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MOVIES: The annual AFI Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival, featuring short and long form documentaries, kicks off today and continues through June 24. Check back for reviews and other coverage here.

>> Continue your “Summer of Romance” with the Crystal Screen (1851 S. Bell Street Arlington) rom-com outdoor movie of the week: Sweet Home Alabama. Movie starts at sundown (around 8:30 p.m.). Free.

>> Three-time Razzie winner The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is “your favorite ‘80s pastime brought to life” (though maybe not in a good way). See it tonight at McFadden’s (2401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW), courtesy of the Washington Psychotronic Film Society. 8:00 p.m. $5 suggested donation.

DANCE: Pua Ali’i ‘llima school of traditional Hawaiian dance performs on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (2700 F Street NW) tonight. 6:00 p.m. Free.

COMEDY: Neil Hamburger and Duncan Trussell bring the laughs (hopefully) to the Black Cat Backstage (1811 14th Street NW) tonight. 8:00 p.m. $12.

Coming up this week…

TUESDAY: The Hives play the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) with FIDLAR and Flesh Lights this Tuesday. 7:00 p.m. $32.50.

WEDNESDAY: The Counting Crows, with Good Old War, Foreign Fields and Filligar, serenade picnickers at Wolf Trap (1551 Trap Road Virginia) this Wednesday. 7:00 p.m. $30 lawn, $48 seats.

THURSDAY: Head to the American Art Museum’s (9th and F Streets NW) Kogod Courtyard this Thursday for the Take 5! free jazz and art experience. Thursday’s performance will feature drummer Harold Summey, winner of the 1992 Thelonius Monk Competition, a member of The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” and a professor of jazz studies at Howard University. 5:00-8:00 p.m. Free.

FRIDAY: Brightest Young Things is holding an after hours event at National Geographic (1600 M Street NW) this Friday. Join in the fun and explore exhibits in the museum, live martial arts demos with glow stickcs, a performance by art dance party group Cheryl Will Ruin Your Life, standup comedy, DJs, and more. 8:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. $20 in advance, $25 day of.

SATURDAY: Pearl Dive Oyster Palace (1612 14th Street NW) hosts their third annual Crawfish Boil this Saturday, offering unlimited crawfish, whole roasted suckling pig, sides, and a Abita beer from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. $60.

>> Make a trip to Baltimore Saturday for an epic culinary battle pitting 20 food trucks from D.C. against 20 food trucks from Baltimore.

SUNDAY: Local musicians, restaurants, and members of the community come together Sunday for the 2012 Del Ray Music Festival at the Mt. Vernon Recreation Center Fields (2701 Commonwealth Avenue Alexandria VA). 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Free.