Thursday
“Out of Bounds” opens at the Kreeger Museum
2401 Foxhall Road NW, 10 a.m to 4 p.m., $15, free for minors
Art, but make it sports? The Kreeger Museum’s fall exhibition, mounted in partnership with Hamiltonian Artists, the U Street gallery and collective, is inspired by athletic pursuits and pushing various mediums to the limit. The exhibit features everything from collage to color field painting, created by both living local artists and icons in the Kreeger’s collection. Through Dec. 31.
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Various DMV theaters, $25 to $65
“By popular demand,” Theatre Washington says it is extending its Theatre Week promotion through Oct. 25. Tickets for “Merrily We Roll Along” at Signature start at $45, for example, and seats at Washington Stage Guild’s seasonally appropriate “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are $25. Bonus: Several theatres are now allowing patrons to book their Christmas shows at Halloween rates.
More to explore: Comic Riki Lindhome at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Friday
815 V St. NW, 10 p.m., $46
What do you call the genre when a Canadian sings Americana music? You call it Allison Russell. The Montreal native — and frequent collaborator with the likes of Aoife O’Donovan, Brandi Carlile and Hozier — comes to 9:30 Club in support of her 2026 album “In the Hour of Chaos.”
3001 Connecticut Ave. NW, 6 to 8:30 p.m., $35
Break out the costumes early and bring the kids to trick-or-treat where the wild things are. You may have to temper their expectations just a bit, however, since the lions, tigers and panda bears are not giving out candy. Zoo exhibits open for revelers include the Small Mammal House, Reptile Discovery Center and Elephant Community Center. The event also runs Saturday and Sunday.
More to explore: Local rockers Pretty Bitter at Black Cat
Saturday
Tregaron Conservancy, 3100 Macomb St. NW, 1 to 3 p.m., free
The 13-acre woodland park in upper Northwest hosts its annual outdoor world music festival, in partnership with Washington Performing Arts. The lineup includes string quartets, jazz, West African dance and drumming, yoga and a sound bath. WPA and Tregaron are also debuting a new GPS-guided “sonic walk” that can be experienced via headphones all year long.
George Mason University Center for the Arts, 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax, 7:30 p.m., $55 to $65, kids through grade 12 half price
Home base for Britain’s premier vocal ensemble is an intimate London decommissioned church, but on tour, the octet’s popularity demands large halls. George Mason’s cavernous hall is maybe not the ideal venue for an octet, but with the Kennedy Center closed, we’ll take outstanding a capella music where we can get it. The repertoire for “Let’s Fly Away” includes everything from renaissance polyphony to Frank Sinatra.
Sunday
Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide Art & Book Fair
Department of State, 320 21 St. NW, 1o a.m. to 3 p.m., free
Many diplomats can’t easily hold yard sales while living overseas. Their inconvenience is D.C.’s gain. Foreign service cast-offs available at this year’s Art & Book Fair include used books, coins, carpets, jewelry, paintings, stamps and textiles. Proceeds help provide scholarships for foreign service workers and other good causes. The book fair also runs Saturday.
“To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare”
Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., free, donations accepted
The Folger’s rotating gallery opens an exhibition exploring the history of Black women and the Bard, from early actors to Toni Morrison. More than 100 artifacts are on display, including costumes, portraits and programs. Other Folger museum spaces, including a printing press demo and dress-up station, are well worth seeing if you haven’t been there since the library expanded in 2024. Through May 2.
More to explore: Chevy Chase Art Walk
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