Photo by M. Hamad.

By DCist contributor Melinda Contreras

DANCE: The dance performance group MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet and Next Reflex Dance Collective present “Clean Sweep”: “Commissioned as part of last October’s VelocityDC Dance Festival, this piece celebrates the beauty and sense of community that the atrium personifies.” Head on over to the Kogod Courtyard to be one of the people the dancers move among. National Portrait Gallery (8th and F streets NW) 5:30 p.m. Free.

KARAOKE: Belt out all your favorite summer songs with a bunch of strangers (and some of your friends if you bring them) when A People’s Choir takes over Chef Ike’s Mambo Room. (1725 Columbia Road NW) 7:30 p.m. Free. Just bring your singing voice (however good or bad it may be).

THEATER: Watch ghost stories come to life in this performance inspired by Lafcadio’s Hearn’s book Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H Street NE) The 7 p.m. show is already sold out, but there is also an 8:30 p.m show. $25

MUSIC: Singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten performs in support of her latest album Are We There. 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) 7 p.m. $18