Photo by Lauren Parnell Marino.

DR. KING: If you don’t have work today, you can catch a free screening of documentary footage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. AFI Silver Theater (8633 Colesville Road Silver Spring, Md.) 1:45 p.m. Free

KING ARAGORN: The screening of The Lord of the Rings trilogy wraps up tonight. Come in costume to watch The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) 8 p.m. Free

FREEDOM’S RING: Natalie Cole and the Let Freedom Ring Choir celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street NW) 6 p.m. Free (tickets will be distributed beginning at 5 p.m.).

Later this week…

TUESDAY: Learn Israeli circle and line dances during this beginner’s class at Sixth & I. (600 I Street NW) 7 p.m. Free

WEDNESDAY: Enjoy not one, not two, but three comedic performances during “Three’s Comedy,” at Mead Theater Lab at Flashpoint (916 G Street NW) 7:30 p.m. $5

THURSDAY: Check out Room & Board’s 2015 Collection, and say hello to Carla Hall while you’re there. She’ll be signing her cookbooks. Room & Board (1840 14th Street NW) 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free, but RSVP here