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FRIDAY
MOVIES: 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 tonight, with live musical accompaniment from Alloy Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. $20.
ACROBATICS: If you prefer your violinists flying through the air with the greatest of ease check out Cirque de la Symphonie at the Kennedy Center (2700 F Street NW) tonight at 8:00 p.m. (tomorrow’s show is sold out). Along with aerialists there will also be acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, and strongmen. $20-$85
SIDESHOW: The Ooh La La Belly Dance & Sideshow Revue entertains and astounds at Montserrat House (2016 9th Street NW) tonight. Doors 8:00 p.m., show 9:00 p.m. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
MUSIC: Bad Domes brings an evening of mashups to the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) tonight. 9:30 p.m. $5.
>> Check out the Weekly Music Agenda for lots of other options, like Ra Ra Rasputin at The Red Palace and Flogging Molly at Fillmore Silver Spring.
SATURDAY
ART: 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.
DANCE: Dancers perform in Israeli’s Gaga dance style (no, not Lady Gaga) at the Next: Israel event at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) this Saturday. 8:00 p.m. $18-$23.
FOOD & DRINK: 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.
>> The 13th St. Meats Pop-up Shop is making an appearance at Pharmacy Bar (2337 18th Street NW) Saturday from 1:00-4:00 p.m. If they’re selling their roasted poblano sausage, BUY IT.
>> Washington DC Youth Rugby is having a fundraising Chili Cook-off on Saturday at The Union Pub (201 Massachusetts Avenue NE). 4:00-7:00 p.m. $5.
ACTING: Learn the art of improv at a workshop with Second City’s Dunbar Dicks at Theater on the Run (3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, VA) Saturday. An “Introduction to Improvisation” class will be offered from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and an “Improvisation for Actors” class will go from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Learn more and register here. $15 for one session, $25 for two.
MOVIE: Haven’t seen all the Oscar Best Picture nominees yet? Watch them all Saturday at the AMC 2012 Best Picture 24 Hour Marathon at AMC Loews Georgetown 14 (3111 K Street NW) starting at 11:00 a.m. with Hugo 3D, and followed by The Tree of Life (1:20 p.m.), The Help (3:55 p.m.), The Artist (7:20 p.m.), The Descendants (9:20 p.m.), Midnight in Paris (11:30 p.m.), War Horse (1:20 a.m.), Moneyball (4:00 a.m.), and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (6:20 a.m.). $60.
>> See the documentary The City Dark, presented by Friends of Arlington’s David M. Brown Planetarium (and a number of other space associations and clubs), at Founders Hall Auditorium at George Mason University (3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA) Saturday, followed by a telescope viewing. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Suggested donation: $10.
ROLLER DERBY: It’s a DC Rollergirls double header at the DC Armory (2001 E Capitol Street SE) this Saturday, when Scare Force One takes on the Majority Whips, and the Cherry Blossom Bombshells go against the DC DemonCats. 3:00 p.m. $12.
MUSIC: Javelin plays The Red Palace (1212 H Street NE) Saturday with Black Hills. 10:00 p.m. $14.
SUNDAY
ACADEMY AWARDS: Make the Oscars a big event this year by attending an Oscar Watching Party at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse, Black Cat, The Heights, or The Hamilton.
COMEDY: Lily Tomlin performs at the Music Center at Strathmore (5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD) Sunday. A few tickets were still left when this post was written. 7:00 p.m. $75.
