CALENDAR
sketchbook and pencils. 2:30 to
4:30 p.m. americanart.si.edu
WEDNESDAY 28
FREE Live-Concert
Series on the Plaza
Get to grooving with lunchtime
performances featuring the area’s
best entertainers. There’s a genre for
everyone, including jazz, neo-soul,
bluegrass, reggae, country, pop rock
and more. Woodrow Wilson Plaza,
noon to 1 p.m. downtownD.C.org
THURSDAY 29
FREE A Garden at Zero G
Lettuce, peas and radishes are just a
sample of popular veggies that can
be found in a growing garden. But
did you know they can also be grown
in space? Crewmembers aboard the
International Space Station have been
growing such plants for years in their
“space garden.” Learn from the best
as the Master Gardener volunteers
host an “out of this world” lesson. For
grades 1-5. Montclair Library, 10:30-
11:30 a.m. montclairlibrary.org
FRIDAY 30
FREE Movie Night
on the Museum Lawn
Explore the adventures of young Riley,
who is uprooted from her Midwest life,
and shipped to San Francisco. Watch
as she tries to navigate a new city,
house and school in the kid-friendly
film Coco. Downtown Manassas,
starts at dusk. manassascity.org
Arlington County Fair
August 12-18 | FREE | 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

SATURDAY 31
FREE DinoRoars
Get ready for a summer of prehistoric
fun and learning. Dino-lovers can take
a self-guided safari around the Zoo to
meet dinosaurs that travel, roar and
even dribble water. Be sure to search
for all six animatronic dinosaurs, from
a baby stegosaurus to an enormous
T. rex weighing more than 5,000
pounds and measuring roughly 40
feet long. National Zoo, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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