Well, I live in the area and they always have the events in the newspaper or online. Like this: look here And I also look ahead of time for things like the Memorial Day events, Veterans Day, Fourth of July - they have a Folklife Festival then, Kite Festival... etc. It is always a lot of fun and I spend as much time down there as possible.
All the museums are free and so are so many of the other things. The Kennedy Center is free every day at 6 pm.... nobody can ever say that culture isn't available to them!
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