Thursday:
>> With a 30-year career in the business that began as a rapper, Angie Stone is now one of the more esteemed soul singers around. She'll be performing in D.C. at The Park. Free with RSVP. 8 p.m. more ›

>> Thursday's Phillips After 5 will lend special attention to the ongoing relief efforts in Japan. Gallery talks will explore the influence of Japanese art and Japonisme on the work of Pierre Bonnard with Japanese-inspired food and drink help set the mood. Guests will be asked to partake in a text-to-give rally and 50 percent of bar and membership proceeds, as well as designated visitor donations, will be given to the American Red Cross. Phillips Collection. $12. more ›

You can catch some alt-country goodness at the 9:30 Club courtesy of the Old '97s, see some local favorites celebrate their friends' record release at Red Palace and stare in wonder at the lyrical prowess of Dan Bejar tonight at the Black Cat. This and more in our Weekly Music Agenda. more ›

By this point in December, most of the music to be heard will be accompanied by jingling bells: see our holiday concert roundup for those concerts. A few other options are available, though. more ›

If you are looking for music laced with sugar plums and roasting chestnuts, see my roundup of holiday concerts from last Friday. For music not for the holidays, here are some picks for the rest of the week. more ›

Omnipresent Christmas music assaults one's ears throughout the month of December. If it does not push you over the edge, you may be the sort of person who actually wants to hear a Christmas concert at this time of the year. Our picks for the season's most interesting holiday concerts follow, mostly free of Christmas chestnuts: much more of the best of the rest after the jump. more ›

Much of what local theaters are offering this month is holiday-themed fare, but there's a touch of time travel, a hint of politics and a bit of mystery thrown in for good measure. Here are the highlights. more ›

MONDAY

She's got a lot of the same sass as her pal (and fellow Myspace-bred star) Lily Allen, but Kate Nash's poppy piano tunes have a distinctly soulful bent to them. The London singer-songwriter will be stopping by the 9:30 Club tonight with opener Peggy Sue. $20, 7:00 p.m. more ›

The focus in today's agenda is on unusual music being offered in concerts. If you are tired of hearing the same old pieces again and again, this is your week. more ›

>> Likely the biggest dance event of the month is Velocity DC, a sampler of some the area's best known companies, including the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, CityDance Ensemble, Furia Flamenca and Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co. Four shows are spread over three days at the Harman Center, with a couple different programs to choose from (October 7-8, 8 p.m.; October 9, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; $18). more ›

MONDAY >> Do you like screamo? How about metalcore? Us neither, but if you do, get yourself to the 9:30 Club, for Underoath and similarly sinisterly-named Every Time I Die, Poison the Well, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, and Belle and Sebastian. Just kidding about the last one. 6 p.m., $18. TUESDAY >> Stevie Wonder needs no introduction. He's coming to the Verizon Center today. Tickets start at $68, so get your wallet ready.... more ›