FRIDAY:
>> Roy Ayers (pictured) is a not only a jazz legend but a musical legend. Having performed for well over 40 years, the vibraphonist has stayed relevant with help from hip-hop producers who’ve sampled his tracks as well as other discerning tastemakers. Blues Alley will be Ayers’ home from Friday through Sunday for two shows a night. 8 and 10 p.m., $35.
>> Or head backstage for DJs Will Eastman and Brian Billion’s special “No Scrubs” ’90s dance party, $7, 9:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit Project Create, a free after-school arts program.
>> PEN/Faulkner is hosting a reading with Edward P. Jones and Dinaw Mengestu at the Folger Shakespeare Library, both focusing on their work related to D.C. $15, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY:
>> Sound Scene II: Cartographies and Confessionals, the second “exhibit” put together by the DC Listening Lounge, hosts a special launch event tonight featuring a map of D.C. which you can plug into to hear unique sounds from particular points in the city. Live bands and other aural art performances will be on hand at 8 p.m. at La Casa, 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. NW. $6.
>> Match up a Khmer-singing vocalist and an adventurous band into Cambodian garage-rock and Ethiopian R&B and you get the California-based Dengue Fever, who will be at the Black Cat at with Cordero and local favorites Exit Clov. 9 p.m., $13.
>> Tickets appear to be sold out to catch 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan do stand-up at GW’s Lisner Auditorium, but there are a few for sale on Craigslist.
SUNDAY:
>> Check out our film picks for the week, featuring screenings of The Seventh Seal at the at the AFI Silver Theatre.
>> The Our City Film Fest is hosting a special encore screening of its program of films entirely about D.C. at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. $10.
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