FRIDAY: >> Tired of putting those great costume ideas on the back burner till October? Dying for a chance to wear a costume without wearing a jacket over top? Three Stars vets New Rock Church of Fire feel the same way. Tonight, join NRCOF, D.C.’s The Gaskets and Richmond’s The Invisibles at the Rock & Roll Hotel for July-O-Ween. Incognito fun, rip roaring rock from all three bands, DJ sets, drink specials, a costume contest…

For those of you who love the Warehouse Arts Complex as much as we do, some bittersweet news just came in from owners Paul and Molly Ruppert. As you’ve already heard, Warehouse will close its cafe and music venue at the end of this month, thanks to skyrocketing property tax bills. Not that we had any doubts, but we’re pleased to learn that the Rupperts are organizing a closing night gathering to say goodbye to…

Curator J. T. Kirkland couldn’t have landed a better location for his new exhibit, Supple, on display upstairs at the Warehouse Gallery. Sometimes a state of surprised desperation can work in one’s favor. As we noted last week, he originally planned to have the show at relatively unknown The Space at 9th and N Sts. NW. While he initially deemed the owners “extremely generous,” The Space cancelled on Kirkland just short five days before the…