WEDNESDAY:
>> Recently named Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor for Ballet, Suzanne Farrell knows George Balanchine’s repertory better than anyone else — she ought to, since Farrell herself is his most famous protégée. So you can expect nothing but exuberant and masterful performances, through Nov. 27, of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet’s all-Balanchine extravaganza. Tickets are $29 to $84, at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.
THURSDAY:
>> It’s Thanksgiving, and most of you will be gathering with family or friends and not heading out on the town. But let’s say you can’t afford (or choose not) to see your family, are new to the city, and have no place to go. Why not call up Greater DC Cares this afternoon to get the low down on opportunities to volunteer at area soup kitchens?
FRIDAY:
>> Tickets for both Friday and Saturday’s performances by Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and the rest of the BreedLove Odyssey Tour at 9:30 Club are long gone, and we can’t say we’re too surprised. Kweli consistently tops critics’ and fans’ lists alike, and anyone who hasn’t been humming Mos Def’s “Sex, Love & Money” for the last few months is just lying to themselves. There’s only a handful of tickets on craigslist.org, so if you don’t have yours, good luck.
SATURDAY:
>> Back in 1958, housewives really knew about desperation. At least, housewives who looked like Jeanne Moreau surely did. In Louis Malle’s The Lovers, about a woman who leaves both her husband and her boyfriend for a polo player she barely knows because the sex is just that hott. A study in French New Wave cinematography, the film also caused quite the stir for being the first to be screened in the U.S. with a full-on nude scene. It’s at the AFI Silver Theatre at 4:20 p.m., part of a larger series called Risks and Reinvention: The Cinema of Louis Malle that runs through Jan. 10.
SUNDAY:
>> Please keep in mind that the Dandy Warhols show at 9:30 Club is completely different from the Andy Warhol retrospective currently at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Both events are certainly worth checking out, but when making plans for Sunday while shouting across a crowded bar, it’s best to be clear about these things. No one wants a misunderstanding involving fine art produced to be commercially appealing and … wait a minute. Dandy Warhols are $25 w/ Portland’s The Out Crowd; Warhol Legacy: Selections from the Andy Warhol Museum is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and costs $8.
