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FOOD & DRINK: It’s all-you-can-eat crawfish and all-you-can -rink Abita Amber at the Pearl Dive Oyster Palace (1612 14th Street NW) Crawfish Boil today. There will also be suckling pig, cornbread, collard greens, and more. Call (202) 319-1612 for tickets, or get them at the door. 12:00-4:00 p.m. $60 (plus tax).

PARADE: Celebrate George Washington’s 280th birthday at a parade in Alexandria, VA beginning at 1:00 p.m. today at Gibbon and S. Fairfax streets. view the full route here. 1:00-3:00 p.m. Free.

MOVIE: Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer star in The Groove Tube, a 1970s movie about 1970s television, at tonight’s screening at McFadden’s (2401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) from the Washington Psychotronic Film Society. 8:00 p.m. $5 suggested donation.

MUSIC: Mittenfields plays the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) tonight with Gray Young and Left & Right. 8:00 p.m. $10.

Coming up this week…

TUESDAY: Eatonville (2121 14th Street NW) serves up the best of New Orleans cuisine, including gator gumbo, sweet corn fritters, crab cake, Cajun chicken jambalaya, and King Cake Tuesday for their Mardi Gras Krewe Food and Folklore dinner. 6:30 p.m. $57.60.

>> Or, head to Arlington Tuesday for floats, beads, and live bands at the annual Clarendon-Courthouse Mardi Gras Parade, which will be traveling down Wilson Boulevard from North Barton Street to North Irving Street beginning at 8:00 p.m. Free.

WEDNESDAY: Beginning Wednesday and continuing through this Sunday, the National Archives (9th Street and Constitution Avenue NW) is screening Oscar nominees for Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film. This Wednesday see the documentary Hell and Back Again. Free tickets are distributed starting at 6:00 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the movies start at 7:00 p.m.

>> If you enjoyed the Oscar nominated silent film The Artist, you may want to check out Alden Theatre’s (1234 Ingleside Avenue McLean, VA) new Classics of the Silent Screen series, featuring silent films with live musical accompaniment introduced by a film historian. 8:00 p.m. $35 for all four films, or $10 each film (McLean residents receive discounted rates).

THURSDAY: Live every week like Tube Meat Week. For instance, take part this Thursday in the five-course Stachowski Sausage and Beer Dinner, featuring handmade sausages, at Restaurant 3 (2950 Clarendon Boulevard Arlington, VA). Email events@restaurantthree.com for reservations. 7:00 p.m. $50 (plus tax and tip).

>> Intersections: A New America Arts Festival kicks off at Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H Street NE) this Thursday with Falmenco dancing, a conversation with actor and artist Tom Teasley (Avatar, Terra Nova), 360-second plays, stories about queer culture, and more, and continues through March 11 with a variety of other performances. See the full schedule here. Tickets priced individually (free, to $10 and up), or pick up an Easy Pass ($300) for unlimited access.

FRIDAY: As part of its Things to Come: The City Imagined on Film, which runs through April 5, AFI Silver Theatre’s (8633 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD) presents Metropolis on Friday, with live musical accompaniment from Alloy Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. $20.

SATURDAY: Help Art Enables (2204 Rhode Island Avenue NE), an organization that helps individuals with developmental disabilities make art, celebrate its 10th birthday Saturday with cake, bubbles, and art. 2:00-4:00 p.m.

>> Dancers perform in Israel’s Gaga dance style at the Next: Israel event at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) this Saturday. 8:00 p.m. $18-$23.

>> The Chesapeake Oyster and Beer Festival comes to National Harbor this weekend with all-you-care-to-eat oysters prepared in a variety of styles. The event takes place Friday (6:00-10:00 p.m.), Saturday (12:00-9:00 p.m.). Tickets: $89.

SUNDAY: Make the Oscars a big event this year by attending an Oscar Watching Party at The Heights or Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse on Sunday.