“I wasn’t really outdoorsy before, but now I’m discovering new places around the D.C. area and seeing a whole new side of this place I’ve never seen before,” said one local resident.

For the last seven years, the band fronted by 87-year-old Alice Donahue had played every Sunday at Showtime.

To formally kick things off, the retailer is holding a weekend of events on July 16-17.

After a wet, drizzly winter and a colder-than-normal March, all of a sudden, it got nice again in D.C. Here’s where to enjoy it.

Screen on the Green kicks off on July 16 with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

While the peak period has passed for some parts of the region, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be a leafer over the next two weeks.

Starting today, Montgomery College has banned tobacco anywhere on its campuses, including outdoor areas far away from any buildings. In the Post’s lengthy story on the decision, the two sides of the smoking debate muse on whether this sort of policy will become standard on most college campuses around the country over the next few years. Anti-smoking and health advocates see this sort of policy as the inevitable next step. Others think it’s going…