October 1–October 26 10am–5pm Monday–Saturday Sunday Symbols of Honor: Heraldry and Family History12pm–5pm in Shakespeare’s England Folger Shakespeare Library Folger Great Hall http://www.folger.edu/calendar.cfm
October 1 – Oct 19 The Shoplifters Arena Stage 1101 6th St SW, Washington, DC 20024 http://www.arenastage.org/
October 1 – Oct 26 Driving Miss Daisy Ford’s Theatre 511 Tenth St, NW, Washington, DC 20004 http://www.fords.org/home/performances-events/2014-2015-season
October 1, 2014 – May 31, 2015 O’Keefe and Friends: Dialogues with Nature Phillips Collection 1600 21st Street NW, Washington, DC http://www.phillipscollection.org/events
October 1 – Nov 2 Soda_Jerk: After the Rainbow National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20005 http://nmwa.org/explore/exhibitions/current-exhibitions
October 2 – October 12 Africa Umoja National Theatre 1321 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004 http://thenationaldc.org/events/africa-umoja/
October 3 Derrell Lawrence’s “Do you Trust Your Best Friends?” 8 PM Warner Theatre 13th and E St NW, Washington, DC 20004 http://www.warnertheatredc.com/
October 4 The BYT Benzen Ball Comedy Festival Showcase Doors open at 6:00 PM 9:30 Club 815 V St. NW, Washington, DC, 20001 More information at: http://www.930.com/event/681515-byt-bentzen-ball-comedy-washington/
October 4 Rev909: Daft Punk/French House Tribute and Indie Dance Classics 10 PM U Street Music Hall 1115 U Street NW, Washington, D.C. http://www.ustreetmusichall.com/calendar/
October 5 WPOC Sunday in the Country Doors open 1 PM Merriweather Post Pavilion 10475 Little Patuxent Pky, Columbia, MD http://www.merriweathermusic.com/
October 7 Electric Six: The Soft White Sixties Doors open at 8:00 pm Black Cat 1811 14th Street NW, Washington DC, 20001 http://www.blackcatdc.com/shows/electric-six.html
October 7 Macy Gray: The Way Tour of 2014 7:30 PM Birchmere Music Hall 3701 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 22305 http://www.birchmere.com/calendar/
October 8th Jesmyn Ward – Men We Reaped: A Memoir Book Signing 7:00 PM Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffee House 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008 http://www.politics-prose.com/
October 8 Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra 7:30 PM at Strathmore Music Center5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852-3385 http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/calendar/view.asp?id=10979
October 9 9th on 9th by Derrick Weston Brown 9:00 – 11:00 PM Busboys and Poets 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/2014/10/9
October 10One Act Festival – “Animal Tales” By Don Nigro 8 PM – 10 PM Sidwell Friends School Rosenberg Theater http://www.sidwell.edu/calendars/detail.aspx?linkid=59481&moduleid=368
October 10 Second Hand Rose Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE Washington, DC 20002 http://atlasarts.org/upcoming-events/
October 10 Hip Hop Legends 8pm Baltimore Arena 201 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.baltimorearena.com/
October 11 Bastille Doors open 6:30 PM, show starts at 8 PM Patriot Center 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030 http://patriotcenter.monumentalnetwork.com/
October 11 Mike Epps 7:00 PM Warner Theatre 513 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 http://www.warnertheatredc.com/
October 11 Mavis Staple 8 PM Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave, Washington, DC 20540 http://www.loc.gov/concerts/mavisstaples.html
October 12 Leon Panetta, Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace Author Event 5 PM Barnes and Noble 4801 Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814 http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/85408
October 13 King Diamond The Fillmore Silver Spring 8656 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910 http://www.fillmoresilverspring.com/
October 13, 2014 A Streetcar Named Desire 7:30 PM Shakespeare Theatre Company 610 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004-1604 http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/plays/details.aspx?id=16728&source=t
October 13 Jason Mraz and Raining Jane 8 PM Warner Theatre 513 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
http://www.warnertheatredc.com/
