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Entertainment Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, Shopping
Visitors to this region will and the Jiffy Lube Live in Washington, DC as well as
never be at a loss for entertain- Bristow, Virginia. Maryland and Virginia are
ment or cultural events. There Film classics and film famous for their antique stores.
are more free activities in DC premieres are shown at the Frederick, Maryland, has the
than in any other American city. American Film Institute in Silver Emporium at Creekside
The weekend section of Friday’s Spring, MD, and documentaries Antiques, which houses over
edition of the Washington Post at the Library of Congress. Many 100 antique shops. A great
provides listings of free concerts, of the capital’s museums have place to shop are the museum
gallery talks, films, book regular series of film shows, shops in DC, which stock an
signings, poetry readings, plays, lectures, and concerts. incredibly wide range of
and concerts. Washington holds many products, from African textiles
The Kennedy Center in seasonal cultural events. In and artwork reproductions to
Washington is home to the June, there are nightly perfor- contemporary American crafts.
Washington Opera Company mances by the Shakespeare Popular department stores are
and the National Symphony Theatre Free for All at Harmon Macy’s in DC and Nordstrom
Orchestra, two of the capital’s Hall. Independence Day in Arlington, Virginia. There are
crown jewels. It offers a celebrations are spectacular large malls in the Virginia and
magnificent dance and ballet along the Mall, with fireworks Maryland suburbs, and at
season as well, featuring the from the base of the Washington Fashion Center in Pentagon City.
world’s finest companies, Memorial. Labor Day Weekend Discount hunters should head
including the Bolshoi, the in September is marked by a for the 230 outlets at Potomac
American Ballet Theater, and free concert by the National Mills, situated 30 miles (48 km)
the Dance Theater of Harlem. Symphony Orchestra on the south of DC on I-95, or to
The center also hosts touring lawns of Capitol Hill. Tours of Rehoboth Beach in Delaware,
theater companies and many the White House are limited at with its huge concentration of
top jazz performers. Other present. Check at the White outlet stores.
good jazz and blues venues are House Visitor Center or on Many shops in the
Blues Alley in Georgetown, its website (see p211) for the Washington, DC area are
the Merriweather Post latest information. closed on major holidays.
DIRECTORY
Tourist West Virginia Washington Merriweather Post
Information Tel (800)-call-wva. Nationals Pavilion
∑ wvtourism.com Nationals Stadium, 1500 S Columbia, MD. Tel (410)
Delaware Capitol St, SE. 715-5550. ∑ merri
99 King’s Hwy, Dover, DE Travel Tel (202) 675-6287. weathermusic.com
19901. Tel (866) 284-7483. ∑ nationals.com
∑ visitdelaware.com Amtrak National Symphony
Tel 800-USA-RAIL. Washington Redskins Orchestra
Maryland ∑ amtrak.com FedExField 1600, FedEx Tel (202) 467-4600.
401 E Pratt St, Baltimore, Way, Landover, MD 20785. ∑ kennedy-center.org
MD 21202. Greyhound Tel (301) 276-6050 (ticket Shakespeare Theatre
Tel (877) 333-4455. Tel (800) 231-2222. Free for All
∑ visitmaryland.org ∑ greyhound.com office), (301) 276-6000. Harmon Hall,
∑ redskins.com
Smithsonian Metrorail & Metrobus 610 F St NW.
Information 600 Fifth St, NW, Entertainment Tel (202) 334-4790.
1000 Jefferson Dr, SW Washington, DC 20001. ∑ shakespeare
Washington, DC. Tel (202) 637-7000, (202) Blues Alley theatre.org
Tel (202) 633-1000. 638-3780 (TTY for 1073 Wisconsin Ave, NW. Shopping
∑ si.edu hearing-impaired callers). Tel (202) 337-4141.
∑ wmata.com ∑ bluesalley.com
Virginia Jiffy Lube Live Emporium at
901 E Byrd St, Richmond, Sports & Outdoor 7800 Cellar Door Dr, Creekside Antiques
112 E Patrick St, Frederick,
VA 23219. Activities Bristow.
Tel 800-VISITVA. Tel (703 )754-6400. MD. Tel (301) 662-7099.
∑ emporiumantiques.
∑ virginia.org Baltimore Orioles ∑ livenation.com com
Oriole Park at Camden
Washington, DC Yards, 333 W Camden St, Kennedy Center Macy’s Department
901 Seventh St NW, Suite Baltimore, MD 21201. New Hampshire Ave & Store
400, Washington, DC Tel (866) 800-1275. Rock Creek Pkwy, NW. 12th & G St, NW.
20001. Tel (202) 789-7000. ∑ baltimore-orioles. Tel (202) 467-4600. Tel (202) 628-6661.
∑ washington.org mlb.com ∑ kennedy-center.org ∑ macys.com

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