Potomac River in Great Falls, Virginia

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Cafe Citron celebrates 20 years with free salsa dancing lessons
Cafe Citron, a Dupont Circle bar and club, is celebrating 20 years in business as bars and restaurants around it seem to be dropping like flies. (R.I.P. Buffalo Billiards, James Hoban’s and Front Page.) A Brazilian samba show begins at 8 p.m., and at 9, you can learn how to salsa yourself. Don’t think you’ve got moves? There’s an open bar from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. if you need some liquid courage.
Cafe Citron, Friday, 8 p.m. 

Celebrating women at NMWA 
In honor of the Women’s March this weekend, the National Museum of Women in the Arts is offering free admission Saturday through Monday. Guests can view all permanent and temporary exhibits in the museum—which normally charges $10 per adult admission—for no cost. The museum’s latest exhibit, Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits opened Friday, depicting a new iconography for African American women through a mix of different mediums, drawing on African tradition, Martin’s own recollections, and personal artifacts.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Saturday-Monday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Need motivation for those fitness goals?
It’s not too late if you want to make 2020 your healthiest year. NBC4 and Telemundo 44 will be hosting a health and fitness expo in the Washington Convention Center this weekend, including cooking classes, seminars on sustainability, and even a flu shot clinic. Explore new workouts like Zumba or yoga, learn how to start a garden, or get some tips on ethical consumption, all for no cost.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Monday is ‘Not Just Another Day Off’
Poet and scholar DaMaris Hill will be reading from her collection A Bound Woman is a Dangerous Thing at the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Not Just Another Day Off: Injustice is Here event. Hill’s work combines poetry with historic speeches from influential figures in the civil rights movement like Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass. The event will also be accepting donations for the Food Pantry of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation. Registration is free, but you’re encouraged to RSVP to reserve your spot. 
Folger Shakespeare Library, Monday, 10 a.m.

Take a road trip to a National Park
On a few special days a year, the National Park Service waives the admission fees for national parks; Monday is the first of those days in 2020. Drive your own car, or use the money you save on admission to rent a ride and escape the city. Great Falls Park is only a 30-minute drive from the District, or venture a little farther to Shenandoah Park in Virginia, about 75 miles outside of D.C. If hiking isn’t your thing, the Colonial National Historic Park at Yorktown provides a trip back in time to colonial Jamestown,with guided tours and informational sites about the founding of the first permanent English settlement in 1607. End your three-day weekend with a return to nature or simply an interesting excursion outside of the hustle and bustle.
Great Falls Park, Shenandoah ParkColonial National Historic Park, Monday, sunrise to sunset. 

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