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FRIDAY
JAZZ: If you have family in town, taking them to the Jazz Night in Southwest could be a good inexpensive activity. Tonight trombonist Bobby Felder will assemble a large band for 6-9 p.m. show. $5. For more jazz highlights this weekend, check out our This Week in Jazz post.
MUSIC: Since it’s the last Friday of the month, “AfroBeat For Ya Soul” is on at its new location, Bossa, with DJ Underdog spinning. He’ll be trading sets with Three Stars alum Will Rast and his band, Funk Ark. $5, 10 p.m.
Or at the 9:30 Club, you can absorb some lo-fi literary folk rock and experimental violin jams with The Mountain Goats and Final Fantasy, 8 p.m., $20.
MOVIE: Considered by many to be the worst film ever made, The Room is the midnight movie selection at the Landmark E Street this weekend. Writer/director Tommy Wiseau lately tries to play it like he made the movie, a cult sensation since the early ’00s, that badly on purpose, but the earnestness with which he delivers lines like, “You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!” make that a little tough to believe. Don’t be afraid to crack jokes and shout back at the screen. Also Saturday.
SATURDAY
MUSIC: D.C.’s own Afrofunk orchestra, Chopteeth, will jam at the Black Cat. Always a good time. $15, 9 p.m.
The afternoon kids show is sold-out, but tickets are still available for the later, adult-oriented They Might Be Giants show at the 9:30 Club. $25, doors 8 p.m.
MOVIE: The National Gallery of Art is screening Joseph Losey’s 1964 film King and Country, about an army private accused of desertion during battle. 3:30 p.m. East Building Concourse Auditorium, free.
MUSEUM: The Smithsonian American Art Museum hosts a multimedia scavenger hunt called Ghost of a Chance; bring your cell phones and register between 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. for the hunt, which lasts between 2:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Free.
ART: Catch a glimpse of China’s underground music scene through the photos of Matthew Niederhauser before they leave the Govinda Gallery, free 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
SUNDAY
MOVIE: AFI Silver will screen a special 35mm print of Some Like it Hot, named the number one comedy in the history of film by the AFI in 2000. 4:45 p.m., $10.
