RSS FeedFree Movies, Concerts and Theater in Penn Quarter
With all the news about the debt crisis in America, I’m torn between going on a retail therapy binge and saving my pennies for the dark days ahead. For now, I’m going to try to keep the credit card holstered. So, here are just a few upcoming events in the neighborhood that are completely FREE.
Movies
Screen on the Green DC
Screen on the Green returns to DC. The series starts on July 25 with “In the Heat of the Night”
National Mall, between 8th and 14th Streets
Mondays, at dusk
Click here for the full schedule.
National Archives
In connection with its current exhibit, “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” the National Archives is hosting a series of author talks and showing a selection of movies, from propaganda to popular.
Constitution Avenue, between 7th and 9th Streets
Visit their web site for more information
National Theater
The National Theater continues its summer film series. This year’s series is called “Dial H for Hitchcock.”
1321 Pennsylvania Avenue
Mondays: 6:30 pm
For upcoming shows, click here.
Concerts
Navy Memorial
The U.S. Navy Band performs every week at the Navy Memorial.
Constitution Avenue, between 7th and 9th Streets
Tuesdays: 8pm
For more information, click here.
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Free concerts are held throughout the summer on the Woodrow Wilson Plaza.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Daily, Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Full schedule of performers available here.
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
Artists from around the World are featured at the weekly jazz concerts in the garden.
Constitution Avenue, between 7th and 9th Streets
Fridays, 5pm-8:30pm
For the schedule of performers, click here.
West Front of the Capitol Building
Free concerts almost every day of the week by the U.S. Navy Band, U.S. Marine Corps Band, U.S. Army Band and U.S. Air Force Band.
View the schedule here.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
This year’s Living Earth Festival includes an outdoor farmers market, an Iron Chef-style cook-off between local and Native chefs, hands-on family activities and an evening concert with the Pappy Johns Band, the Plateros, and Greg Analla.
Independence Avenue, at 4th Street
July 22 – July 24
For more information about the festival, click here.
Theater
The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Shakespeare Free For All
Julius Caesar
Sidney Harman Hall
610 F Street
August 18—September 4, 2011
For show times and reservations, go here.
National Theater
The Born Guilty Cycle: A Trilogy of Plays by Ari Roth; Directed by Delia Taylor and Shirley Serotsky
Tuesday, July 26 at 7 pm: Giant Shadows
Sunday, July 31 at 3 pm: Born Guilty and The Wolf in Peter
1321 Pennsylvania Avenue
Click here for more information and reservations.
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