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Events, free things to do, festivals and more fun ideas in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

Welcome to a spot in Southeast D.C. where you can hang out with your friends, have a cup of coffee, watch some live theater … and where 70,000 people have chosen to make their eternal resting place.

The scariest haunted houses aren’t far from D.C.

Fall foliage is expected to peak in D.C. at the end of October. But the news is not great for bright autumn leaves in 2024.

Check out a Taylor Swift-themed corn maze, plus more pumpkin patches, apple orchards and corn mazes near the D.C. area.

The Netflix reality dating show “Love Is Blind” came to D.C. for a season. News4’s Tommy McFly spoke with Washingtonian magazine’s Molly Szymanski about what she’s learned about the cast.

D.C.’s Pride Month celebrations could be bigger than ever in 2025 as the District prepares to host WorldPride.

A new exhibit lets visitors jump straight into the strangest layer of the ocean, bringing the creatures that live in the “twilight zone” to the surface of ARTECHOUSE’S walls.

“Lincoln as you haven’t seen him before”: Veteran actor Scott Bakula, of “Star Trek” and “Quantum Leap,” now plays President Abraham Lincoln in the one-man play “Mister Lincoln.” He spoke with News4’s Jummy Olabanji.

D.C. award-winning author Jason Reynolds is among 22 new recipients of a MacArthur “genius grant.” Here’s a look at his work and what’s next for him.

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A new holiday market is coming to D.C. – sort of. And the expansion is coming with some drama. Before shoppers could flock to D.C. this year to buy scented candles and cashmere scarves, some big changes went on behind the scenes. The result? D.C. will get a new holiday market in Dupont run by a familiar face, while...

News4’s Tommy McFly ventured to Loudoun County, where wine-makers are celebrating a major milestone.