October 14 Nasta‛liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy 12 PM Smithsonian Institute Arthur M Sackler Gallery Sublevel 1 http://www.si.edu/Events/Calendar/?trumbaEmbed=filter3%3D_17046_&filterfield3%3D11223#/?i=5
October 16 – 19 John Caparulo DC Improv Comedy Club 1140 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036 http://www.dcimprov.com/schedule.html
October 16, 2014 Diane Rehm Show: Colm Toibin: “Nora Webster: A Novel” 11:06 AM NPR http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-10-16/colm-toibin-nora-webster-novel
October 17th Masters of Hawaiian Music 8:00 pm Wolf Trap http://www.wolftrap.org/Home/Find_Performances_and_Events/Performance/1415Barns/1017show14.aspx
October 17 Music In Mind: University of Maryland Brass trio 8 PM Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center 3800 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-1625 https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2014/music-mind-university-maryland-brass-trio
October 18 Felipe Esparza 9 PM, Doors open at 8 PM State Theatre 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church, VA 22046 http://www.thestatetheatre.com/events/e1765.xml?_offset=8&_order=1
October 18 Joe Rogan 8 PM Warner Theatre 513 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 http://www.warnertheatredc
October 20 ARTLAB+: Open Studio 3:00 – 5:00 PM Smithsonian Institute Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden http://artlabplus.si.edu/
October 20 Jazz at the Howard: Gregory Porter Doors open 6 PM, show starts 8 PM Howard Theatre 620 T Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 http://thehowardtheatre.com/show/2014/10/19/gregory-porter-3
October 20 NPC Luncheon with Secretary Thomas Perez, U.S. Department of Labor 2:30 PM in the Ballroom National Press Club 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045 http://press.org/events/npc-luncheon-secretary-thomas-perez-us-department-labor
October 22, 2014 Low Bass Studio Recital: School of Music 12:30 PM George Mason University Center for the Arts 4373 Mason Pond Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030 http://cfa.gmu.edu/
October 23 Haunted HOwls 6 – 7:30 PM Bladen Hall Breezway, Prince George Community College Prince George Community College Largo, MD.
October 23 Festival Pablo Casals Prades Collective 7:30 PM Smithsonian Institute Freer Art Gallery Meyer Auditorium http://www.si.edu/Events/Calendar/?trumbaEmbed=filter3%3D_17039_&filterfield3%3D11223#/?i=3
October 24 Downtown Shabbat 6:00 PM Sixth and 1 Historic Synagogue 600 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 http://www.sixthandi.org/event/downtown-shabbat-26/
October 25 Russell Peters 8 PM DAR Constitution Hall 1776 D St NW, Washington, DC 20006 http://www.dar.org/constitution-hall
October 25 Gladys Knight 8 PM Warner Theatre 513 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 http://www.warnertheatredc.com/
October 26, 2014 Shear Madness 7 PM John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=searchDay&bmonth=10&bday=26&byear=2014
October 26 Disney On Ice presents Frozen Presented by Stonyfield Yo Kids Organic Yogurt Tickets 7 PM Patriot Center 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030 http://patriotcenter.monumentalnetwork.com/
October 27 American Journeys – Visions of Place Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions
October 28 News Corporation News History Gallery Newseum 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20001 http://newseum.org/plan-your-visit/index.html
October 29 Kitchen Garden Tour White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/webform/white-house-kitchen-garden-tours
October 30 Records of Rights National Archives Dave Rubenstein Gallery, National Archives Constitution Ave. NW between 7th & 9th St., Washington, DC 20408 http://www.archives.gov/museum/news/
October 31 Fleetwood Mac Doors open 7 PM, Show starts at 8 pm Verizon Center http://verizoncenter.monumentalnetwork.com/events//
November 2014 Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life Performance 8PM Verizon Center 601 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 http://verizoncenter.monumentalnetwork.com/events//
June 2015 Source Festival for over three weeks Source Theatre Tickets go on sale May 2015 1835 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 http://www.culturaldc.org/performing-arts/source-festival/