Name: Auctioning the Past: A Fossil Smuggler Pays the Price
Start: 2018-12-17T18-18-45-00
End: 2018-12-27T23-23-55-00
Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center

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23nov(nov 23)5:00 pm01jan(jan 1)8:00 pmZooLightsPowered by Pepco(november 23) 5:00 pm - (january 1) 8:00 pm Smithsonian's National Zoo

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This season, ZooLights is bigger and better than ever. Take a peek at this year’s attractions:

New: Gingerbread Village

Follow the twinkling lights to the Gingerbread Village at Elephant Outpost. This magical land is complete with frosted cookies, lollipops and a gingerbread throne that’s perfect for a photo opp. Enjoy food, holiday shopping and live music, too!

New: Reindeer Games Fun Zone, sponsored by GEICO

Head to Lion-Tiger Hill to zip down giant inflatable slides, try a holiday-themed obstacle course and twirl on illuminated rides.

New: Symphony of Lights

Explore an interactive light canopy that responds to music, creating a unique sound and light show as you listen to the festive sounds of holiday performers on the Great Meadow.

Laser Light Shows, sponsored by Pepco

Watch animals come to life in laser lights on the outdoor wall of the Elephant Community Center. Now with two shows!

GRUMP holiday market

Shop at a European-style outdoor market that will double in size this year, featuring more local artisans offering unique gifts for all ages. GRUMP visits the Zoo on Dec. 7, 8 and 9.

Zoo Rides

Take a merry tour on the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Choo-Choo, sponsored by Metro by T-Mobile, which whisks guests around the Kids’ Farm and features gorgeous views of the holiday light displays. Hop on to your choice of 50 animal figurines at the Speedwell Foundation Conservation Carousel, which highlights the Zoo’s incredible research and success stories.

Please note that ZooLights does not feature the Zoo’s animals. All indoor animal exhibits will be closed to allow animals to get a full night’s rest. Visitors will be able to warm up indoors in the Zoo’s Visitor Center, Panda Plaza Gift Shop, Mane Grill and Great Cats Gift Shop.

All ZooLights attractions are weather permitting. Attractions may not be open when temperatures are 35 degrees or below.

Time

November 23 (Friday) 5:00 pm - January 1 (Tuesday) 8:00 pm

Location

Smithsonian's National Zoo

3001 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008

Cost

FREE

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17dec(dec 17)6:45 pmAuctioning the Past: A Fossil Smuggler Pays the Price6:45 pm S. Dillon Ripley Center

19dec7:00 pmThe Oh Hellos Christmas Extravaganza7:00 pm 9:30 Club

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The Oh Hellos Present: The Oh Hellos Christmas Extravaganza

w/ Family Crest.

The Oh Hellos are siblings Tyler and Maggie Heath. Originally formed after writing a song for their mother’s birthday, the band has gone on to release six records, including their fan-favorite holiday album The Oh Hellos Family Christmas Album. This December The Oh Hellos will bring to the stage their “Christmas Extravaganza” – a unique holiday event mixing the band’s critically acclaimed live show with music from their Christmas Album, additional carols, bad jokes, sing-alongs, dancing, revelry, and all the holiday cheer you can squeeze onto one stage!

Since forming in 2011, The Oh Hellos have earned a reputation as a very special live act. The sibling duo is surrounded on stage by a rotating cast of pickers and players, numbering as many as 13 at any given time, often spilling into the audience. The show, like the music itself, is at times delicate, intimate, affectionate; and at other times, soaring, towering and joyfully explosive.

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The Oh Hellos are siblings Tyler and Maggie Heath. Originally formed after writing a song for their mother’s birthday, the band has gone on to release four records, including their fan-favorite holiday album The Oh Hellos Family Christmas Album. This December, for the first time, the band will bring to the stage their “Christmas Extravaganza” – a unique holiday event mixing the band’s critically acclaimed live show with music from their Christmas Album, additional carols, bad jokes, sing-alongs, dancing, revelry, and all the holiday cheer you can squeeze onto one stage!

Since forming in 2011, The Oh Hellos have earned a reputation as a very special live act. The sibling duo is surrounded on stage by a rotating cast of pickers and players, numbering as many as 13 at any given time, often spilling into the audience. The show, like the music itself, is at times delicate, intimate, affectionate; and at other times, soaring, towering and joyfully explosive. Paste praises the live show, saying it “sounds as big as it looks,” while The Wild Honey Pie furthers, “…the band absolutely explodes with magnetic energy, and the audience always follows suit.”

Time

(Wednesday) 7:00 pm

Location

9:30 Club

815 V ST NW, Washington, DC 20001

Cost

$25

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22dec7:00 pmBig Something & Too Many ZoozAll Good Presents...7:00 pm 9:30 Club

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W/ Electric Love Machine

A 6 piece powerhouse with a sound that is both unique and timeless, Big Something fuses elements of rock, pop, funk, and improvisation to take listeners on a journey through a myriad of musical styles. It’s no secret why this group has quickly become one of the most exciting new bands to emerge from the Southeast. Soaring guitars, EWI (electronic wind instrument), synths, horns and alluring vocal hooks rise to the top of their infectious collection of songs and represent a sound that has caught the ears of such revered stalwarts as Umphrey’s McGee, Moon Taxi, Galactic, moe., Robert Randolph, and even The B52s, who have all tapped Big Something as direct support.
Recently, the band released their 5th studio album The Otherside on April 20th, 2018 as a follow up to their 2017 album Tumbleweed. The Otherside was recorded at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC with the help of Grammy-nominated producer and Carolina Music Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient – John Custer (Corrosion of Conformity) who has produced all 5 of the bands albums.
On The Otherside, Big Something continues to build upon the post-apocalyptic peyote trip imagery from Tumbleweed, concluding the story of a nomad who has made it to the other side of his journey wandering through the night towards a desert sunrise. The album also showcases a different musical side of the band with a heavier, more focused and soulful collection of 8 songs including “Smoke Signal,” and “Wildfire.”
Big Something is Nick MacDaniels (vocals, guitar), Casey Cranford (sax, EWI), Jesse Hensley (lead guitar), Ben Vinograd (drums), Doug Marshall (bass), Josh Kagel (keys, trumpet), and Rhett Huffman (keys).