Kenwood community in Bethesda. Each 1st-time visitor I took there told me that they never saw so much cherry blossom in their life, which was even better than the Basin's. 
Smithsonian Kite Festival 
Founded by aviation pioneer Paul E. Garber (1899-1992), the Smithsonian Kite Festival is one of the kite world's premier events and is traditionally connected to the Cherry Blossom Festival. There were competition and demonstrations by kite-flying masters. 
Tthe Freer presented a day-long festival of four animated films, all presented in glorious 35mm to celebrate the work of anime masters Hayao Miyazaki and Katsuhiro Otomo. Patrick Drazen, author of "Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation", introduced the films and sign books, and the DC Anime Club put on a costume show.
I watched three movies: My Neighbor Totoro, Steamboy, and Howl's Moving Castle.
Tidal Basin Stage Cultural Performances
Performances featuring music, dance, song and martial arts demonstrations. 
Kenny Endo: Edo Festival and TheaterMr. Endo explained the percussive sounds that resonated throughout Japan during the lively Edo period, and demonstrated rhythms of festival music and the extremely popular kabuki theater, as well as his own contemporary works with an ensemble of musicians on koto, shakuhachi, vibraphone, and taiko.
The Cherry Blossom Festival continued with fireworks over the Southwest Waterfront.
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