FRIDAY: >> RJD2 is not to be confused with the new R2D2 mailboxes unvelied this month. His turntable skills, however, have us wondering if he’s part robot. At the 9:30 Club, $20. >> Native sons The Walkmen, who we talked to last spring, bring their boozey, jangley rock, to the Rock & Roll Hotel tonight. Fans can look forward to hearing lots of new material that the band’s been road-testing this spring. If you liked…

This Thursday marks the final 3rd Thursday of the Seventh Street gallery corridor before the summer hiatus. Various galleries and cultural organizations in the area will be open late and feature contemporary art exhibitions, artist talks, snacks and beverages, special screenings and an artist-guided gallery crawl. To join the tour, meet at the Goethe Institut at 812 Seventh St. NW at 6:30 p.m. >> Of special interest is “Gina Denton: Signal” at Flashpoint. This…

This just sounds too weird to ignore. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Goethe-Institut Washington will screen “East Side Story (Sozialistische Musicals)”, a German documentary about movie musicals done during the height of the Cold War that have Europeans singing and dancing about socialism. Sounds like some retro-fun! From the website:As a whole, the Iron Curtain countries were not known for their gaiety or joie de vivre, but between the cracks of stark Socialist…

The new Regal Gallery Place Cinema in Chinatown (707 Seventh St. NW) won’t offically open until this Friday, but organizers are offering $1 movies, $1 popcorn and $1 sodas today and tomorrow to celebrate. All proceeds from Monday’s shows will go to benefit the DC Special Olympics. The profits from Tuesday’s screenings will go to Project Harvest. According to the entertainment guide at the Post, Monday’s movie and showtimes are:”Dodgeball” (PG-13): 1:40, 3:50, 6:35, 8:45…

We hope you are good with logistics because Thursday is not only DCist’s launch party/happy hour, but also the third Thursday of the month gallery walk in the Seventh Street corridor downtown. Tours depart at 6:30 p.m. from the Goethe-Institut at 812 Seventh St. NW. So if you can’t check out our party on 18th Street, be sure to check out Seventh Street. (Shown here is a painting by Dupont Circle artist Ingrid Groller, whose…

If you were hoping to catch the latest production of the Washington Shakespeare Company time is running out. Their engagement of “The Tempest” at the Clark Street Playhouse” ends Sept. 5. Although the Washington City Paper called the production (in print only) ” … often pretty, occasionally moving, alternately intriguing and infuriating … It is, to say the least, rather uneven,” DCist enjoys a little Shakespeare now and again. It might also help to keep…

The D.C. Public Library will feature Ronald McDonald as part of its “Summer Quest: Readers Rule” summer reading program for schoolchildren. Is this an innocent tactic to get young children excited about reading, or an evil ploy by the McDonald’s corporation to hook kids on their fatty foods? After seeing Super Size Me, DCist isn’t slightly suspicious …Ronald McDonald at DC Public Library Ronald McDonald will visit children participating in the D.C. Public Library’s Summer…