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FRIDAY:
>> Check out our film picks of the week, including As Tears Go By, Wong Kar-Wai’s first feature film, playing at 7 p.m. as part of the Freer & Sackler Galleries‘ Hong Kong Film Festival.
>> Saxophonist Perry Conticchio leads a quintet this Friday at Jazz in the Garden. A former doctor, Conticchio left his practice to become a full time jazz musician. His group will include trombonist and Three Stars alum, Reginald Cyntje. 5 p.m. Free.
>> Baltimore’s Fertile Ground play the 9:30 Club‘s late show, along with Afi and DJ Lance Reynolds. $25, 11 p.m.
>> The Legg Mason Classic tennis tournament continues through the weekend. Single session tickets are still available, for $35 to $45. Check out our coverage so far, and stay tuned for more.
>> The one and only El Vez, East L.A.’s first and best “Mexican Elvis,” returns to the Black Cat. With openers Human Hands, $15, 9 p.m.
SATURDAY:
>> Forego brunch and go directly to the 9:30 Club, for the Girls Rock! DC Camper Showcase, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The performance will feature eight bands made up of girls aged 8 to 18, all of whom just completed a week of rock ‘n’ roll summer camp. Each band will play one song that they wrote and arranged over the course of the camp, plus a special performance by a band made up of the camp’s instructors. Tickets are $5-$10, on a sliding scale, and will be available at the door.
>> Head back to the 9:30 Club to catch The Faint, with Sly Child and Jaguar Love. $20, 8 p.m. doors.
>> SMV, a supergroup led by bassists Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten, performs an 8 p.m. show at Wolf Trap. Don’t miss our full preview of the show. Tickets are $22-$75.
>> Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder kicks off a two-night solo stand at the Warner Theatre, with Liam Finn opening. $77, 7:30 p.m.
>> Head over to Drop Electric‘s Benefit for Padma, a show to raise money for vocalist Padma Soundararajan, who lost most of her family to a car accident in India this summer. At the Rock and Roll Hotel with The.Blackout.District, Hello Tokyo, and Red Ink. 8:30 p.m. doors/9:30 p.m. show, $10.
>> The ubiquitous Britpop dance night Mousetrap celebrates its ninth anniversary tonight. At the Black Cat, 9:30 p.m., $10.
SUNDAY:
>> Don’t miss Rooms, the new modern musical at MetroStage, which our critic described as “one of the season’s most vibrant, exciting new works.” 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., $40.
