kor was taken by German soldiers in her home of Transylvania, Romania. She was placed in the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp in German-controlled Polish regions in World War II. But, if one doubts the now 79- Weekend Wakeup: Metro disrupted, K Street closures 06/07/2013 04:46pm • WASHINGTON - Weekend work zones and events may slow drivers on some routes around town. Travel conditions will be improving on Saturday as the WTOP Weather Center expects the heaviest downpours will have lifted into the New England and out to sea. In Northwest Washington, eastbound K Street w 'Before Midnight' gives Ethan Hawke a 9-year 'purge' 06/06/2013 06:45pm • WASHINGTON - It's Ethan Hawke Week here at WTOP. Okay, so maybe he doesn't quite have the clout to deserve an entire week. But the 42-year-old actor does have a pair of vastly different movies in theaters this weekend, both foreshadowing 2022. One is a futuristic thriller that hits multiplexes na Morning Notes 06/06/2013 09:20am • FBI Arrests Two For Cartier Store Smash and Grab — Federal investigators nabbed two men they say stole 13 watches valued at $131,000 on April 30 from the Cartier store in Chevy Chase. Court records say Walter Andrew Douglas, 33, of Washington, D.C. and Floyd Davis, 43, of Washington, D.C Air Force Association Cycling Classic This Weekend 06/05/2013 10:10am • Cyclists will fill the streets of Arlington this weekend for the annual Air Force Association Cycling Classic. Activities begin at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, with various amateur races. The big event, however, is the Clarendon Cup which begins around noon. It is part of USA Cycling’s Natio