FRIDAY:
>> Son of jazz legend Don Cherry, multi-instrumentalist David Ornette Cherry, is establishing himself as a jazz musician worthy of wider recognition. He will be performing 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. sets both tonight and Saturday at Bohemian Caverns. Tickets are $20.
>> Hometown heroes Thievery Corporation continue their astonishing five-night stretch of SOLD OUT shows at 9:30 Club. Check Craigslist, also Saturday.
>> It’s been a long, cold month, so go with what you know works tonight: DC9‘s faithful Liberation Dance Party is just the ticket for a warm night of easy-to-move-to tunes. $6, with free rail cocktails from 9-10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY:
>> As a part of the Hip Hop Cinema Cafe, check out a screening of the documentary, Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme at the Historical Society of D.C.. A panel discussion will follow, featuring local artists Head-Roc (Godisheus), LabTekwon, and Tyrone Norris (Rosetta Stoned). Free, 2 p.m.
>> New York Times Washington correspondent David Sanger will be at the Newseum at 2:30 p.m., to talk about and sign copies of his book, The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power. Later, at 6 p.m., he’ll be at Politics and Prose for another signing.
>> Thinking about buying some art soon? The Washington Project for the Arts is hosting an Auction Sneak Peek Night at the American University Katzen Arts Center, including works to be featured in this year’s WPA auction and gala, which happens in March. Bidding won’t be open for the work on display, which is by a long list of local contemporary artists and members of the WPA, but you can decide if you’d like to buy anything and purchase a ticket for the auction while you’re there. Reception runs 6-9 p.m., free.
>> Hemphill Fine Arts opens its new show, Selections from the Barnett-Aden Collection: A Homecoming Celebration, featuring two centuries of work by and about African-Americans. The collection began in a private home in Northwest D.C. by a professor and student of Howard University in the 1940s, when African-Americans could not show their work in museums and galleries. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
>> Hip hop-electro duo Claire Huxtable, quickly becoming known as one of the hottest club acts in Baltimore, makes their D.C. debut this weekend at BeBar, with openers with Lazerbitch. Check out the show, which will likely involve some form of homage to the namesake ’80s mom-laywer herself, and dance to tracks like “Holy Ghost in the Club” and “2 Much Dick on the Dance Floor,” to name a few. 9 p.m., $8.
>> Anne-Sophie Mutter performs with the National Symphony Orchestra in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The concert offers the chance to hear André Previn’s Double Concerto for Violin and Contrabass, with Mutter and the Slovakian bassist Roman Patkoló, who premiered the work together in 2007. Mutter will also play Mozart’s third violin concerto, and there will be Haydn’s “London” Symphony to kick off the Haydn Year. $20-$85, 8 p.m.
>> Rising locals Telograph and Cobra Collective are at the Rock and Roll Hotel, along with American Bang and Pittsburgh’s Triggers. $10, 9 p.m.
SUNDAY:
>> The annual Chinese New Year Parade brings the usual firecrackers, drums and dragons to H Street. Parade runs between 6th and 8th Streets NW from 2-5 p.m.
>> Don’t miss our film picks of the week, including the AFI‘s February salute to great American romances. They’re showing Casablanca on the big screen at 7 p.m.
>> At the National Gallery of Art, there will be a free recital by pianist Ulrich Urban, playing a program devoted to the music of Felix Mendelssohn. 6:30 p.m.
