{"id":13542,"date":"2019-12-27T02:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T07:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internsdc.com\/?p=13542"},"modified":"2019-12-27T02:29:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T07:29:01","slug":"wish-newsletter-things-to-do-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wish-newsletter-things-to-do-33\/","title":{"rendered":"WISH Newsletter: Things To Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0March 2012 Upcoming Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verizoncenter.com\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verizon Center<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is a busy place this time of year. It is the home of the Washington Capitals, Wizards and plays host to Georgetown University Basketball team.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Wizards vs. Portland Trailblazers (NBA): March 10, 7pm<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL): March 11, 5pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival Dates:<\/strong> (March 20 \u2013 April 27) will celebrate the 100<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the Cherry Blossom Festival with 5 weeks of spectacular events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org\/2011\/07\/15\/2012parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade<\/span><\/strong><\/a> combines wonderful entertainment for the whole family including decorated floats, gigantic colorful helium balloons, marching bands, clowns, horses, antique cars, military and celebrity performances.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sakuramatsuri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Japanese Street Festival<\/span><\/strong><\/a> in Washington, DC is a lively celebration of Japanese culture and part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dc.about.com\/od\/walkingtours\/a\/CherryBlosTours.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Cherry Blossom Walking Tours<\/a>&#8211; <\/strong>Take a free tour with a National Park Service Ranger and learn about the history of the cherry blossom trees and more<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org\/2011\/07\/15\/blossom-kite-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blossom Kite Festival<\/a>&#8211; <\/strong>March, 31<strong>. <\/strong>Kite flying competition, special demonstrations and kite making for children.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dc.about.com\/od\/cherryblossomfestival\/a\/CBFEntertainmt.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sylvan Theater<\/a>&#8211; <\/strong>an outdoor amphitheater on the National Mall in Washington DC located at the northwest corner of 15th Street and Independence Avenue near the base of the Washington Monument.<strong> Daily <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">free<\/span> cultural performances during <\/strong>March 31-April 15, 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/gog\/best-bets\/iconic-eats,99114.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Washington Post\u2019s Best DC area Iconic Eats<\/strong><\/a>: There many restaurants but the real treat is to visit one of these iconic local places that can&#8217;t be replicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0March 2012 Upcoming Events \u00a0Verizon Center is a busy place this time of year. It is the home of the Washington Capitals, Wizards and plays host to Georgetown University Basketball team. Washington Wizards vs. Portland Trailblazers (NBA): March 10, 7pm Washington Capitals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL): March 11, 5pm 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13545,"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-13542","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\/13542","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=13542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13542\/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=13542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}