This weekend, the DCist Food and Drink squad took in the 7th Annual Washington, D.C. International Wine & Food Festival at the Omni Shoreham in Woodley Park. Wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, and food giveaways spanned three ballrooms — a fitting size for a popular event that had, in previous years, occupied the main convention hall at the new Convention Center. The change in venue didn’t amount to a change in tenor. Perhaps because wine-tasting evokes…

FRIDAY: >> Please Hammer, don’t hurt ’em. Landmark R&B radio station WPGC celebrates 19 years of playing 18 jams in a row with a concert at the Verizon Center that features LL Cool J, MC Hammer, Chuck Brown, EU, Naughty By Nature, Bow Wow, MC Hammer and Lisa Lisa. Apparently Cult Jam had previous commitments. $45 – $70, 7 p.m. (Kyle Gustafson) >> You may have missed La Didone last weekend, but if you…