| | Looking ahead |  | Don't let the soaring temperatures derail your plans for the next few months. Summer also means outdoor concerts illuminated by fireflies and festivals serving fresh local seafood. All of which finds a place in our events calendar for July, August and September. [Read more] 20 ways to beat the heat Columbia Heights's new roofdeck | |  This weekend, Tiger Woods returns to the AT&T National, the Canadian Embassy hosts a poutine party and Port City celebrates its expanded tasting room. [Read more] | | News & Reviews | | | Restaurants By Alex Baldinger | The three-block stretch of 11th Street between Kenyon and Monroe streets NW is undergoing a second wave of development that is bringing at least four new bars and restaurants to the neighborhood. The first to open is Maple, a casual, Italian-influenced wine bar. [Read more] | | | Bars & Clubs By Fritz Hahn | It's tough when a holiday falls in the middle of the week. Whether you're planning to get your partying off to an early start or take off on Thursday and Friday, there's plenty going on around town to help you celebrate America's 236th birthday. [Read more] | | | Music By David Malitz | Daryl Davis can play it all, in any style and at any pace. Expect a lot of boogie-woogie, rock-and-roll and blues at his free concert on Friday at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre. [Read more] | | | Theater By Lisa Trager | Appalachian flatfooting mixes with hip-hop, and traditional rhythm tap trades riffs with Irish stepping in "Vaudevival: Old is the new New." [Read more] | More From Going Out Guide | | |  | Strike up the band - The Music Man is coming to Arena Stage! Combine one fast-talking con-artist with one strait-laced librarian, combine with irresistible songs, incredible dance and (at least) 76 trombones and you've got a recipe for fun for the whole family. Click here for tickets today! | Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and UMD School of Music present the National Orchestral Institute and Festival, Now-June 30, 2012. Fisch Conducts Mahler's Third. Stefanie Irànyi, mezzo-soprano and Asher Fisch, conductor. Saturday, June 30, 2012 . 8PM Additional ticketed and FREE events are also open to the public. Join the exploration!Click here for tickets! | THE ANIMALS & CHILDREN TOOL TO THE STREETS Part Charles Dickens, Part Tim Burton, with live music, witty performances, and stunning interaction between animation and live actors, this acclaimed London Company 1927's show, is a graphic novel burst into life! Now Playing at The Studio Theatre! Click here for tickets today! | | | | | |  | | | |