Untitled, 1990, by David Wojnarowicz (in collaboration with Phil Zwickler and Rosa von Praunheim), still from the film Silence = Death. Courtesy thebody.com,

It might be cold enough to freeze your toes (and other more sensitive appendages) off, but that shouldn’t stop you from getting out there and seeing some art this week. Here’s what’s happening:

>> Join ReadysetDC at DISTRICT for their second annual FOR THE LOVE OF DC tonight. The ticket proceeds will benefit Dreams For Kids’ Holiday For Hope. There will be music from Typefighter, FATBACK, and other surprise guests. No Kings Collective will have a new art installation on display, and photographer Mark Silva will be capturing all your purdy faces as you play along with the “Dreaming” theme. Most importantly: there will be free cotton candy. (If you won’t go for the kids, then go for the cotton candy.) 8 p.m.-2 a.m. $15 at the door.

>> On December 1, artist David Wojnarowicz’s 1987 video work A Fire in my Belly was pulled from the “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery. Next Monday evening, Transformer Gallery and the Washington DC Jewish Community Center (DCJCC) will present hide/SPEAK, a discussion with David C. Ward, a historian at the NPG and the co-curator of Hide/Seek. Ward will talk with Tyler Green, Victoria Reis, Dafna Steinberg and Ann Loeb about the events that lead up to the removal of the video from the exhibition, the events that have occurred since the video was pulled, and the social and political implications of what has transpired. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at DCJCC.

>> Friday night brings HOME: Hillyer Open Mic Event at the Hillyer Art Space. The event is hosted by poet and artist Fred Joiner and will feature performances by Khadijah “Moon” Ali-Coleman and an array of the District’s finest poets. Then get up and show them what you’ve got at the open mic. Stick around for performer interviews and a discussion of the meaning behind the words. Sign up at 6 p.m., performances at 7 p.m. Free for IA&A members and performers, $5 for non-members.

>> Renowned photographer William Christenberry will be in town this Saturday, signing copies of his new book William Christenberry: Kodachromes at Hemphill from 2 to 3 p.m. The hefty 176-page compilation features Christenberry’s signature scenes of decay and change in the rural south on 35mm slide film, many of which have never been published or exhibited. Book is $65.