{"id":3021,"date":"2026-08-26T11:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:39:38","slug":"what-to-do-in-the-d-c-area-this-weekend-aug-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3021","title":{"rendered":"What to Do in the D.C. Area This Weekend (Aug. 28)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><b>Thursday <\/b><\/h2><p><span><b><u>Taffety Punk\u2019s \u201cFreddie: A Girl\u201d<\/u><\/b><\/span><b> at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop<\/b><\/p><p><i>545 7th Street SE, 8 p.m., $20<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A small but mighty local theater company begins performances of a new play based on Freddie and Truus Oversteegen, teen sisters who join the Dutch resistance and become spies, saboteurs and assassins who shoot Nazis from their bicycles. Lise Bruneau, a local theatermaker with Broadway credits, directs. Thursday and Friday\u2019s performances are discounted previews. \u201cFreddie: A Girl\u201d opens Saturday and runs through Sept. 19 at the intimate black-box space on Capitol Hill.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3019\">How Denzel Washington Is Helping the Commanders Build Their Defense<\/a><\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US Department of the Treasury\" class=\"wp-image-2969\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48ba3e51a27a513915112940936f59ad.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Billionaire\u2019s WSJ Op-Ed Criticizing Bessent Was Written With AI\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"burgum\" class=\"wp-image-2960\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05-768x513.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4ed893ac0204a0c2030c3153bc5d7a05.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      \u2018They Want Us All To Leave\u2019: Interior Reassigns Dozens of Senior Staff\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Election 2026 Georgia Governor\" class=\"wp-image-3010\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ade49420618848bd6f702aa62c6662d8-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ade49420618848bd6f702aa62c6662d8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ade49420618848bd6f702aa62c6662d8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ade49420618848bd6f702aa62c6662d8.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump Wants Unity in Georgia. The Blood May Be Too Bad.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Election 2022 Voter Enthusiasm\" class=\"wp-image-3014\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22d2c67f00aeda7af29d31d7c760739d-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22d2c67f00aeda7af29d31d7c760739d-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22d2c67f00aeda7af29d31d7c760739d-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22d2c67f00aeda7af29d31d7c760739d.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      The Better Things Look for Democrats in 2026, <u>the Worse They Could Be in 2028<\/u>\n<\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><span><b><u>CatVideoFest 2026<\/u><\/b><\/span><b> at AFI Silver<\/b><\/p><p><i>8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 11:30 a.m., $8-10<\/i><\/p><p>Every office has that coworker who\u2019s always ready with a cute animal video (or GIF). This film screening is for them, and other cat lovers. Each year, Oscilloscope Laboratories collects the most fantastic feline clips on the internet and rolls them into one long, adorable package. Cinemas then partner with local rescues to host screenings. Thursday is your last chance to support City Dogs and City Kitties by catching CatVideoFest at AFI.<\/p><p><b>More to explore:<\/b> Bluegrass trio Chatham County Line at Jammin\u2019 Java.<\/p><p><span><i>Sign up for the NOTUS Metro newsletter for essential coverage of the D.C. region.<\/i><\/span><\/p><h2><b>Friday <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span><b><u>Chamber Music With the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra <\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p><p><i>The Justice Forum at The Reach, 2700 F Street NW, 6 p.m., free<\/i><\/p><p>Closed or not, the Kennedy Center is contractually obligated to continue paying members of its Opera House Orchestra, who normally perform with touring ballet companies, musicals and other special events (in addition to their gigs with the Washington National Opera). So why not let them play for the public? Friday the musicians offer an hour of music by Dvo\u0159\u00e1k at The Reach. The repertoire includes his inspired-by-Iowa \u201cAmerican\u201d String Quartet No. 12 in F Major and his lively Bagatelles, Op. 47.<\/p><p><span><b><u>Maraca Bruja<\/u> at National Geographic Museum of Exploration<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><i>1600 M Street NW, 6 p.m., $20<\/i><\/p><p>When the National Geographic Museum of Exploration opened in June, the DMV didn\u2019t just gain a museum, it gained a world-music concert series. The Friday night Concerts in the Courtyard continue this week with Maraca Bruja. The New York-based collective focuses on music of Colombia\u2019s Caribbean coastline. Members play a variety of instruments, including the gaita, an indigenous flute made from hollowed-out cactus stems.<\/p>\n<p><b>More to explore: <\/b>Sango and New Impressionz Band at La Cosecha in Union Market<\/p><h2><b>Saturday <\/b><\/h2><p><span><b><u>Summer Square Dance<\/u><\/b><\/span><b> at Peirce Mill<\/b><\/p><p><i>2401 Tilden Street NW, 7 p.m., free<\/i><\/p><p>Do-si-do with or without a partner at the annual Square Dance sponsored by Friends of Peirce Mill and held on the grounds of D.C.\u2019s only functioning gristmill. First-timers and fans of contra dancing (plus all related folk dance forms) will all swing round and round beneath strings of lights in Rock Creek Park.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3015\">Trump\u2019s Pick in Oklahoma Governor\u2019s Race Wins His Primary<\/a><\/p><p><span><b><u>Culture Quest Kids Fest<\/u><\/b><\/span><b> at Deanwood Recreation Center<\/b><\/p><p><i>1350 49th Street NE, 3 p.m., free<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A trio of D.C. government organizations with very long names \u2014 the Mayor\u2019s Office on African American Affairs, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities \u2014 team up to sponsor a daylong community festival for families.<\/p><p><b>More to explore:<\/b> \u201cKlex,\u201d six 10-minute plays inspired by one work of art, at The Stacks.<\/p><h2><b>Sunday <\/b><\/h2><p><span><b><u>The Playground closes<\/u><\/b><\/span> <b>at the National Building Museum<\/b><\/p><p><i>401 F Street NW, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $16 to $19<\/i><\/p><p>The Building Museum\u2019s annual summer installation gives families a chance to keep kids clean and active while escaping the heat. This year, the museum commissioned an imaginative play space from the New York firm Snarkitecture. Sunday marks the final day of the installation. Small adventurers can navigate a 100-foot obstacle course, climb a 15-foot wall, chill in rope hammocks, shoot hoops, wander through a maze and tunnel through a \u201cdig pit\u201d full of cork pieces, all in one air-conditioned place.<\/p><p><span><b><u>\u201cMerrily We Roll Along\u201d<\/u><\/b><\/span><b> at Signature Theatre<\/b><\/p><p><i>4200 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., $47 to $97<\/i><\/p><p>\u201cMerrily We Roll Along\u201d traces the lives of a trio of friends in reverse, and rather famously flopped on Broadway when it opened in 1981. But \u201cMerrily\u201d gained pop-culture momentum after it was featured in the film \u201cLady Bird\u201d and was revived on Broadway in 2023, in a production that starred Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe. Shirlington\u2019s Signature Theatre, which specializes in Sondheim musicals, began previews for \u201cMerrily\u201d on Tuesday and the show runs through Nov. 1.<\/p><p><b>More to explore: <\/b>James Taylor opens a three-night stand at Wolf Trap. Sunday is sold out, but tickets remain for Tuesday and Wednesday.<br\/><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3011\">Political Operatives Warn Campaigns: Don\u2019t Trust Prediction Markets<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the closing weekend for The Playground and CatVideoFest, and opening weekend for \u201cMerrily We Roll Along.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What to Do in the D.C. 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