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Photo by ewilfong FRIDAY JAZZ: If you have family in town, taking them to the Jazz Night in Southwest could be a good inexpensive activity. Tonight trombonist Bobby Felder will assemble a large band for 6-9 p.m. show. $5. For more jazz highlights this weekend, check out our This Week in Jazz post. MUSIC: Since it's the last Friday of the month, "AfroBeat For Ya Soul" is on at its new location, Bossa, with...
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Photo courtesy of bslatas MOVIE: Cormac McCarthy’s Oprah-backed mega-bestseller, The Road opens today at a handful of theatres. You can view the trailer here, and be sure to check out the rest of our holiday weekend movie picks in Popcorn & Candy. MUSIC: At Liv, some of the area's most noted producers and talked-about emcees under one roof tonight including Slimkat78, XO, and Lola Monroe, $10, 9 p.m. LECTURE: Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman, host...
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Photo by julia.m MOVIE: The Alliance Française, in partnership with the Bureau de Quebec, presents a screening of Claude Meunier's romantic comedy, Le Grand Départ / Honey, I’m in Love, about a man who leaves his monotonous wife for a much younger woman, but soon begins to wonder if the choice has really left him happier. At the Letelier Theater, 7 p.m., tickets are $9. The Washington Psychotronic Film Society is back at the...
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Photo by M.V. Jantzen MUSIC: Bebel Gilberto performs tonight at the 9:30 Club, in an early show (doors 6 p.m.). Tickets are $35, and check out our preview here. CLASSICAL: Catch the final performance of Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera, a rarely performed opera about a Marchioness who disguises herself as a gardener girl to find the man she loves, performed (with piano only) by Maryland Opera Studio. $21, 7:30 p.m. MOVIE: The Goethe Institut...
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Photo by army.arch FRIDAY MOVIE: The National Portrait Gallery is showing free Western movies by John Ford this weekend. Tonight's movie is Fort Apache, starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Shirley Temple, at 7 p.m. For more of our movie highlights, make sure to consult this week's Popcorn & Candy column. MUSIC: Former Three Star artist Wayna is performing with Tabi Bonney at Zanzibar. $TBA, 8 p.m. Fans of New Jersey's The Wrens have...