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FRIDAY

ART: Tomorrow is the start of the FotoWeek DC festival, a must-attend six-day photography extravangza. Consult the Arts Agenda for more details on our picks for the fest. Tonight, check out the opening reception at FotoWeek Central in Georgetown (on M Street between 33rd and 34th Streets NW), starting at 6:30 p.m. for $20 at the door, or $15 in advance.

MUSIC: We highlighted Falls Church native Thao Nguyen today, and recommend seeing her tonight with her band, the Get Down Stay Down, along with tourmates the Portland Cello Project at the Black Cat at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15. David Shultz also opens.

Rock bands taking over Eastern Market? And it’s for the benefit of Girls Rock! DC and Guitars Not Guns? Where do we sign? Join Tennis System, Shapiro, Memphis 59 and Spring Tigers this Friday at Eastern Market’s North Hall from 7 p.m. to midnight to support “the positive impact music education can have on young girls and boys throughout the District area.” Tickets are $20 in advance (available here), and includes snacks. There will be a cash bar and a limited number of tickets will be available at the door.

Also tonight, D.C.-based duo Fly Gypsy takes their hip-hop to Liv, where they’ll perform new tracks from their soon-to-be released album, Change For A Dollar. $10, 8 p.m.

MOVIES: National Geographic Live! is screening The Music Lesson, a film about ten classically music trained students from Boston who travel with a group of students from Laikipia, Kenya, to share in their own centuries-old tradition of music. The film starts at 7 p.m. and costs $10.

Or head to the Freer Gallery to see Dam Street, part of the Bringing the World Home: The Global Film Initiative series. The film tells the story of an ostracized woman who finds companionship in a fiercely affectionate boy, but is conflicted with her unresolved past when a marriage proposal comes. Starting at 7 p.m., the film is free on a first-come-first-serve basis.