To Do: The Daily Show for a Higher Tax Bracket

Friday

• M Ward at the Birchmere. $17.50 at 7: 30PM. [ Birchmere ]

• Rainer Maria with Mary Timony Band at the Black Cat. $12 at 9: 30PM. [ Black Cat ]

• Big night at the Mary Pickford Theater.The Comedy of Terrors,Du Pont Show of the Week. Laughter, U.S.A.andLaughter, U.S.A.: "a look at American humor, from slapstick to satire, from Ben Franklin to Jack Benny and what makes people laugh. Hosted by George Burns." Free at 7PM. [ LOC ]

Saturday

• Arts on Foot Festival in Penn Quarter. "Free activities," shitloads of music, theater, author events. The main festival site is 8th & F. All day. [ Arts on Foot ]

• Ramones drummer Marky Ramone DJ's at the Rock and Roll Hotel. If he does not interest you, there are some other people who used to be famous DJing, too. All of these things point to coke. $10 at 9PM. [ Rock and Roll Hotel ]

• Jon Stewart tickles your funny bone at Merriweather Post Pavillion. $40-75 at 8PM. Although you no longer watch the show, you gotta see that joke about the President live. In Columbia, Maryland. [ Ticketmaster ]

Sunday

• Anthony Clark at the Improv. $30 at 8PM. [ DC Improv ]

• Best of DC Shorts from the DC Shorts film festival. 7PM and 10PM. [ DC Shorts ]