To Do: Friday the 13th
Friday
* Sofia Jannok at the House of Sweden. $10 at 7: 30PM. [ World Music Central ]
* Cal Ripken Jr. at Borders in Tyson's Corner. He'll present "A book for moms and dads, recent graduates, entrepreneurs, and anyone who is simply facing an important turning point,Get in the Gamegives all of us access to legendary advice from a legendary achiever." Free at 7: 30PM. [ Borders ]
* Nas performs his "HIP HOP IS DEAD TOUR 2007" at Love. $40, doors at 6PM. [ Ticketmaster ]
Saturday
* Back to back events during the day at Politics & Prose. At 1PM, the big daddy of the Brookings Institution, Michael O'Hanlon, discusses his bookA War Like No Other. He co-authored it with Richard C. Bush. It's about China and Taiwan. At 3PM it's Amiri Baraka and Bolivian novelist Juan De Recacoechea. [ P&P ]
* Bob Mould and Rochard Morel DJ "BLOWOFF" at the 9: 30 Club. $12 at 11:30PM. [ 9: 30 Club ]
Sunday
* Your last chance to "Follow an aging witch into madness with this re-telling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning work of Anne Sexton, and set in the disco-glam '70s. Staged by Maryland Opera Studio." At UMD. $25 at 3PM. [ Clarice Smith ]