{"id":13478,"date":"2019-12-27T01:53:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T06:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internsdc.com\/?p=13478"},"modified":"2019-12-27T01:53:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T06:53:55","slug":"wish-newsletter-things-to-do-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wish-newsletter-things-to-do-29\/","title":{"rendered":"WISH Newsletter: Things to Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Free Big Five Memorials Walking Tour<\/strong><\/a> (Friday, June 22 and Saturday June 23-2pm)<\/em> Come see the essential monuments of Washington,\u00a0D.C., on a guided tour: George Washington,\u00a0Thomas Jefferson,\u00a0Franklin Roosevelt,\u00a0Martin Luther King Jr.,\u00a0and Abraham Lincoln.\u00a0 Meet in front of the Jefferson Memorial. Smithsonian Metro, south side of Tidal Basin. FREE!<\/span><\/p>\n

20th Annual Safeway Barbecue Battle<\/strong><\/a> (11am-10pm Saturday, June 23& Sunday June 24)
\n<\/em>Enjoy some delicious barbecue from chefs around the country and listen to some summer music,\u00a0 all while supporting the Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Clubs of America (Tickets $12, food sold separately).\u00a0 Event located on Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 9th and 14th streets. Federal Triangle, Metro Center, Gallery Place Metro.<\/p>\n

Jazz in The Garden<\/strong> <\/a>(Every Friday, 5pm-8:30pm)<\/em>
\nRelax and enjoy listening to some jazz in the Sculpture Garden of the National Gallery of Art. Enjoy BBQ, cool beverages, and a massive fountain that doubles as the ice skating rink in winter. Archives Metro.\u00a0 FREE!<\/span><\/p>\n

The Art of Video Games<\/strong><\/a> (open daily till 7pm)<\/em>
\nCheck out one of the coolest exhibits in town and become an expert on video games.\u00a0 Exhibit held on the 3rd floor\u00a0 of the American Art Museum. This amazing building was the old Patent Office Building and the site of President Lincoln’s second inaugural ball on March 6th, 1865.Gallery Place Metro.\u00a0 FREE!<\/span><\/p>\n

DC United vs. Montreal Impact<\/strong> (Saturday, June 30th<\/sup> @ 7:30pm)
\n<\/em>WISH interns interested in attending this event must visit this link https:\/\/oss.ticketmaster.com\/html\/go.htmI?l=EN&t=dcunited&o=172&g=2018<\/a> and click \u2018Find Tickets\u2019, enter in the promo code (contact WISH for this),<\/em> create a login, and from there you\u2019ll be able to access discounted tickets<\/p>\n

Capitol Riverfront Screening of The Lost Ark<\/strong><\/a> (Thursday, June 28-8:45pm)<\/em>
\nWatch The Lost Ark outside and experience Washington on a summer night.\u00a0 Located at Tingey Plaza.\u00a0 Navy Yard Metro.\u00a0FREE<\/span>!<\/p>\n

Kayak Rental – See Washington from a whole new angle: on the water! <\/strong>\u00a0(8am-8pm on weekends) <\/em>Come to Jack\u2019s Boathouse<\/a> where you can rent kayaks, stand-up paddle boards, and canoes by the hour.\u00a0 Located on 3500 K ST. NW.\u00a0 Roslyn Metro.\u00a0 Kayak\/canoe $14\/hour; stand-up paddle board $25\/hour.<\/p>\n

Sunsets With the Capitol<\/strong><\/a> (Friday, June 22-8pm)<\/em> Listen to the beautiful sounds of the Army\u2019s own band on the West Steps of the U.S. Capitol. \u00a0FREE!<\/span><\/p>\n

*We are working on Wish events for early July: 4th of July Social Mixer and Career Night July 10th.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Free Big Five Memorials Walking Tour (Friday, June 22 and Saturday June 23-2pm) Come see the essential monuments of Washington,\u00a0D.C., on a guided tour: George Washington,\u00a0Thomas Jefferson,\u00a0Franklin Roosevelt,\u00a0Martin Luther King Jr.,\u00a0and Abraham Lincoln.\u00a0 Meet in front of the Jefferson Memorial. Smithsonian Metro, south side of Tidal Basin. FREE! 20th Annual Safeway Barbecue Battle (11am-10pm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}