Photo by Beau Finley.
FRIDAY
DANCE PARTY:The Seventh Annual Cherry Blast: Art + Music Dance Party features two levels of live music and work from over 60 artists. BLIND WHINO: SW Arts Club (700 Delaware Avenue SW) 8 p.m. – 12 a.m $15-20
PAPER: Art Soiree’s Winter Fine Art Series wraps up with an installation of paper cut art by Voyo Woo. Creations include a paper dress, flower wall, and peacock. The Ritz-Carlton (3100 South Street NW) 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. Free
ARCHIVES: Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art is hosting a symposium—The Multi-Media Archives: Stewardship and Use of Audiovisual Media Documenting Contemporary Art History. To close out the symposium, AAA will screen video of “film and early video artists, who boldly adopted the new media technologies of their day and explored the possibilities of moving images and sound with experimental techniques.” Symposium registration not required to attend the screening. Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, D.W. Reynolds Center (8th and G Streets NW) 6 p.m. -7:15 p.m. Free
SATURDAY
TMNT: The films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Troop Beverly Hills are both celebrating their 25th Anniversary. This means you shall dress in costume and head to the library for pizza and cookies (and movie watching, naturally). Best costume for each movie wins a prize. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (901 G Street NW) 12:30 p.m. Free, but RSVP here.
DANCE: Jessica Lang’s New York-based dance company will perform its first evening-length performance in D.C. GW Lisner Auditorium (730 21st Street NW) 8 p.m. $25-38
#CRANKPARTY: The party that’s supposed to feel like both a music festival and house party is back. $10 tickets will get you access to an open bar. Liv Nightclub (2001 11th Street NW) 10 p.m.- 2 a.m. $10
SUNDAY
WATER: What would a world without water look like? Explore just that via an afternoon of comedy, song, and drama. Hosted by Water for People. Woolly Mammoth Theater (641 D Street NW) 2 p.m. $35
SYMPHONY: Explore “Love and Devotion” through symphony when The Capitol Pride Symphonic Band of D.C.’s Different Drummers performs works by Hazo, Shostakovich and Gerswhin. Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H Street NE) 5 p.m. $10-20
