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We're frankly mostly of the mind that New Year's Eve is best spent at a house party with good friends -- going out to a club is almost always overpriced and often a big letdown. But in the event you don't have a party to attend, are new in town, or for any other reason are facing tonight without a firm plan, here's a few of our suggestions on how to have a fun and not too expensive evening at the last minute.

Thanks to Christmas and days off and such, it was a bit of a slower week for comments, but there are still plenty of gems worth sharing.

FRIDAY: >> Local comic book store Fantom Comics is celebrating the grand opening of their new Union Station store tonight with a party from 6 to 10:30 p.m. They'll be serving up free pizza on the early side and the comedy stylings of the Geek Comedy Tour during the second half of the night. There will also be a trivia contest with $500 gift certificates up for grabs. The party is inside the Union...

As usual, you said a lot of funny and thought-provoking stuff last week. But like LeVar Burton, don't take our word for it, and read on for Georgetown protests, monkeyrotica running a museum, and GMU fraternities, among other things. ------ monkeyrotica would be an awesome director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine: The disorganized state of the Army Medical Museum is an example of vicious circle funding: hardly anybody visits the place because...

>> Akron/Family's folk-influenced jams will pour out of the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight, with Greg Davies, Raleigh's Megafaun, and Stamen and Pistils. $12, 8 p.m. doors. >> The awards have already been announced, so it's a good time to check out the end of the D.C. Shorts Film Festival now that they're offering one of several "Best-Of" collections screening at 10 p.m. tonight -- odds are good you won't have to sit through...

>> Don't miss our full preview and interview with Bonde do Role, playing tonight at the Black Cat with Plastic Little and local experimental audio/visual artist Edie Sedgwick. $10, 8 p.m. >> >> DC9's got The Daybreak Line and The Beanstalk Library, who we recently profiled in a Three Stars piece, and Athens, GA's The Winter Sounds. $8, 9:30 p.m. >> I have vivid memories of watching the significantly creepy 1960 TV version of...

>> A Place To Bury Strangers bring their surf rock inflected shoegaze (with just a hint of Echo and The Bunnymen) to the backstage at the Black Cat. Airiel opens. 9 p.m., only $7. >> Georgie James plays an acoustic set at DC9 tonight during the ShervinFoto Book Release Party. Shervin Lainez' Happy Accidents documents 25 D.C. bands over the past 2 years. The book comes with a compilation CD or 12 tracks from...

>> Buzzworthy singer/guitarist Marnie Stern will be at the Rock and Roll Hotel with openers Zulu Pearls. 9p.m., $10. >> DDOT and ANCs 1B, 1C and 2B are hosting a public meeting on the future of the U Street corridor tonight, with an aim to discuss existing and proposed conditions of the neighborhood as well as address transportation concerns for the corridor. 6:30-8:30 p.m. in DDOT's second floor community room in the Reeves Building...

>> So, there's some old band playing at 9:30 Club tonight, and you don't have tickets. Head over to DC9 to catch Hej Hej, D.C.'s only Scandinavian pop and rock dance night (normally at Saint-Ex), as it heads to 9th Street to host Sweden's The Lovekevins in a special performance. Plus drink specials on Vikingfjord vodka. 9 p.m., $8 >> One of the crucial Bogart films, Treasure of the Sierra Madre is also the...

Suspects wait for a motorist to leave their vehicle unlocked and unattended and then quickly grab a purse, briefcase or other items while a customer is paying the cashier. In most cases the suspect is not seen committing the theft and often the suspect(s) are only seen fleeing in vehicles. It does not appear that these thefts are being committed by the same people, but are crimes of opportunity.

>> Two quality offerings from the Black Cat tonight: Japan's uber-weird noise outfit Melt-Banana take the mainstage with Hex Machine at 8:30 p.m., $13. Plus Falls Church native and now Richmond-based newgrass singer Josh Small is in the Backstage tonight, with Tim Barry and The Wading Girl, for a paltry $8 at 8 p.m. >> Campus Progress is calling all summer interns and other young folks to head over to Science Club tonight for...

We've noticed Sexy Fitsum's candid party shots for awhile, a little bit in the vein of Misshapes, except, you know, classier and without all the dead-eyed stares behind frizzy mops of hair. This is an exceptional image, not just for the spot-on lighting, but for the perfect composition that puts action and personality into the shot even without the help of a facial expression. EXIF....

>> If you've ever thought about having a wedding of any kind, we'd recommend stopping by Olsson's Courthouse store tonight to listen to The New Yorker's Rebecca Mead, whose most recent work explores the sinister workings of the $160 billion wedding industry and has been the talk of the internets of late. Tomorrow we'll dig up information on the best ways to elope for anyone who was in attendance. Mead reads from One Perfect Day:...