One of Colette Fu’s pieces purchased by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. (Photo by Caitlin Beattie, via Facebook)
This week’s agenda includes celebrations of the the anniversaries of an app, album, and Shakespeare’s death, plus cult movies, movies about cults, and more.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17
POP-UP BOOKS: Get transported to Chinese dance festivals, markets, religious ceremonies, and wedding celebrations through Colette Fu’s pop-up art, on display at the National Museum of Women in the Arts through February 2017. Tonight, join Fu for a lecture on her Wanderer/Wonderer exhibit, featuring 12 pieces inspired by eerie historical sites in Philadelphia, and life and culture in China’s Yunnan Province. 7:30 p.m. FREE, but RSVP required.
BILL BURR: In between hosting the weekly Monday Morning Podcast and writing new episodes of the Netflix series F Is For Family, Bill Burr continues to entertainment live audiences with stand up comedy. He performed twice this weekend at The National Theatre, and you still have three more chance to see him through Wednesday. 8 p.m. $48
STORYTELLING: Hear stories told by three surgeons and one patient during Springer Nature Storytellers: Stories about Surgery. This FREE and open-to-the-public event is being held in conjunction with the 2016 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. (Busboys and Poets) 8-10 p.m. Pre-event reception at 7:30 p.m.
FROGGER: Last month, they held a Donkey Kong Tournament. This month, Frogger is the featured game in Port City Brewing Company’s Classic Arcade Tournament. Avoid hopping into vehicles and alligators on your way to the top of the leaderboard. Tournament opens at 4 p.m. Post your best of two scores before 7:30 p.m. $5 for a spot in the tournament and a pint.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
CHVRCHES : Chvrches’ Monday show at Echostage is sold out, but lucky for you, the Scottish synthpop band is performing two shows in D.C., and there are still some tickets left for their second performance. (Echostage)
7 p.m. $43.45
SPOOKY STORIES: Support D.C.’s community of zine makers, self-published artists, and writers at this event raising funds for the 2017 DC ZInefest. Hallow-zine will feature D.C’s finest storytellers competing to tell the spookiest story. (Black Cat) 7:30 p.m. $8
DANISH DANCE: Following in the footsteps of their last engagement at the Kennedy Center’s 2013 Nordic Cool festival, which sold-out, there are just a handful of tickets left for the Danish Dance Theatre’s Tuesday and Wednesday performances of Black Diamond, which premiered in the U.S. last Thursday in New York. (The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) 8 p.m. $39-99
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19
The cast of the 2014 production of Beertown, returning to D.C. from October 19-November 7. (Photo by C. Stanley Photography, via Facebook)
TOWN HALL: It’s time for another review of the Beertown Time Capsule, this time in dog & pony’s fifth anniversary show. Help the leaders of Beertown decide which items should remain, which items should be removed, and which items should be added to the capsule. The evening will start with a dessert potluck, so make sure your kitchen pantry is fully stocked with sugar this week. (The Thurgood Marshall Center) 7:30-10 p.m. *Wednesday’s show is Pay-then-Play, where you decide the value of the show after the townhall, but you should still reserve your tickets (for free) in advance.
MOVIES: Choose between a cult movie, and a movie about a cult. At the same time as Atlas Arcade screens FernGully: The Last Rainforest, featuring Crysta, Zak & Co rallying together to protect the rainforest from loggers and pollution (FREE), the Black Cat will screen Shelter for the Bloodstained Soul, “the story of a twisted preacher and his cult devoted to the resurrection of a pagan goddess that feeds on the burnt flesh of lovers.” ($8) 8 p.m.
BOOK TALK: Politics and Prose hosts Gary Younge at Busboys and Poets to discuss his new book, Another Day in the Death of America. The book looks into the lives of ten young people killed by guns on November 23, 2013. What’s the significance of this particular date? It’s randomly chosen, stemming from the statistic that “on any given day, seven people under age nineteen will be shot in the United States.” (Busboys and Poets) 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20
NANTA, a South Korean comedy show, will kick off The 1st Annual Korean Culture Week. (Photo via Facebook)
KOREAN CULTURE: The First Annual Korean Culture Week (it actually only runs for three days) kicks off with a performance by NANTA, featuring a quartet of chefs transforming kitchen utensils into musical instruments in a comic, non-verbal performance. (The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) 6 p.m. FREE
ANNIVERSARY: Getaround, the app that lets you rent your neighbors’ car by the hour, is celebrating one year in D.C. Join Getaround founder, Jessica Scorpio for drinks and snacks at WeWork Manhattan Laundry. 5:30- 8 p.m. FREE, but RSVP’s are requested. Downloaded app required for entry.
BECK: It’s been 20 years since the release of Odelay. Enjoy drink specials as you listen to the full album. Plus, 5 lucky attendees will leave with a Beck album. (Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe) 6:30 p.m. FREE
DEATH: Nu Sass Productions pays homage to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with an updated rendition of 43 ½, running through November 13th. Join the cast as they “take up sword and supersoaker” to tell the stories of the 43 (1/2) greatest deaths of Shakespeare’s tragedies in an evening filled with blood and bad puns. (Logan Fringe Arts Space: Trinidad Theatre) 7:30 p.m. $30
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