Photo by elliotmitchell.MOVIE: Solas Nua presents a free screening of Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl at the Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel (1143 New Hampshire Avenue NW). 7 p.m. Free admission and free popcorn.
>> Or, stay in tonight and watch the Oscar nominated documentary Restrepo — along with a special tribute to the director Tim Hetherington, who was tragically killed in Libya last week — on the National Geographic Channel at 9 p.m.
MUSIC: Dance the night away with Yacht at the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW). Light Asylum and Jeffrey Jerusalem also perform. 8 p.m. $15.
CHARITY: Help raise money to buy books for D.C. children at The Heart of America Foundation’s Sweet Charity event at the Mandarin Oriental (1330 Maryland Avenue SW). There will be 50 D.C. chefs on hand preparing food at different stations, a chocolate fashion show, open bar, and a silent auction. 6-9 p.m. $110.
Coming up this week…
TUESDAY: Economist Alan Greenspan and Journalist Andrea Mitchell sit down for a discussion with Nick Clooney at the Newseum (555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) following a screening of The Philadelphia Story, a part of the Newseum’s Reel Journalism series. 7 p.m. $15.
WEDNESDAY: Demetri Martin comes to Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW) to discuss his new book, This Is a Book, a collection of essays, doodles and one-liners. 7 p.m. Tickets are $27 and include a copy of the book.
THURSDAY: The infamous Larry Flynt of Hustler and historian David Eisenback come to Barnes and Noble (555 12th Street NW) to discuss their book One Nation Under Sex: How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History. 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY: Head to the Hirshhorn’s (Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW) next After Hours Party for live visual and musical performances by Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman of Extreme Animals and DJ Shea Van Horn. 8 p.m.-midnight. Tickets: $18.
SATURDAY: See a screening of the surf film Castles in the Sky, stay for a discussion with surfer Rob Machado, filmmaker Taylor Steele, and composer Jon Swift, and then hear live music by the Melali Sessions Band at National Geographic Live’s (1600 M Street NW) Music on…Film – Melali: The Drifter Sessions event. 7:30 p.m. $20.
SUNDAY: The 2011 Sweetlife Festival, featuring The Strokes, Girl Talk, Crystal Castles, Cold War Kids, and a number of other artists, comes to Merriweather Post Pavilion (10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia). 12 p.m. $20 $55.
