Resources in the DC Metro Region

Transportation

• Washington Area Metro Association 

Local Newspapers / Magazines / Websites

• The DCist
• DC Meetup
• The Skimm 
• The Washingtonian
• Washington City Paper
• The Washington Post

Concert/Live Music Venues

• 9:30 Club
• The Anthem
• Black Cat
• DC9
• Fillmore Theater
• Howard Theater
• U Street Music Hall

Events Calendars/Listings

• Goldstar (cheap tickets for events)
• Washington City Paper
• Washington Post

Free Fun

• Around the World Embassy Tours (a week in spring when many embassies are open to the public for tours and samples)
• Busboys & Poets Events (includes lots of spoken word nights) 
• Cultural Tourism DC (maps for self-guided neighborhood tours and festivals/events)
• Kennedy Center Millenium Stage (free performances daily)
• Lisner Auditorium (SOME events are free, hosted by George Washington University)
• Mahogany Books Events
• National Book Festival
• National Sculpture Gallery Jazz in the Garden (May-Aug free performance series)
• National Zoo
• Rock Creek Park
• Shakespeare Theater
• US Capitol Tours
• Politics & Prose Reading Series (MOST of these readings by prominent authors and thinkers are free)
• Smithsonian Institutions
• Solid State Books Events

Yummy

• Restaurant Week (recurring weeks throughout year during which you can get special lower prices for prix fixe meals at high-end restaurants)  
• Union Market