>> Help the merchants displaced after the Eastern Market fire at happy hour tonight by imbibing at one of more than 20 D.C. bars that have signed up to donate a portion of their proceeds to begin the rebuilding. Started as the Facebook.com group “Rescue Eastern Market” by Clay Johnson on the day of the fire, you can find the full list and a handy map of participating taverns and cafes at Rescue Eastern Market.
>> Celebrate the release of their new album, God Save the Clientele, with the UK’s the Clientele tonight at Black Cat. $13, 8 p.m., with The Ladybug Transistor and The Positions.
>> Check out a lecture by architect Phyllis Lambert called Mies van der Rohe and the Landscape of the City at the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s Hammer Auditorium. According to the program description, Lambert intends to discuss Mies’ work on the Seagram Building in New York, particularly the specifics of site within his long evolving social, ethical, and philosophic approach to the landscape and “the building art.” But we certainly hope she’ll also agree to discuss the legacy of the only Mies building in D.C. — the beleagured Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. $35 ($15 for members). 7 p.m.
>> Tonight marks the first screenings of the films that came out of last weekend’s D.C. edition of the popular yearly 48 Hour Film Festival. This year’s contestants were required to include the following elements: A character named Roosevelt or Rosie Adams, President (of any group, organization, country, etc., of team’s choice), the use of a bracelet as a prop, and the line of dialogue “That’s what I’m talking about.” The screenings kick off at the AFI Silver Theater at 7 p.m., also 9:30 p.m., through May 11, $9.25.
>> In just a few hours you can finally rip down that Animal House poster that won’t die and replace it with some fine art, straight from your computer. Mid Atlantic Art News tells us that at 6:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. London time), both the BBC and the Guardian will be offering a piece of work for download by famed British performance artists Gilbert and George. Their offbeat, sometimes offensively shocking, sometimes just hilariously deadpan photo-montages can usually only be seen in museums that can afford the work that starts at thousands of dollars. Take advantage of the art worlds’ embrace of modern technology and download Planed, which will only remain available for 48 hours and may be the only chance you have to see it, short of ticket to the UK. (ArtsJournal)
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