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Food & Drink: Washington, DC has a renowned selection of excellent restaurants and almost any national cuisine can be found.
Theatres & Concerts: Pennsylvania Avenue houses the National and Ford Theaters. The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts stands at the foot of New Hampshire Avenue, overlooking the Potomac River. Here there are four theatres for live performances of opera, concerts, musical plays, drama and festival occasions; free performances are held every day of the year from 6pm at the Millennium Stage. A fifth theatre houses the American Film Institute. Open-air concerts are held at the Jefferson Memorial in the summer, and the National Gallery of Art has Sunday evening concerts in the East Court Garden from September to June. The US military bands play free concerts at the Washington Monument, the Capitol, and the Navy Memorial during the summer.
Nightlife: Washington enjoys a growing number of nightclubs with live entertainment. There are, however, numerous bars and discotheques in central Washington, Adams-Morgan, Georgetown and the suburbs.
Shopping: There are several shopping areas in Washington, DC. A collection of self-contained shops known as the ‘Shops at National Place’ can be found off F Street, between 11th and 15th Streets; Connecticut Avenue (between K Street and Dupont Circle) has many speciality shops; and Georgetown offers a wide range of boutiques, bookshops, antique dealers, arts and crafts shops, and pavement stalls as well as a very attractive mall on M Street. More traditional malls include the Pentagon City Mall, located in Arlington, VA (15 minutes by Metro from the downtown area), and the Mazza Gallerie, at the corner of Wisconsin and Western Avenues. Some of the government buildings offer unique souvenirs in giftshops open to the public.
Special Events: The following is a selection of events taking place in 2003: February 13-17 42nd Annual Washington Boat Show. March 7-22 Americartes (Mexican and Andean music festival), John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. March 16 St Patrick’s Day Parade, Constitution Avenue. March 22-April 7 National Cherry Blossom Festival, Constitution Avenue. March 23 Washington Marathon. March 24 World Figure Skating Championships, MCI Center. April 21 White House Egg Roll, South Lawn, White House. April 23-May 4 Filmfest DC International Film Festival. June 1-8 Capital Pride (gay pride festival), Dupont Circle and Pennsylvania Avenue. June 22-30 DC Caribbean Festival.July 4 Independence Day Celebration, Constitution Avenue. For details and more events online (website: www.washington.org).
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