Thursday, June 25, 2009

Cheap dates

Free art
The Corcoran Gallery of Art has free Summer Saturdays through Aug. 29. The events include gallery tours, workshops, demonstrations and performances.
Artist and Corcoran graduate Randolph Williams will create chalk drawings of the Corcoran’s most popular American paintings on the sidewalk in front of the building.
The Saturdays also include artists’ demonstrations and hands-on activities in the atrium.
The gallery is at 500 17th St., NW, Washington, D.C., 20006. Information is available by calling 202-639-1700.
The gallery’s hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays.

Jazz art
“The Fine Art of Jazz” photography exhibit runs through Aug. 8 at Alexandria Black History Museum. The exhibition highlights the names and faces synonymous with Kansas City’s tradition of American jazz.
The museum is at 902 Wythe St., Alexandria. The museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and suggested admission is $2.
More information is available from alexblack history.org.

Car show
The Route 66 PT Cruiser Club hosts the annual PT Cruiser “Car Show for the Troops,” to benefit Fisher House, Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The car show is scheduled at Locust Shade Park in Triangle, about a mile south of the U.S. Marine Corps Museum on Route 1. Spectators can get in free. Fisher House donations are accepted.
Owners of any type of car are welcome to enter the car show.
People are needed to judge and run events for children, such as mini-golf, paddle boat races, etc., at the event.
Event information is available from route66ptclub.com. Interested volunteers may contact Chief John Clanton, 703-622-5171.

Farmers market
Dumfries hosts a farmers market with produce, crafts, gourmet items, ciders, music, children and youth activities, pony rides and more.
The market is Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Dumfries United Methodist Church,  3890 Cameron St., Dumfries, 22026, at the corner of Washington and Cameron streets.
More information is available by calling 703-221-7440.

Army Band’s final Twilight Tattoo
The final Twilight Tattoo for this year is Wednesday. Pre-ceremony pageantry begins at 7 p.m. and the pageant starts at 7:15 p.m. at Fort Lesley J. McNair. The closest Metro stop is Waterfront-SEU Station on the Green Line.
Twilight Tattoo is an hour-long sunset military pageant of Soldiers and ceremonial units, including The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, The U.S. Army Drill Team; The U.S. Army Blues, a soloist from The U.S. Army Chorus, and members of The U.S. Army Band, Downrange.
The performances is free and open to the public. Bleacher seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis.
Information about inclement weather plans and group reservations is available by calling 202-685-2888.
More information is available from twilight. mdw.army.mil.