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GET OUT: Think Green, Fireworks, and History!

Lots of great educational and memorable experiences available this weekend!

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Where/When: Saturday, April 2, 1-4 pm, Bowie Parks & Grounds Building

Why Go: Learn how to save the planet!

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Pricing: Free!  (Stuff available to buy)

2. COMMUNITY SUMMER CAMP FAIR

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Where/When:  Saturday, April 2, 10 am – 3 pm,

Why Go: Find out how to get rid of your kids for a week this summer.

Where/When: Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Greenbelt Arts Center

Why Go: A musical about jazz, pot, sex, and violence.  It’s just like TV!

Pricing: $15 – 22, available online  

4. NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL

Where/When: Saturday, March 26 – April 10, National Mall

Why Go: This weekend is the Fireworks show!  More cool stuff this weekend:  Lantern walks, Cruises, music and more! 

Pricing: FREE!

5. TREASURES OF HEAVEN:  SAINTS, RELICS, AND DEVISION IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Where/When: Through May 15, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Why Go: Tour an exhibit of beautiful pieces of art that just happened to once contain the body parts of various saints from the Middle Ages.  Cool.

Pricing: $4-8 for the exhibit.

6. AMERICA I AM:  THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IMPRINT

Where/When:  Through May 1, National Geographic Museum, Washington DC

Why Go: Important artifacts of American history - Rosa Parks police fingerprint card.  The “Door of No Return”, Slave shackles, and more.

Pricing: $6-12, available online

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