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FRIDAY
>> Capital Fringe ends this weekend. Check out our Weekend Fringe Guide to see what we love, and what you can recommend to that annoying coworker.
>> As part of the La Maison Francaise’s The Films of Francois Truffaut series, AFI Silver is showing La Peau Douce (The Soft Skin) for $10 tonight at 7 p.m. La Peau Douce, written and directed by Truffaut, is darker than his other films, conceived as Truffaut’s marriage was falling apart and focusing on a man involved in an international love triangle.
>> The Honfleur Gallery is hosting live music tonight to close two exhibits, Timelines and Reincorporation Jamboree. The Bellevederes, a nine-piece band, will play some “Baltimore boogaloo” from 7 to 9 p.m.
>> No Control: Punk Rock Slam Dance Party w/ DJ Denman and DJ Steve EP is free tonight Backstage at the Black Cat , 9:30 p.m.
>> Visit the Human Rights Campaign from 6 to 8 p.m. to support the Human Rights Watch and the National LGBT Bar Association by attending a reception where a spokesman for a group of 20 LBGT Iraqi refugees will share their resettlement process. Proceeds from the night will benefit Helem, a LBGT center in Lebanon that provides shelter and resources for Iraqi refugees.
SATURDAY
>> Battle of the Biceps at the Bullpen; support a good cause for $10 before you see the Nats play the San Diego Padres. You’ll enjoy and afternoon of keg tossing, arm wrestling, and fastest-pitch contests, over live music and drink specials. 12:30 – 5:30 p.m.
>> National Geographic Live! All Films Road Project, is showing Youssou N’Dour: Return to Goree Saturday at 8:30 p.m. for $10 at the Grosvenor Auditorium as part of the 4th annual D.C. African Diaspora Film Series (a germination of New York’s version). The movie is about famous Senegalese singer N’Dour’s homage to humanize jazz and those who created it as slaves.