Lori McCue
Stop worrying and embrace rockabilly
With a name like The Gods Hate Texas, you’d think this Maryland-based band has a beef with the Lone Star State, but you’d never guess it from hearing their sound. This twangy jam band headlines a rockabilly night at the Pie Shop that’s a great excuse to dig out your cowboy boots.
The Pie Shop, Friday, 7 p.m.
Get puzzled
Because you’ll need something to keep you busy while you’re observing Dry January, raid your hall closet and head to the DC Puzzle Swap. It’s a chance to ditch all those jigsaw puzzles you know every corner of and find a new infuriating agonizing brain-stimulating project to take over your kitchen table.
Northeast Neighborhood Library courtyard, Saturday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., will be held inside in case of inclement weather
Play dress up and dance
We know that sculpture-meets-painting-meets-dance events are a dime a dozen these days, but Touchstone’s latest from local artist Tory Cowles sounds especially neat. Aptly titled Hard Wired, it uses raw materials found on the artist’s organic farm. Cowles uses chicken wire, chain-link fencing, copper piping, and other rugged materials as sculptures worn by dancers, creating a juxtaposition that’s said to be surprising or mysterious. At the opening reception on Saturday, you can don one of her sculptures yourself and hit the dance floor.
Touchstone Gallery, Saturday, 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
Catch an art house film
In the film Woodshock, Kirsten Dunst wanders around dreamy scenes to a shoegaze soundtrack, staring into the distance and clearly haunted by inner demons. What a reach! This 2017 film, though, gets an extra bit of style from its directors: designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of the fashion house Rodarte. Catch a screening of the feature film at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, then see a few of the costumes in person at the museum’s exhibition on the sisters’ work—admission is free for the NMWA community day.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Sunday, 2:15 p.m.-4 p.m.
Take this little light of yours home
Georgetown GLOW, that event it seems like everyone on your Instagram feed went to, is nearly over, and you can take a piece of the installation home to remember all the likes they got. The farewell party starts at 5 p.m. Sunday with free refreshments in Meigs Park (M St & Penn Ave at 28th St NW). If you’re one of the first 400 guests, starting at 6 p.m., you’ll get to pick out a handmade lantern from Twilight Antiques & Thrift, a piece of the installation created by artists Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, for yourself.
Meigs Park, Georgetown, Sunday, 5 p.m.-9 p.m.
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