Photo by dr_kim_veis [”o ].MUSIC: Hey Rosetta!, who can be described as “Canadian Orchestral Indie Rockers,” create their sound with a cellist and violin player, along with the more standard vocalist, guitarist, bassist and drummer lineup. Hear them tonight at DC9 (1940 9th Street NW). 8:30 p.m. $10.
>> Punk band Face to Face plays the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) tonight with Strung Out, Cerebral Ballzy, and The Darlings. 8 p.m. $23.
TV: If you’re staying in tonight, get cozy on the couch (or your 18th century rosewood armchair) and watch the new Washington D.C. episode of Antiques Roadshow on PBS, which was recorded in town last summer. 8 p.m.
TALK: At the panel discussion “Art and Politics: Rethinking Arts Policy and Cultural Diplomacy” at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (1250 New York Avenue NW), hear thoughts from Jim Leach (Chairman of the NEH), Richard Kurin (Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture at the Smithsonian) and J. P. Singh (Associate Professor at Georgetown University). 6 p.m. Free.
MOVIE: AFI Silver Theatre (8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring) continues two movie series tonight, showing Scandal Makers at 6:30 p.m. as part of the Korean Film Festival, and The Paradine Case at 8:45 p.m., the next film in their Alfred Hitchcock Retrospective: Part II. $11 each.
Coming up this week
TUESDAY: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, about an idealistic and naive new politician (played by Jimmy Stewart), is the first D.C. themed movie in this year’s outdoor U Street Movie Series at Harrison Field (V Street NW between 13th and 14th Streets). See the rest of the films in this series, as well as the other free outdoor film festivals going on Tuesday-Friday this week, in our 2011 D.C. Outdoor Film Festival Roundup. Gates open at 7 p.m., arrive early for free popcorn. Free.
WEDNESDAY: Chef Spike Mendelsohn, who recently launched Sixth and Rye, a new kosher deli food truck, joins cookbook author Joan Nathan at the National Archives (Constitution Avenue and 7th Street NW) to discuss food and its importance in Jewish holidays. This event is presented in conjunction with the new National Archives exhibit “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?,” which examines the U.S. government’s role in American food consumption. 7 p.m. Free.
THURSDAY: See the best entries in this year’s 48 Hour Film Project, a contest where local filmmakers create, film, edit and submit a movie in just 48 hours at AFI Silver Theatre (8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring). Thursday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $11.
