FRIDAY, JULY 31

WHO’S HUNGRY? The team behind RASA is opening a third location serving up fast-casual Indian meals. Like at the restaurant’s Navy Yard and Crystal City spots, Mount Vernon Triangle diners will be able to select a premade bowl or build their own bowl with ingredients like lamb kebab, jackfruit, coconut-ginger sauce, mango salsa, and various chutneys. Between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, visitors to the new location can pay-what-they-can for meals (suggested donation $10), with proceeds benefiting DC Central Kitchen. (485 K St. NW, opens 11 a.m., a la carte)

YES, IN JULY: Who says immersive theater has to happen in person? D.C. performance artist Brian Feldman is bringing back his long-running show txt, in which he reads a script supplied by audience members’ tweets. This time, the show is taking place on Zoom — and Feldman will be performing as Santa Claus. Half of the proceeds from the Christmas-in-July-themed #merrytxtmas show will go to Black Lives Matter DC. (7:31 p.m., $1-$30 suggested donation)

OUT THERE: Feeling cooped up? Take a trip to space (sort of) at the newly reopened Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, the suburban sibling to the National Air and Space Museum. The enormous facility is home to several once-airborne artifacts, including a Concorde jet and the space shuttle Discovery. You’ll need a timed-entry pass to get in, and they’re going fast. (Udvar-Hazy Center, open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., FREE with timed-entry pass)

MORE: The Fate of the Furious (Park Up DC, 9 p.m., $29-$45), Washington Revels Jubilee Voices 10th Anniversary Celebration (7 p.m., FREE)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

WHAT THEY DO IN THE SHADOWS: The five concrete spheres at Rosslyn’s Dark Star Park are present year-round, but on Aug. 1, the sun aligns just right to create a special shadow show. Head to the park Saturday morning to see this once-a-year event, originally created by land artist Nancy Holt in 1984 as the first public art project in Arlington. (Dark Star Park, 9:32 a.m., FREE)

5-7-5: If you’ve already finished your share of jigsaw puzzles and sourdough bread during quarantine, consider making haiku-writing your next hobby. As part of Columbia, Maryland’s annual Books in Bloom Festival, which this year transformed into a six-week virtual event, local writer Tim Singleton will discuss the history of this poetry form and how you can experiment with your own haiku-writing. (11 a.m., FREE)

ROCK ON: A parking-lot concert you enjoy from your car is kind of like a music festival, in the same way that a Phish cover band is kind of like seeing the famous jam band. It makes sense, then, that this Saturday’s drive-in concert at Crescendo Studios in Falls Church features The Last Rewind, a D.C.-based Phish tribute band. The band will be playing inside the studio’s theater, with video projected outside for patrons who are in their cars or seated in lawn chairs. Bringing your own food and drink is allowed. (Crescendo Studios, 8:15 p.m., $20 for a ticket and parking, $70 for a full car of four people)

TOTALLY RAD: Take a virtual time-machine ride with Things To Do D.C.’s trivia night this weekend. The first half is all games and trivia from the 1980s, followed by an hour of ’90s-themed activities. Then, a DJ kicks off a virtual dance party. Better start rewatching ALF and Friends now to prepare. (8 p.m., $10)

MORE: HIIT With Alexandra (11 a.m., FREE), Online Yoga from the Garden (10:30 a.m., FREE)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

PLAY IT, SAAM: The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s annual video game festival is going virtual this year. Head to the SAAM Arcade site Saturday and Sunday to play a selection of games in the Indie Developer Showcase, all of which celebrate female creators and characters. There will be text-based games, dice-rolling games, narrative adventures, and even tarot-card games. The fest will also include documentary screenings about the gaming industry — registration is required for those. (various times, FREE)

PENS AT THE READY: The DC Center’s annual OutWrite Festival for LGBTQ literature wraps up on Sunday with a handful of panels for writers and readers. Put the finishing touches on that piece you’re working on with “How Do I Know When It’s Done?” and get those imagination-gears going with “Queer Community in Speculative Fiction.” In the evening, hear readings from the winners of OutWrite’s writing contest. (various times, FREE)

ARIA YOU READY? With storms in the forecast, it sounds like a nice weekend to curl up with some streaming. Did you know Wolf Trap has put many of its old opera performances online? You can stream a 2018 production of Roméo et Juliette, Rossini’s The Touchstone, and more. Wolf Trap’s opera team has also put together a fleet of virtual performances that are debuting throughout the summer. (streaming now, FREE)

MORE: Victura Park (The REACH, 12 p.m.-8 p.m., FREE)