Photo by Rob Cannon.FRIDAY
PRIDE: Hey, it’s Pride weekend! If you haven’t already, consult our handy Pride guide for things that you should do this weekend.
SPOONBOY: Pop-punk mainstay Spoonboy is playing a record release show at DC9 tonight. He’ll be celebrating the release of three split EPs released with The Goodbye Party, Colour Me Wednesday, and Martha. You hear the songs and read our thoughts on the records here. The Goodbye Party and Colour Me Wednesday also perform. Tickets are $10. Starts at 6 p.m.
ASTRONOMY: Space nerds! Head down to the National Mall tonight for the Astronomy Festival. There will be twenty telescopes for you to use and take a look at the stars and planets, as well as astronomers and professors to tell you all about how awesome space is. Best part? It’s free. More info here.
SATURDAY
DOUGHNUT CRAWL: Today is technically National Doughnut Day, but you can still celebrate tomorrow with the second annual D.C. Donut Crawl. Registration is $20 and you’ll ride to three area doughnut shops— Golden Brown Delicious, Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, and ending at an after-party hosted by District Doughnut. Registration includes doughnuts (duh). Starts at 10 a.m. All info and tickets here.
LOCAL MUSIC SHOWCASE: D.C. power-pop trio Black Checker plays at Columbia Heights bar The Pinch (3548 14th Street NW). along with local artists All Things Null and Void, William Metheny, and Exit Vehicles. $5 cover. Starts at 8:30 p.m. More info here.
FILM: Middle-aged Ned (Burt Lancaster) is at a pool party in his affluent suburban neighborhood when he realizes he can swim a makeshift river home via his friends’ backyard pools. This 1968 film is considered one of the key American dramas of the 1960s. Adapted from John Cheever’s short story by director Frank Perry and his wife Eleanor, who wrote the script, with a score by then-22 year old Marvin Hamlisch. Part of the AFI Silver’s continuing Burt Lancaster series, the film will be presented in a new DCP restoration. Joanna Lancaster, the late actor’s daughter, will appear in person at the screening. Starts at 5 p.m. Info here. — Pat Padua
HUMANS VS. ZOMBIES: If you’ve ever wanted to know what trying to survive a zombie apocalypse, you’re in luck. There’s a “Humans vs. Zombies” meet up at Ft. Reno tomorrow. Read all the rules here. Starts at 2 p.m.
PRIDE PARADE: The Pride Parade is today! Lots going on! The festivities get underway at 4:30 p.m. at 22nd and P Streets, and the parade travels a mile-and-a-half through Dupont Circle to 14th and S Streets. Happy Pride!
SUNDAY
JAZZ: Vocalist Iqua Colson and her husband, pianist Steve Colson, both come out of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a storied music collective that has made an important contribution to experimental music. The two will co-lead their quintet on Sunday, June 8 at Bohemian Caverns. 7 p.m. Tickets $20. —Sriram Gopal
SOUL BRUNCH: Brunch + soul music + Red Rocks on H Street = Soul Brunch. Seriously, what’s not to like? Eat, drink, and dance at Red Rock’s The Lodge from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. while DJs spin some of the best soul music ever recorded. No cover.
PING PONG SUMMER: I recently just watched this film and wholeheartedly recommend you see it. DCist’s film critic Pat Padua agrees, writing that “even if the fashions are laughable, the director finds humanity, if not always a second dimension, in his characters.” It’s only playing at the AFI Silver Theater, so you should trek up there on Sunday and catch it.
