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There’s a big pink submarine at Hillwood this Saturday!

Operation Petticoat

One In Ten and Hillwood Estate offer up its second and final Divas Outdoors film screening of the season tonight, Friday, June 17, with the 1959 classic Operation Petticoat, starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis — as well as Dina Merrill, daughter of Hillwood founder Marjorie Merriweather Post. Guests are welcome to bring picnics, blankets and chairs for lounging, though meals will be available for purchase, as well. The mansion and gardens will be open for strolling before the screening. Saturday, June 18, 6:30 to 10 p.m. Screening starts at sundown. Lunar Lawn at Hillwood Estate and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Tickets are $15. Call 202-686-5807 or visit HillwoodMuseum.org.

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