Photo by Clif Burns

LECTURE: Consider “The Online Craft Revolution: How Etsy is Changing American Crafts” with Vanessa Bertozzi (senior program manager at Etsy), Nicholas Bell (curator at the Renwick Gallery), and two Etsy shop owners at a talk at the American Art Museum (McEvoy Auditorium, 8th and G Streets NW) this evening. 6:45-8:45 p.m. $30-$42.

MUSIC: Matisyahu plays the 9:30 Club (814 V Street NW) with Kosha Dillz. 7 p.m. $35.

MOVIES: AFI Silver Theatre’s (8633 Colesville Road Silver Spring, Md.) month-long Holiday Classics series continues tonight with the 1949 film Holiday Affair. This screening is made possible by a preservation print from the Library of Congress. 5:10 p.m. $9.

ART TALK: Artist Hank Willis Thomas discusses his current work Question Bridge: Black Males, a “transmedia project that explores the full spectrum of what it means to be ‘black’ and ‘male’ in America,” at the Corcoran (500 Seventeenth Street NW) this evening. 7-8 p.m. $7-$15.

Coming up this week…

TUESDAY: Washington City Paper’s Bacon and Bourbon Festival at Longview Gallery (1234 9th Street NW) this Tuesday will include bacon dishes from local restaurants, bourbon tastings, beer, live bluegrass, and a mechanical bull. 6:00-10:00 p.m. for VIPs, 7-10 p.m. for general admission. Tickets: $49 general admission, $75 VIP admission.

WEDNESDAY: Use your lunch hour this Wednesday to pick up some unique gifts at the All Crafts Considered arts and crafts sale, featuring local artists, at NPR headquarters lobby (1111 North Capitol Street NE). 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission.

THURSDAY: Lowland Hum and the Cowards Choir, a North Carolina folk band that incorporates “visual art, print, and even smells” into their live performances, plays the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW) this Thursday. Doors 7 p.m., show 8 p.m. $8 in advance, $10 day of show.

FRIDAY: Story League gathers its best storytellers for the Story League All-Stars 2 storytelling night at the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) this Friday. 9 p.m. $12 in advance, $15 day of.

SATURDAY: The Capital City Showcase gets into the holiday spirit (all the holiday spirits) with their Christmahanukwanzakah show at the DC Arts Center (2438 18th Street NW) this Saturday. The event will feature comedians Andrew Bucket, Jamel Johnson, Matty Litwack, Reggie Melbrough, and Romate Walters, as well as musician Linsay Deming and rock band The Army of The Potomac. All proceeds will be donated to the DC Central Kitchen. 10 p.m. $15 online, $20 at the door.

SUNDAY: Ms. Lauryn Hill plays the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) this Sunday. 6 p.m. $75.