Photo by Phil Roeder.
Friday
TRADERS: Watch a screening of the dark comedy, Traders, a film about “financial whiz kids who fight to the death,” for the chance to double their money. (701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) 8-10 p.m. $12
COMEDY: Last Resort Comedy’s $5 Local DC Comedy Showcase is back. The first ten people to enter the code “DCist” will save $3 on admission for you and a plus one. Everyone else has to reach deep into their pockets to pay $5 for one ticket or $8 for two tickets. The Town Tavern DC (2323 18th Street NW) 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5-8
MILLENNIALS: Judge the premiere of Districtland, a series about five millennials living together in a D.C. row house, for yourselves. The Miracle Theater (535 8th Street SE) 7 p.m. $12
Saturday
BOOKS: Search for rare books and manuscripts in genres ranging from classic literature to sports at the 41st Annual Washington Antiquarian Book Fair. Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge (1900 N. Fort Myer Drive Arlington, VA) 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $5-14 The fair begins Friday at 4 p.m.
MUSIC: “Celebrate local music with the support of a couple national acts” at Breakin’ Even Fest, a two-day independent music festival. Songbyrd Music House (2477 18th Street NW) 3 p.m. $12-27.50 Festival begins Friday at 8 p.m.
COMEDY: NYC-based comedians Jeff Simmermon and Anthony Devito share their funniest stories on the Black Cat Mainstage. (1811 14th Street NW) 9 p.m. $15
Sunday
BIKES: Watch a screening of Bike to Brooklyn: The Film and follow twelve amateur athletes who biked 260 miles from D.C. to NY to run a half marathon in Brooklyn. BicycleSPACE (2424 18th Street NW) 5:30-9 p.m. $10 suggested donation
SHAKESPEARE: During the The Merchant Workshop, Faction of Fools will use Commedia dell’Arte to reveal the “original humor, rich relationships, and sense of play” found in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. The Gilbert C. Eastman Studio Theatre at Gallaudet University (800 Florida Avenue NE) 7:30 p.m. $5-30
X-FILES: Virologist Anne Simon, author of The Real Science Behind The X-Files: Microbes, Meteorites, and Mutants, will share how science plays a role in the X-Files, and “how one of her chance ideas ended up as the basis for what could be the most talked-about episode ever.” Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
Marion & Gustave Ring Auditorium (7th St & Independence Avenue SW) 5-6:30 p.m. $25-35
