Out and About: Weekend Picks
FRIDAY
MOVIES: Quintessential nineties movie Empire Records plays at the Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival (base of Key Bridge, 1300 Lee Hwy, Arlington) tonight. Three squeals for Rex Manning! 8 p.m., free.
>> Put on those fishnets and head to E Street Cinema (555 11th Street NW) for a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. $10.
PARTY: The Rock and Roll Hotel (1353 H Street NE) unleashes its 1st Annual Summer's Eve Party, with six DJs, free food and raffle prizes like two tickets to see every Rock and Roll Hotel event, show, and party for the rest of 2010 (there will be 10 winners for this prize). Tickets are tiered with options of: $15 (entrance and 1 raffle ticket), $25 (entrance, open bar from 6-11 p.m., and 2 raffle tickets), or $50 (entrance, open bar all night, and 3 raffle tickets). 6 p.m.
MAGIC: Take in a Midnight Magic Show with magicians David London and Josh Norris at Source (1835 14th Street NW). Doors open at 11:15 p.m., the free PBR lasts 'til midnight, and the show starts at 12:30 a.m. $20.
MUSIC: Hirshhorn After Hours (7th Street and Independence Avenue SW) presents DJs and drag tonight. See performances by Summer Camp, Karl Marks, Brandon Joseph Neukam, and Sunrize Highway while DJs Matt Bailer and Bil Todd set things spinning. 8 p.m. Tickets, which must be purchased in advance, are $18.
>> The Drive-By Truckers show at 8 p.m. at the 9:30 Club is sold out. Pour salt in your ticketless wound by reading our interview with lead singer Patterson Hood.
JAZZ: Tonight, Jazz in the Garden presents Young Lions and their fusion rock/jazz sound at the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden (Constitution Avenue and Madison Drive between 7th and 9th Streets NW). Free, 5 to 8:30 p.m.
>> Latin jazz collective Origem performs at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage (2700 F Street NW), 6 p.m., free.
FASHION: It's the first night of Temporium, a temporary store at 1300 H Street NE which showcases products from D.C. designers. Since tonight is the first night of the event, which runs through August 15, there will be DJs and live music. 6-10 p.m.
SATURDAY
ART: Partake in Free Summer Saturdays at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Admission is free, and this Saturday there will be a Community Art Program in the Atrium from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., where visitors can work on a "Chuck Close inspired mystery portrait project."
MOVIES: National Geographic's African Diaspora Film Festival continues with three films today: Silent Shame, a drama based around the topic of HIV, at 12:30 p.m. Katanga Business, a "thriller-like documentary," at 3:30 p.m.; and The Harimaya Bridge, a drama that looks at race relations between an African-American character in Japan, at 6 p.m. The films will be shown at the National Geographic headquarters (1145 17th Street NW). $10 for each film, or $60 for a pass for the whole festival, which continues through Sunday. 7 p.m.
>> The Summer Film Series at the Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H Street NE) continues with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. 5 p.m., tickets $6.
>> In case you missed it last night, E Street Cinema (555 11th Street NW) has a second midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight. $10.
>> Little Miss Sunshine is this weekend's selection at the 2010 Movies in the Park
Series at Lamont Park (intersection of Mt. Pleasant Street NW and Lamont Street NW) in Mount Pleasant. Free, movie begins at dusk.
SPORTS: D.C. United plays English club Portsmouth FC in a friendly at RFK Stadium (2400 E. Capitol Street NE), 7:30 p.m. Tickets $23-$52.
DANCE: The Next Reflex Dance Collective performs Electro Shutdown & The Pea, a unique and interactive dance experience, where performers recreate a nightclub and the evening ends with live music and an open dancefloor. $35 tickets include backstage access and a wine and cheese party at 7:30 p.m.; regular admission is $22. 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Stop by Iota (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington) for Middle Distance Runner, Death by Sexy and Cobra Collective. 9 p.m., $12.
>> DC9 (1940 9th Street NW) presents Fool's Gold, The Tony Castles, and Loose Lips at 9 p.m., $10/12.
>> The Budos Band plays "sexy, retro, and dirty" R&B at the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW). 9 p.m. Also playing is D.C.'s Funk Ark. $15.
GETAWAY: For a weekend getaway with opera and classical music, the Castleton Festival is a two-hour drive away in picturesque Rappanhannock County. Legendary conductor Lorin Maazel started hosting this festival last year in his country house at Castleton Farms, not far from Shenandoah National Park, and it has quickly become one of the best local events in an otherwise slow time of the year. This is the final weekend of the festival, and one of the new productions, an unusual staging of Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat and Falla's Master Pedro's Puppet Show, opens tonight for three performances, but only Saturday has tickets remaining (July 24, 4 p.m.). On Saturday is the final performance of Puccini's Il Trittico (July 24, 7 p.m.), and the Castleton Festival Orchestra will close out the festival on Sunday (July 25, 7 p.m.) with a finale program of orchestral music by Beethoven. Tickets (available online or by calling the box office at 540-937-4969): $20 to $85.
BOOKS: The Arlington Central Library (1425 N Courthouse Road, Arlington) is holding its summer sale, if you're looking for some inexpensive reads for your next beach trip. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
SUNDAY
FOOD & DRINK: Head to Eat Bar (2761 Washington Blvd., Arlington) for Sunday brunch and a movie. This Sunday's selection is The Land Before Time. 11 a.m.
TV: Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse (2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington) is holding a Mad Men Season Premiere Party, complete with a costume contest and classic drinks. 10 p.m., free.
MOVIES: See the next installment of the Freer Gallery's Made in Hong Kong Film Festival with Rule Number One, a "police thriller/ghost story mash-up." 2 p.m., free.
>> Kick back with some corned beef hash or some other favorite diner food and watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the American City Diner (5532 Connecticut Avenue NW) tonight, 8:30 p.m. See their nightly free movie line-up here.
MUSIC: The Beach Boys bring their summer classics, from "California Girls" to "Surfin' USA," to the Filene Center at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). 2 p.m. Tickets are $38 in-house and $25 lawn.
>> Iota (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington) has Techniquelle, Subtle Body, and The Independent. 8 p.m., $10.
>> Tanya Morgan and The Kick Drums play DC9 (1940 9th Street NW). 9 p.m., $12.
JAZZ: Westminster Presbyterian Church is hosting a benefit concert of veteran musicians, with proceeds going to support and continue Jazz Night in Southwest and Blue Monday Blues. Sets at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m., $40.