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>> DJ Stylus continues his weekly exploration into new music with "Refuge." As usual, it'll be at Tabaq. Free, 9 p.m.

>> Quickly becoming a favorite spot for DJs, Litlle Miss Whiskey's Golden Dollar (1104 H Street NE) will be the venue for Adrian Loving and DJ Stylus as they host a pre-Halloween party, "A Funky Space Halloween." Space funk-themed costumes are highly encouraged. Free, 9 p.m.

>> Yacht Rockers Supreme, Daryl Hall & John Oates, will be at the 9:30 Club. $55, 7:30 p.m.

By now, the Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company is a familiar presence in the local arts scene, having won numerous awards, including Best Emerging Group and Best Costume design from Dance Metro DC in 2008. In addition to its dance performances, the organization has branched out to present live concerts, film screenings, and other endeavors designed to expose traditional and contemporary South Asian arts to a wider audience. But the highlight of Dakshina's calendar is its Fall Festival of Indian Arts, the annual dance production whose sixth iteration will take place this weekend at the historic Lincoln Theatre.

>> Belgian group Zap Mama (pictured) brings European, American and African rhythms together for their unique sound. They'll be at the Black Cat. $25, 8 p.m.

>> Vocalist/bassist Meshell Ndegeocello comes back home for a performance at the Black Cat. The show will celebrate the release this week of her latest album, Devil's Halo. $25 in advance/$28 at the door, 8 p.m.

>> Resident N'digo Rose will be joined by DJ Jahsonic and special guest Lady Alma at "Soul Overdose" at Station 9. $10, 8 p.m.

>> Gordon Chambers wrote hits for folks like Brownstone, Whitney Houston and Anita Baker, but he's an artist in his own right. He's slated for two shows tonight at Blues Alley. $35+$2.50 per person, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

>> Local DJ crew the Soul Controllers are celebrating 18 years of existence at Tabaq. Joining them will be Philly's Illvibe Collective and L.A. vocalist Joy Jones. $5, 8 p.m.

The Kennedy Center kicks off its fall season with its annual Open House Arts Festival, a highlight of its performance calendar. Every year, as part of its Performing Arts for Everyone initiative, the Center opens its doors to the public and folks can see cutting edge artists from around the world in nearly every performance space the venue has to offer. This Saturday marks the 25th installment of the festival, dubbed Stage & Street Spectacular. In recognition of that milestone, the event’s organizers took a step back to assess their approach.

With the passing of Labor Day, the local arts scene starts to pick up as venues and companies begin their fall programs in earnest. The Nrityanjali Performance Troupe, a classical Indian dance ensemble based out of Gaithersburg, will also mark the change of seasons with a performance this Saturday.

>> Legendary band Living Colour will be at the Birchmere performing from their catalog, which of course includes "Cult of Personality." $35, 7 p.m.

>> Sound of the City has a new day of residency but the same format of improvised hip-hop instrumentals at Bohemian Caverns. Free before 8 p.m./$5 after 8 p.m., 6 p.m.

>> Her latest album drops today and to celebrate, Bay Area-based vocalist Ledisi will be performing at National Harbor Plaza and signing copies of her release, Turn Me Loose. Free, 7 p.m.

>> DJs Obeyah and Baronhawk Poitier will be celebrating urban dance culture at Rock & Roll Hotel's Hotel Bar during "The Breakdown." Free, 8:30 p.m.

If you’re a sucker for rainbow headscarves, insistent beats, and sequins, you’ll be instantly charmed by this enthusiastic Fringe Festival contribution from D.C.'s Ancient Rhythms Dance Company. The costumes are dazzling and the performers are all great showmen, though the choreography doesn’t always take advantage of the dancers' energy. When the narrator promises at the show’s opening to dive into “the transcendent and the mundane,” she delivers.

>> With two shows at Bohemian Caverns, locally-based artist Fatso will be performing along with Jesse Boykins III, LB and W. Ellington Felton. $10 in advance, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

>> French sister act Les Nubians made a name for themselves several years ago with songs like "Makeda" and "Temperature's Rising" will be at the Birchmere. $29.50, 7:30 p.m.

>> XO has been having a good year on the D.C. hip-hop scene, especially with his work on the Diamond District release. This listening party for "Monumental" will be at Reef. Free, 10 p.m.

>> Superstar extraordinaire Beyonce will be at the Verizon Center. $20.75-$200.75, 6:30 p.m.

>> Laura Izibor has been getting a lot of positive press lately as the next R&B sensation due to her single, "From My Heart to Yours." The Dublin-born singer will be celebrating the release of her debut album, Let the Truth Be Told, in D.C. with two shows. At 6 p.m., she'll be at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage for free and at The Scene at 9 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.) for $10 in advance.

>> Earth, Wind and Fire have been together for 40 years and seem to keep pressing on. They'll be at Merriweather Post Pavilion with Chicago. $35-$75, 7:30 p.m.

Every long-lived pop musician who achieves success as a young artist eventually confronts the legacy problem: How much of your back catalogue do you take with you when you hit the road to promote your new music?

The hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiills are aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive in Synetic Theater’s nonverbal, nonstop production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream!

Over the past few years, and more recently due to the juggernaut that is Slumdog Millionaire, there has been an explosion of South Asian American artists and collectives devoted to incorporating South Asian culture into the broader arts scene. Musicians such as Karsh Kale and Janaka Selekta, who merge electronic and traditional sounds, have started making more regular visits to the District. Local dance companies like the Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company, Dhoonya Dance, and a host of others have each put their own twist on attempting to cast traditional South Asian forms into a modern light.

>> It's been about 20 years since Raphael Saadiq hit the scene with Tony! Toni! Toné!. Now a well-established solo artist and producer, he'll be peforming at the 9:30 Club to a sold out crowd. As always, Craigslist is an option but that's looking scant. 7 p.m.

>> X.O. is a D.C. up-and-comer whose holding a listening party for his newest mixtape, Realmatic, at Major. $TBA, 7 p.m.

renovation, which was concluded this past fall. That dingy old theater, which badly needed a face lift, looks and sounds like a new space, and it was a delight to see it play host to Mark Morris's airy, sunny Mozart Dances on Friday evening. Premiered only in 2006, a commission for Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, this graceful, bouncy choreography appealed on a purely visual level, with movements that corresponded to the Rococo whorls of some of Mozart's most aesthetically pleasing scores.

Some of January's most glamorous and worthwhile concerts are happening this weekend. The problem will be how to decide what to attend -- here is what we recommend.

Washingtonians certainly have enough options to take in a performance of Tchaikovsky's evergreen Christmas ballet The Nutcracker this month. Given the choice this weekend, the more traditional extravaganza version offered by the Joffrey Ballet at the Kennedy Center lost out to the Washington Ballet's revival of Septime Webre's re-imagining of The Nutcracker at the Warner Theater.