>> Tonight, Baltimore-based funk/fusion act Basshound comes to DC9 for a night of highly danceable grooves. With Hello Society and DJ Robinson. 8:30 p.m., $8. >> On Thursday, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage presents Ecuador’s Jazz Envoys, a group that blends the indigenous sounds of its homeland with jazz to create a unique groove. The free show begins at 6 p.m. >> Latin jazz legend Paquito D’Rivera comes to Strathmore on Thursday to play with…

DCist challenges the omnivores among you to refute this statement: Lobster is nature’s perfect food. You can’t, can you? Is it because it reminds us of summer? Because it’s a little bit messy to eat? Or because we can unapologetically dip its sweet, tender flesh in butter? Really it’s all of the above. Unfortunately, lobster is just too hard on the wallet to eat regularly. Thankfully some D.C. chefs have stepped down from the whole…

Editor’s Note: As DCist continues to grow, we’re looking to revamp and expand our Arts coverage to better cover the varied local geography of the D.C. area’s artistic community. If you are interested in contributing to our Arts section — visual, fine, performing, et al — please e-mail Mike or swing by our happy hour this Friday. In the meantime, here is this week’s Arts Agenda, compiled by F. Lennox Campello of the Fraser Gallery…

Enjoy this spring-like weather while you can and get out to some of the new exhibits around D.C. We’ve picked some of the highlights to help you decide which shows to visit. >> This is the second week of the month and that means Friday is the Bethesda Art Walk, with free guided tours to 15 Bethesda art galleries beginning at 7 p.m. Attendees can meet their guide at the Bethesda Metro Center, located at…