To Do: Silent Films, Magic Dragons and Tender Breasts
Friday
George Melies' silent films, includingA Trip to the MoonandThe Magic Lantern, with live piano accompaniment. National Gallery. Today and tomorrow at 1PM. [ National Gallery ]
DIN Glorious, SKELP, The Opposite Sex. 8: 30PM at the Warehouse Next Door. [ Warehouse Next Door ]
1958'sThe Goddesswas filmed in Ellicott City, Maryland. "Paddy Chayefsky (Marty, Network) reportedly modeled his screenplay, in a cruelly prophetic way, on the life of Marilyn Monroe." 7PM at LOC's Mary Pickford Theater. Free. [ LOC ]
Saturday
Meeps moves from U Street to Adams Morgan (2104 18th St. NW). Celebrate the move from 12PM- 7PM. Prizes and oversized sunglasses. [ WP ]
Peter Paul and Mary have been together since 1961. 8PM at Wolf Trap. $22-$38. [ Wolf Trap ]
Shark Day at the National Aquarium. If you didn't know DC had an aquarium, that's because it's in the basement of the Department of Commerce Building on 14th St. [ National Aquarium ]
Sunday
Brent Gordon and The Tender Breasts from Albany, New York. 9PM at the Galaxy Hut. $5. [ Brent Gordon ]
Last chance to see Judah Friedlander, Toby "I consider myself a nerd" Radloff fromAmerican Splendor. 8PM at DC Improv. $15. [ DC Improv ]