FRIDAY:
>> Since the weather has turned out so beautiful, tonight could be the night to take in one of the legends of opera, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, singing a program of opera and song favorites with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap’s outdoor stage. Tickets: $55 to $35, or sit on the lawn with a cool drink for $20.
>> D.C. DailyCandy editor Erin Hartigan will be at Olsson’s in Dupont Circle to introduce The DailyCandy Lexicon: Words That Don’t Exist But Should. 7 p.m.
>> The Capital Fringe Festival will shift into high gear this weekend. We’ll have reviews up of selected shows as we see them, but you can check the schedule and decide for yourself in the meantime.
>> Conner Contemporary opens Academy 2008, the gallery’s annual student show, in a temporary space at 1341 H Street NE. Check out the work of 21 artists from local colleges during the opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Afterward, head down the street to SOVA, where one Academy artist, Diane F. Ramos, curated her own show of five GWU first-year MFA students in Definition.
>> Blu & Exile combined to put out one of the most highly-regarded albums of 2007, Below the Heavens. They’ll be at the Black Cat with headlining Detroit electro soul duo, the Platinum Pied Pipers, and D.C.’s own multi-dimensional artist, Wes Felton. $12 in advance/$15 at the door, 9 p.m.
SATURDAY:
>> A neighborhood block party celebrating Murals DC, a community art project that gets local kids involved in covering up illegal graffiti with murals, is planned for 11 a.m. at the Howard University parking lot on Georgia Avenue (corner of Fairmont Avenue).
>> The a show featuring the work of Michael Dax Iacovone opens at the gallery at Flashpoint. The Numbers Behind features multiple exposure Holga images, but as the title suggests, it’s more complicated than that. Using mathematical algorhithms, Iacovone creates blueprints that lead him around D.C., while the places he ends up become “vaporous and disorienting in the resulting photographs.” See them at the opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
>> To close out the Hip-Hop Theater Festival, there will be a tribute to the vinyl record featuring DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest fame. The event will take place at Pacific Cafe & Grill. Space is limited. Free with RSVP, 10 p.m.
>> Alejandro Escovedo performs at the 9:30 Club this Saturday. Check out our interview with the legendary alt-country rocker. D.C.’s own Vandaveer opens. 7 p.m. doors, $20.
>> The Velvet Lounge hosts a Rock and Roll Variety Show Benefit for Girls Rock! DC, featuring Candy Coated Pain Pills, a number of burlesque dancers and drag king performers, bottle flipper Moe Harris, and the DDP Drill Team. $10, 10 p.m.
>> Don’t forget to check our film picks for the week, which includes a screening of the The Muppet Movie at the AFI Silver Theater at 5 p.m.
SUNDAY:
>> The Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music doesn’t begin until September 28, but you can get a taste of the cutting edge music the festival will offer at a pre-festival fundraiser taking place at The Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring. 7 p.m. $5
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