Contempt of Dance
Friday
* Get your dose of the early Beatles with 1964: The Tribute. $35, 7:30. [ Birchmere ]
* CityDance "Celebrates Women in the Arts." Tickets start at $35, but for $100 there's free champagne and desert with the artists post-performance, 8: 00. [ Strathmore ]
* Start off your weekend with a taste of the Nordic Jazz Festival, at the House of Sweden. 6: 30. [ Express ]
* Indulge your nostalgia for the year 2000 with a dance party featuring Justin, Britney, and the rest of the gang. All proceeds go to Project Create, a free after-school arts program for at-risk kids in DC. $6, 9: 00. [ Black Cat ]
Saturday
* If you have a means of transport, a taste of Louisiana is only an hour away in Hillsboro, Va. Enjoy crawdads flown in from the Gulf, wine tasting, and hayrides. $15, 11a.m.- 6p.m. [ Breaux Vineyards ]
* The day after the Edison High School Commencement, New Edition will be performing at Consitution Hall with guests K-Ci & JoJo. Tickets start at $75, 7: 00 p.m. [ Constitution Hall ]
* If you're a blogger (and who isn't, nowadays?) check out Scott Gant's discussion of his book We're All Journalists Now . 6: 00. [ Politics and Prose ]
Sunday
* Be blue this Father's Day -- enjoy the twelth annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival. 6 straight hours of blues and food from local vendors including BBQ starts at noon. [ Columbia Pike Partnership ]
* Deaf Dog and the Indictments, a group of 7 DC judges and one civilian drummer, shake the stage at 6: 00 with some rock, some blues, and some Motown. [ Kennedy Center ]