Photo by Aperturef64.RESTAURANT WEEK: The winter edition of Restaurant Week kicks off tonight at Rogue 24. Specials include a 10-course Jaunt Menu for $54.14 per person ($40 for a beverage pairing), and a 24-course Journey Menu for $104.14 per person ($55 for a beverage pairing), and a four bites/four cocktails SpiritsBar Menu for $44.14 per person. Restaurant week goes until January and you can make reservations here. Rogue 24 is located at 922 N St. NW.
MOVIE: In 1962, filmmakers attending the Oberhausen Short Film Festival signed a manifesto: “The old film is dead. We believe in the new one.” The Goethe-Institut DC and the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen present two screenings of European short films on the theme of destruction, in conjunction with the Hirshhorn exhibition Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950. The program will be introduced by Cologne-based filmmaker Christiane Büchner, a member of the Oberhausen Short Film board. The program includes Walter Krüttner’s 1963 short, “Es muss ein Stück vom Hitler sein (It Must Be a Piece of Hitler),” as well as recent short films from Germany.
Monday, January 13 at 7 p.m. at the Hirshhorn’s Ring Auditorium. Free. — Pat Padua
SKATETOWN: Scott Baio and Flip Wilson get top billing in this 1979 roller-disco product, but watch for Maureen McCormick and a young Patrick Swayze in his first role. And what 1970s lowbrow comedy would be complete without cameos from the Unknown Comic and Billy Barty? The former Marcia Brady later said that the abundance of cocaine on set fed her addiction and increasing unreliability during production. The Washington Psychotronic Film Society warns, “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” Screens Monday, January 13 at 8 p.m. at McFadden’s (2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW). Free.
Coming up this week…
TUESDAY: RuPaul’s Drag Race is coming to the 9:30 Club with the Battle of the Seasons, featuring Sharon Needles, Ivy Winters, Manila Luzon, Pandora Boxx, Alaska Thunderfuck, Carmen Carrera, Mimi Imfurst, Phi Phi O’Hara, and Michelle Visage. Tickets are $30, but VIP tickets, which include a pre-show meet & greet are $50. Get ’em here.
WEDNESDAY: NPR’s Michele Norris will be moderating and interviewing a Q&A with 12 Years A Slave screenwriter/producer John Ridley at the NPR Headquarters (1111 North Capitol St. NE). Tickets are $15 and the show starts at 7 p.m. Get your tickets here.
THURSDAY: If there’s a zombie apocalypse, how long would you last? Well, definitely longer than if you didn’t take this How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse course at Knowledge Commons DC (C St. and New Jersey Ave. SE). $10, starts at 6 p.m.
FRIDAY: Local label Bad Friend Records is celebrating their two-year anniversary with a birthday show at the Black Cat. On the bill is D.C.’s prog-pop duo Tereu Tereu (whom we’ve covered before), angular noise-punks Drunken Sufis (whom we’ve also covered before), and shoegazey indie-pop outfit Raw Feels. Tickets are $12 and doors open at 9 p.m.
SATURDAY: Bao Bao—the National Zoo’s panda cub—will make her public debut. Need we say more? No, so I’ll just leave this here.
