Out and About: Weekend Picks
FRIDAY
MUSIC: Stranger Than Paradise is the latest venture in the District's burgeoning electronica scene. With resident DJ NavboX, voted Best DJ in the City Paper's Best of 2009 poll, STP's launch party takes place tonight at Station 9's upstairs club space. The headliner is DJ Jus-Ed, a veteran of the East Coast House scene, and co-founder of the Underground Quality collective. 10 p.m. $5 before 11 p.m/$10 after.
Tickets are still available to catch The Raveonettes tonight at the 9:30 Club. 8 p.m., $20, with openers The Black Angels.
MOVIE: The Reel Affirmations Film Festival continues this weekend at Sidney Harman Hall (and various other venues). Check the full schedule for showtimes, and don't miss our other film picks for the week.
ART: The DCAC hosts a show by art collective Sparkplug, which opens tonight. Findings is a curated show with seven artists, whose work are "conversation" pieces about art and inspiration. Reception is 7 to 9 p.m.
JAZZ: Guitarist Bill Frisell returns to D.C. for the first time since his masterful performance at Wolf Trap in the spring. Frisell performs at the Kennedy Center tonight along with longtime colleagues Tony Scherr and Kenny Wolleson. Tickets to the 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. sets are $35.
SATURDAY
ART: Head to Gallery Neptune for an exhibit featuring the work of Joyce Zipperer and Rania Hassan. Hassan's art wagon is firmly aligned with the stars, after being named "outstanding artist" in the field of fiber by the James Renwick Alliance earlier this year. As for Zipperer, we'll just quote from the press release, "Her history of women’s undergarments has been expressed through hand crocheted metal wire or sheet metal sculptures and covers everything from corsets to bloomers to brassieres and 'Days of the Week' underwear." 7 p.m., free. To find out more about our art picks for the week, please read our Arts Agenda.
READING: Check out the Washington DC JCC’s Literary Festival, which includes book readings, receptions, author discussions and more; runs October 18 - 28.
If you're looking for a good coffee table book for D.C. lovers, head over to the Neiman Marcus on Wisconsin Ave. for an author event with Tracey Gold Bennett, who wrote Historic Photos of Washington D.C. Monuments. Bennett will sign copies of the new book from 1 to 4 p.m.
MUSIC: Check out avant garde musican Yeveto for free at the Honfluer Gallery at 8 p.m.
Say what you will about Built to Spill's reputation for being too much of a jam band when they play live: the fact remains that they are one of the most influential indie rock acts of the past two decades. And they're at the 9:30 Club for a show with Disco Doom and Violent Soho. $25, 10 p.m.
The Fela Kuti tribute, "Black President's Day," is celebrating its 4th anniversary with deejay sets by DJ Shoboy, DJ Don-X, i-Wah, Jahsonic, DJ Stylus and DJ Sabine. This Afrobeat party will go down at Warehouse (411 New York Avenue NE). $15 with RSVP/$20 at the door, 9 p.m.
It may be the gimmicky musical act of a pair of Hollywood actors (namely Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields), but the general consensus is that it's also kinda good. Dead Man's Bones are at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue for an 8 p.m. show. Tickets are $16.
CLASSICAL: Celebrated American pianist Murray Perahia performs this afternoon in recital sponsored by WPAS at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The program includes the chance to hear one of the selections from his latest CD of Bach partitas. 4 p.m., tickets are $35-$95.
SUNDAY
JAZZ: Circus of Saints is a loose knit collective of musicians from the East Coast who convene in various configurations to explore the possibilities of groove and group improvisation. Hear them at the Bossa Bistro & Lounge. 8 p.m. Call 202-776-0088 for cover information. For more information on our Jazz picks of the week, please read our This Week in Jazz page.
MUSIC: Art Brut returns to the Black Cat this weekend, where they've enjoyed many a packed, sweaty show before. This time they'll be joined by Princeton. $15, 8 p.m.