>> Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with the Omar Sosa Quartet, who will play tonight at the Lincoln Theater in an evening of Afro-Cuban jazz cosponsored by the Smithsonian. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis, starting one hour before the concert. [1215 U St., NW, Free, 8 p.m] >> For those not content to just sit back and enjoy D.C.’s bevy of musical acts, Clarendon Ballroom offers swing dancing accompanied by a…

This post by DCist contributor Rawn James, Jr. The goal of DCist’s 5 O’clock Meetings column is simple: We let you know about happy hours that you need to know about so you can make the call when your friends get stuck in the endless “but where should we go?” conversation. This week we visited a happy hour that happens only once a week and offers no food specials, but is still worth the trip…

It’s like a lot of Thursday night happy hours: Workaday folk enjoying the final school night of the week, gather to imbibe and hang with friends. Except this one involves a lot of barking, the occasional canine scuffle, and the wholesale sniffing of butts. Even though this DCist doesn’t care for dogs, or, frankly, any domesticated animal, she enjoys basking in the friendly weirdness of the time-honored tradition of Doggie Happy Hour, held in the…