| |  | | |  Fluent City Fluent City is the culture school for the insatiably curious. From popup events and month-long immersions, Fluent City helps people discover passions across food and drink, art and design, language and beyond. Led by influential experts, the classes show you how to craft your own signature cocktail, speak French like a native, design your apartment, and generally live like a local wherever you go. Fluent City happens throughout the city, bringing people together in unconventional ways. | |  | |  National Cherry Blossom Festival (NCBF) Parade One of DC's largest spectator events, the NCBF Parade on April 8 runs for 10 blocks along iconic Constitution Avenue. Giant colorful helium balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands from across the country, celebrity entertainers, and performers burst down the parade route in a grand spectacle of music and showmanship seen only once a year during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. From the National Archives to the Washington Monument, spectators are excited by the pageantry and energy of the nation's premier springtime parade. Arrive early for the best views along the parade route. | |  A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry has come to the Fichandler Stage in Arena Stage. Hansberry's masterpiece follows the Younger family as it yearns for a better life far from the confines of a Chicago tenement. Hope arrives in the form of an unexpected financial windfall, but family ties are strained when they realize they have different dreams and aspirations. A Raisin in the Sun paints the African-American experience in powerful strokes. In performance through May 7. | |  Friday, April 7 Event - Space: Photography and Installation Art
Korean Cultural Center
Event - Benjamin Drummond Emancipation Day Celebration
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital Exhibit - Bordes Borders
Mexican Cultural Institute Exhibit - Earth Explorers
National Geographic Museum Saturday, April 8
Event - Woolly Block Party
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Event - Annual Blessing of the Fleets
Navy Memorial Exhibit - Peacock Room Remix
Freer Sackler Exhibit - Border Crossing: Jami Porter Lara
National Museum of Women in the Arts Sunday, April 9 Tour - Pickle Pea Walks
Lafayette Plaza Event - Moonlight Revelry Rakugo
Freer Sackler Theater - A Raisin in the Sun
Arena Stage Exhibit - Hirshhorn Museum Highlights
Hirshhorn Museum Monday, April 10 Exhibit - Bees in the City
District Architecture Center Tour - Washington Navy Yard
National Museum of the U.S. Navy Exhibit - Meet Netsuke! Storytellers of Japan
The Japan Information Culture Center Exhibit - PostSecret: The Power of a Postcard
National Postal Museum Tuesday, April 11 Exhibit - Baseball's Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National Game
Library of Congress Exhibit - American by Belief
President Lincoln's Cottage Event - Guided Highlights Tour
Newseum Wednesday, April 12 Exhibit - Congress and the World Wars
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Exhibit - George Condo: The Way I Think
The Phillips Collection Exhibit - Exploring the Early Americas
Library of Congress Thursday, April 13 Exhibit - Architecture of an Asylum: St. Elizabeths 1852-2017
National Building Museum Exhibit - The Pollinator-Friendly Garden
District Architecture Center Event - World War I: The Weight of Sacrifice
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