FRIDAY: >> What, you mean you don’t already see enough of Ian Svenonius around town? The DJ, Internet talk show host and former head of Nation of Ulysses and The Make-Up is giving you another chance to eyeball his annoying multitalentedness with a slide show presentation in conjunction with the release of “The Psychic Soviet”, a collection of essays he’s recently published. 7 p.m. tonight at Crooked Beat Records. SATURDAY: >> There is an open…

It’s refreshing to watch a take on Animal Farm that is less about heavy-handed political posturing and much more about artistic expression. That’s what we have in Synetic Theater’s latest, a production that incorporates multi-media accents, impressive choreography and most of all amusing and effective anthropomorphic performances from their team of farm residents. The familiar allegory of the story is pretty straightforward; a group of pigs, hens and horses revolt against their oppressive farmer and…

Well, they don’t call it Shakespeare in Washington for nothing. This month brings quite the selection of Bard-tastic choices. We’ve got Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare Theater (April 3), The As-You-Like-It-inspired She Stoops to Comedy at Woolly Mammoth (April 1), and The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Coriolanus at the Kennedy Center (April 13). Plus, Edward III just opened this week at Washington Shakespeare Company, and even Lord John Marbury’s in DC this weekend, doing the…