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FRIDAY
FU MANCHU: Stoner-metal legends Fu Manchu are playing the Rock & Roll Hotel tonight, touring on behalf of their new record, Gigantoid. You should go because you probably forgot how much this song rips. Also, because Electric Citizen and Borracho are opening. Doors at 8 p.m., $15.
PODCAST: Local podcast/talk show You, Me, Them, Everybody is having a live taping tonight at the Wonderland Ballroom. Hosted by Brandon Wetherbee, guests include Jamel Johnson, Michael Saretsky, Rachel Dry, Haywood Turnipseed Jr., Andrew Bucket, Katie McD, and Natalie McGill. Free. Starts at 7:30 p.m.
DANCE: The American Embassy of Dance is commemorating the 25th anniversary of National Tap Dance Day tonight at the Atlas Performing Arts Center tonight with performances by local artists and dancers from around the country. One would assume they’ll be tap-dancing, given the nature of the event, but you never know. Starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $25.
VARIETY SHOW: Come to Black Cat tonight to celebrate their Bacchanalia. Performances include Jonny Grave and the Tombstones, Shark Week, and Benny, plus burlesque and a sideshow from Moloch’s Midway. Kathy Piechota and Rev. Stevedore Maybeline Bidet Esq. host. $12, starts at 9 p.m.
SATURDAY
RUN: If you like running long distances, helping charities, and being blasted by large color clouds while running, then you’re in luck: all three of those things are converging on Saturday for the Run or Dye 5K. The event will benefit Kid Power—an after-school and summer program that helps “undeserved communities in D.C.”—and kicks off at 9 a.m. at RFK Stadium. All the info about registering can be found here.
LOCAL MUSIC: D.C. Deli is hosting a lineup of great local talent at the Rock & Roll Hotel on Saturday, featuring Bearshark, Black Girls, Alex Vans & The Hideaway, and Andy Bopp. $12, doors at 7 p.m.
FILM: The AFI Silver’s series Action! The Films of Raoul Walsh, Part 2 continues with a 35mm print of one of James Cagney’s finest performances. Cagney stars as mama’s boy gangster Cody Jarrett. The movie climaxes with an explosive vision of Freudian conflict and one of Cagney’s most iconic lines, “Made it, Ma! Top of the world!” Also starring Virginia Mayo as Jarrett’s dame, Edmond O’Brien as an undercover G-man and Margaret Wycherly as Ma. Screens Saturday at 6:10 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theater. — Pat Padua
SUNDAY
JAZZ: Sharon Clark performs regularly in and around D.C., and has lately taken to rearranging classic pop songs from the ’70s and ’80s and putting them into a jazz context. Clark will lead a group on Sunday at Blues Alley. 8 and 10 p.m. sets. Tickets $25 plus minimum/surcharge. — Sriram Gopal
FILM: The National Gallery of Art continues the series Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema continues with a segment from director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s celebrated miniseries The Decalogue, stories based on the Ten Commandments set in a Warsaw apartment complex. A Short Film about Killing ” an intelligent meditation on both the act of murder and the ordeal of capital punishment.” Also in the Polish Masterpieces series, the AFI Silver will screen Andrzej Wajda’s The Wedding (May 25 and 26). All screenings in the series are in DCP format. Screens Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at the National Gallery of Art. Free. — Pat Padua
MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT: The annual free Memorial Day Concert, put on by actors Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise is happening on Sunday at the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol at 8 p.m. It will feature a bunch of speakers and performances, including Jennifer Nettles and the National Symphony Orchestra.
And for all the other Memorial Day activities going on this weekend, check out our roundup. You’re welcome.
