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Magic Night with Charlie Ross & Dan Schø...

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Oct 24, 2024

Witness Unbelievable Acts of Magic and Illusion

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Oct

25

2024

Downtown

Fall Festival on Woodrow Wilson Plaza

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

Oct 25, 2024

Join us at Woodrow Wilson Plaza at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center for free Halloween festivities!

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26

2024

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Día de los Muertos Family Day

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Oct 26, 2024

Día de los Muertos Family Day

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26

2024

Virginia

Family Day: Halloween

National Museum of the Marine Corps

Oct 26, 2024

Celebrate Halloween at the National Museum of the Marine Corps

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Oct

26

2024

Adams Morgan

Spooky Science Festival

Because Science

Oct 26, 2024

Spooky Science Activities for Adults and Children

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Oct

27

2024

Adams Morgan

Drag Storytime in Adams Morgan

Adams Morgan Partnership BID

Oct 27, 2024

Drag Storytime in Adams Morgan

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Oct

27

2024

Adams Morgan

Science Playtime For Kids Aged 2-5 years

Because Science

Oct 27, 2024

You’re never too young to become a scientist

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29

2024

Penn Quarter & Chinatown

Art in the A.M.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Oct 29, 2024

Family friendly educational art talk

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Magic Night with Charlie Ross & Dan Schø...

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Fall Festival on Woodrow Wilson Plaza

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Día de los Muertos Family Day

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Family Day: Halloween

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Spooky Science Festival

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Drag Storytime in Adams Morgan

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Science Playtime For Kids Aged 2-5 years

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Art in the A.M.