Image of “The Astronaut” by Kate Hardy in the exhibit “Isolation,” courtesy Carroll Square Gallery.

The second week of the month is typically packed with arts events, and this one is no different. Get out into this great weather and enjoy a refreshing glass of cool white wine at any one of these art openings — remember, most of these events are free.

>> In the H Street NE neighborhood, City Gallery opens Magical Realism with paintings by Gina Clapp (Saturday, 6 to 9 p.m.) and Evolve Urban Arts Project opens There, Not There with paintings, drawings and installation by Matthew Carucci and J. Pouwels (Saturday, 4 to 8 p.m.).

>> Visit 14th Street NW to see Steven Cushner: New Paintings and William Willis: Works on Paper at Hemphill and screen prints and muscular collograph prints by Charles Cohan in Circuits at Curator’s Office (both Thursday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.). Stop by Transformer Gallery for the rescheduled lecture with artist Mia Feuer about her ongoing installation Suspended Landscape (Saturday, 4 p.m.)

>> A number of events are in Maryland this weekend. Bethesda has their monthly art walk (Friday, 6 to 9 p.m.), featuring John Aquilino’s urban landscapes at Gallery Neptune and contemporary art from Wales at Fraser Gallery, along with several other galleries. The Washington Printmakers will host a group show at Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring (Friday, 6 p.m.). Get some handmade goods at the annual Sugarloaf Crafts Festival at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds this weekend (Fri-Sun). Way on the flip side of the District, Art Whino at National Harbor opens Food Chain with work by Brazilian artist Lelo (Saturday, 8 p.m. to midnight).

>> On Capitol Hill, embrace street art at The Fridge for Back in Black with Tim Conlon and Mark Jenkins (Saturday, 7 to 11 p.m.) and learn how to make plush toys with Beth Baldwin (Sunday, 2 p.m.). The Capitol Hill Art Workshop will host their annual Art & Go Seek scavenger hunt for families (Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.), followed by the opening of their All Media Show (5 to 7 p.m.).

>> You’ll find some events if you stick around Downtown and Gallery Place, as well. Sneak out for a long lunch and join one of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Art + Coffee tours (Wednesday through Sunday, 1:30 p.m.), see the 1978 version of The Running Fence film by Albert and David Maysles (Thursday, 6:30 p.m., free), or hear studio furniture makers Mira Nakashima and Wendy Maruyama talk about their work (Sunday, 2 p.m.). Meanwhile, the Corcoran is totally free this Sunday for Family Day, with art workshops, musical tours and more (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), and be sure to see Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, which opens Saturday; DCist will have more on this exhibit later this week. Over at the Hirshhorn, see Phoebe Greenberg’s Black Box film Next Floor during its last weekend, or see a screening of Everything you always wanted to know about the making of a video installation by “performance art wonder woman” Marina Abramovic (Thursday, 8 p.m.). Sorry, Hirshhorn After Hours tickets for Friday are sold out. Be sure to check out Carroll Square Gallery for Isolation with works by Max Hirshfeld, Noelle Tan, Jason Falchook and more (Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.). Next time you stroll by 5th and K Streets NW, admire the new public art installations by David Black and Ethan Kerber.