Photo by BrianMKAMEAT: Meat Week 2013 kicked off yesterday and continues through this Sunday. Tonight at 6:30 p.m., head to Hill Country (410 7th Street NW) for all-you-can eat brisket, ribs, and chicken. Other highlights from Meat Week include a three-course gourmet barbecue meal at Epic Smokehouse (1330 S Fern Street Arlington VA) on Tuesday (call (571) 319-4001 to make a reservation) and a Barbecue Food Truck Face-Off this Friday.
MUSIC: The Used, We Came As Romans, Crown The Empire, and Mindflow play the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) tonight with $2.50 of each ticket going to support the It Gets Better Project. 7:00 p.m. $27.50.
FOOD & DRINK: Food, Wine & Co. (7272 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda MD) is offering an Anti-Restaurant Week Menu this week to combat the “limited menus” and “sub-standard food” of some restaurant-week participants. Enjoy a five-couse tasting menu, featuring braised short rib, hazelnut and brioche foie gras, razor clams and warmed marrow, grilled lamb, yellow fin tuna, and dessert. $59 (add $25 for beer pairings or $30 for wine pairings).
MOVIES: Muggle Mondays continue at the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW), pairing the Harry Potter films with Butterbeer specials. Tonight’s screening is of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 8:00 p.m. Free.
Coming up this week…
TUESDAY: Vinoteca (1940 11th Street NW) kicks off a new series of wine classes this Tuesday with “You can walk, I’ll take a CAB!,” a tasting of Cabernets from around the world. To take part, email wine@vinotecadc.com or call 202-332-9463. 7:00-9:00 p.m. $40.
WEDNESDAY: Are you ready for the Academy Awards? How much do you know about the nominated films? Be a movie nerd know-it-all at an Academy Awards Trivia Night at Tune Inn (331 Pennsylvania Ave SE) this Wednesday, sponsored by Brightest Young Things and Nat Geo Live! 7:00-9:00 p.m. Free.
THURSDAY: Former vice president and climate change activist Al Gore comes to Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW) this Thursday to discuss his new book The Future, which presents “six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come.” The event is sold out, but a few tickets have popped up on Craigslist. 7:00 p.m.
>> Literary Death Match pits writer vs. writer, written word vs. written word, in a raucous judge-fest at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (2700 F Street NW) this Thursday. 6:00 p.m. Free.
FRIDAY: Help Port City Brewing Company (3950 Wheeler Avenue Alexandria VA) celebrate its second anniversary this Friday as they tap their limited edition Second Anniversary Ale, a Smoked Imperial Porter. The Borinquen Lunch Box, a Puerto Rican food truck, will also be on the scene for those who want to grab a bite. 3:00-9:00 p.m. No entrance fee, beer priced individually.
SATURDAY: E Street Cinema (555 11th Street NW) will be showcasing 2013 Oscar nominated short films in the animated and live action categories this Saturday. The animated nominees will be screened at 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. The life action shorts will go on at 11:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 6:45 p.m., and 9:45 p.m. Tickets: $8-$11.
SUNDAY: Kishi Bashi, the one-man band who sings, plays violin, beat-boxes, and live loops his music produced some of NPR All Songs Considered’s favorite music of the year in 2012. See him perform this Sunday at the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW). 7:00 p.m. $20.
>> Whether you’re rooting for the Ravens or the Niners, see the Super Bowl on the big screen at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse (2903 Columbia Pike Arlington VA) this Sunday. 6:30. Free.
