Photo by Lorie Shaull.
Friday
FUNDRAISER: Help Turning the Page “empower parents and other family members to become more active, effective participants in their children’s education and leaders in their school communities.” Your ticket to their 9th Annual Gala includes food and an open bar. Guests 30 and under save $25! Pepco Edison Place Gallery (702 Eighth Street NW) 6 p.m. $50-75
COMEDY: Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco performs at the Warner Theater. (13th and E Street NW) 8 p.m. $33.50
PHOTOGRAPHY: Get a first look at Irving Penn’s Beyond Beauty exhibit when SAAM & BYT Present: Irving Penn’s Beyond Beauty Opening Party & After Hours Event. Tick price includes food, an open bar, an even hair and makeup stations to make sure you look your best for all your Instagram photos. 800 G Street NW (8 p.m.-12 a.m.) $60
Saturday
HOME MOVIES: Do you have any VHS tapes of family birthday parties laying around? Bring them to Home Movie Day at DC Public Library’s Southwest Branch. Acceptable file formats include 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm and acceptable video formats include VHS, Hi-8, VHS-C, and Mini-DV. (900 Wesley Place SW) 12-4 p.m. Free
MUSIC: The Charged Up Music Festival, an urban contemporary music and arts event, will feature over 20 hip hop, R&B, and EDM acts, a pop-up nightclub tent, Biergarten, adult moon bounce, and more. NoMa Junction @ Storey Park (1005 First Street NE) 12-9 p.m. $40-60
COMEDY: He’s been a “scholarship college football player, an accountant, a barista, a doorman, a waiter, and a high school teacher,” and now Gary Gulman is a comedian…Find out if he made a good career choice when he performs at Sixth & I. (600 I Street NW) 8 p.m. $20-23
Sunday
TWEED: It’s time to go biking in your most stylish duds; DC Tweed Ride is back! An after party at Roofer’s Union, featuring Dandy Wellington and His Band and the Fidgety Feet Dancers, will follow the ride. The starting point will be disclosed after registration. The ride is from 1-4, and after party is from 5-9. The cycling part is free, but a ticket to the after party will run you $20.
DANCE: Join Bowen McCauley Dance for a celebration of 20 years of movement. Dance Place (3225 8th Street NE) 7 p.m. $15-30 *also a Saturday performance at 8 p.m.
FILM: Watch a screening of Gabriel Over the White, a part of the “Tough Dames in Satin Slips: Films from Pre-Code Hollywood,” series. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital (921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE) 4-6 p.m. Free
