DC Arts

Museum/Gallery
Student free admission may be nice for NYC but in DC almost everything is free for all.
Freer Along the National Mall
Sackler Walkable from above.
Ripley International Gallery close to Freer and Sackler.
National History Museum Intersection of 10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW. National Mall
Portrait Gallery Eighth and F Streets, NW, D.C., 20001, above the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metrorail station (Red, Yellow and Green lines).
National Gallery of Art (East and West Buildings)
Corcoran Gallery 17th and E St. ($10 Admission, Farragut West, Orange/Blue)
National Building Museum Judiciary Square Station (Red Line). Take National Building Museum exit and cross street to F Street entrance.

Guides/News/Blog
DCist
Post Going Out Gurus Blog

Music
Blues Alley
930 Club
Black Cat
Millennium Stage at Kennedy Center
Madam's Organ