The Washington Post Weekend - USA (2020-11-27)

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FRIDAY,

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27, 2020

Best BetsNoteworthy events this week

Editor’s note: The

coronavirus pandemic

continues to disrupt

everyday life around the

D.C. area and beyond. Due

to the recent surge in

cases, some institutions

that previously reopened

— including the National

Gallery of Art, six

Smithsonian museums

and the National Zoo,

Glenstone, the Kreeger

and the U.S. Holocaust

Memorial Museum — have

closed indefinitely. The

Kennedy Center has

canceled nearly all of its

live performances through

April 25, 2021.

These recommendations

will be a mix of virtual and

in-person events for the

foreseeable future. You

will find the latest

developments at

washingtonpost.com/

coronavirus a nd updates

on the local entertainment

scene at

goingoutguide.com.

Black Friday

Reimagined

“Black Friday” has a whole
’nother meaning in the craft
beer world, where pun-loving
brewers use the day after
Thanksgiving as an excuse to
release big, boozy dark beers.
Goose Island’s Bourbon
County Stout line is the best
known, but there are
adherents in the Washington
area, too. Ashburn’s Old Ox
Brewery releases four new
bourbon barrel-aged imperial
stouts this weekend, including
variants aged with coffee and
chocolate and hazelnuts. To
truly capture the flavors of the
season, the brewery offers
tasting flights on Friday and
Saturday that pair each stout
with a different type of
s’mores. For social-distancing
reasons, Old Ox offers two

seatings per day, with tickets

for groups of two, four or six

people at indoor and outdoor

tables.

When: Friday and Saturday from

noon to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.

Where: O ld Ox Brewing, 44652

Guilford Dr., Ashburn.

oldoxbrewery.com.

Tickets: $ 20 per person.

U.S. Capitol

Christmas Tree

Lighting

Out-of state visitors from

Colorado to D.C. must

quarantine for 14 days under

the city’s current guidelines —

unless they’re a 55-foot

spruce. This year’s U.S. Capitol

Christmas Tree was selected

from the Grand Mesa,

Uncompahgre and Gunnison

National Forests in Colorado

and will be adorned by

ornaments made by children

from the Centennial State.(No

word yet on whether an

adorable owl has been found

nestled into the mighty tree, a

la Rockefeller Center.) House

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

will light the tree in a

ceremony on Wednesday at 5

p.m., but it might be best to

watch it live on C-SPAN to avoid

the crowds, or pick another

time to visit, as the tree is lit

from sunset until 11 p.m. each

night.

When: Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Where: W est Lawn of the U.S.

Capitol, First Street and

Constitution Avenue NW.

aoc.gov.

Admission: Free.

Let’s Talk Gardens:

Holiday Wreaths

and Evergreen

Decorations

As you’re decorating for the

holiday season, you might

have considered buying a pine

or fir wreath to hang on your

front door, or a centerpiece for

the table. But in a year when

many people have turned to

crafting to escape the boredom

of stay-at-home orders,

wouldn’t it be more fun to

make your own seasonal

decorations? The DIY experts

from Smithsonian Gardens are

using their weekly Zoom

webcast to cover the basics of

constructing an evergreen

wreath, and using greenery to

make your home more festive.

The presentation includes a

list of supplies, and full videos

are posted on the

Smithsonian’s website

afterward to allow you to re-

watch the step-by-step

instructions.

When: Thursday at noon.

Where: gardens.si.edu.

Tickets: F ree. Registration

required.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

In a normal year, Mary Chapin Carpenter would have barnstormed the nation with her arsenal of

booming country hits and soulful ballads. The Virginia resident would have made a stop at Wolf Trap,

as she has done nearly every year in her 30-year career, to a crowd of fans eager to hear songs from

her latest album, “The Dirt and the Stars.” A nationwide tour wasn’t in the cards this year, but

Carpenter still got a chance to perform at her hometown venue: The country music legend recorded a

solo show at an empty Filene Center, and the cheekily titled performance, “One Night Lonely,” will be

available to stream from 8 p.m. Friday through midnight on Sunday. (If you miss out this weekend, the

performance will be released as a live album next week.) In press materials, Carpenter says: “As we

enter the holiday season, so many of us are apart from the ones we love. I hope this concert — which

will include songs from my first record to my most recent release — will bring us a little closer, until we

can gather again, shoulder to shoulder, celebrating live music once more.”

When: Friday at 8 p.m.

Where: wolftrap.org.

Tickets: $20-$80.

BONNIE JO MOUNT/THE WASHINGTON POST

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting is on Wednesday.

AARON FARRINGTON

Mary Chapin Carpenter’s concert at an empty Filene Center at Wolf Trap starts streaming Friday.

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