Chris Richards, about as close as civilization is ever going to get to a bona fide scholar on the Parliament-Funkadelic Mothership, reports today that the Unidentified Funky Object has a new owner: the Smithsonian.

MONDAY

“Gezelligheid” — a Dutch word loosely translatable as “cozy” — is the term Andrew Bird uses to characterize the unique and intimate series of holiday concerts he debuted last December at churches in Minneapolis and his native Chicago. This week, the show comes to D.C. for a three-night stand at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, the dramatic architecture and superb acoustics of which should make it an sublime setting for Bird’s captivating, loop-layered solo violin compositions. Julianna Barwick opens tonight and tomorrow night, with Marissa Nadler taking over the supporting slot on Wednesday. Sold out. 8 p.m.