Reel Round the DMV | Week of January 24th

We're still doing it up real big with Haiti around and about the area (the 'for' was irking me too). While you're out, you may see some politicos looking down and out (THAT'S WHAT YOU GET! i am a little fluttered by that loss...) but even so, let the people STAY WOKE and more importantly mobile >>

Today, January 24th @ 6:00p

Sankofa Cafe on Georgia Ave. screens 'Jazz', episode 8 of Ken Burns' doc series of the same name. This volume centers around the years 1945-1955. (OOOOooooohhhh!) No doubt, a fresh release. Mosey on over if you can. www.sankofa.com | 2714 Georgia Ave., NW

And if you're still feeling in the spirit when you leave, check out Oye' Palaver Hut via WashingtonDCJazzNetwork.ning.com, and do what you can to support their ongoing Storytelling/Music Project. The program is in need of gently used and new instruments for juvenile and adult inmates participating, growing and teaching through the music right here in the DC area. Get at 'em. www.oyepalaverhut.org | 202.773.5446

Today, January 24th @ 8:00p

Busboys and Poets in Shirlington screens 'The Cats of Mirikitani' for the last time. Elva Anderson, art therapist and licensed professional counselor hosts Q&A following the film that follows 80 year old Jimmy Mirikitani--who has survived U.S. terrorism via internment camps, Hiroshima and homelessness--only to be directly threatened by the aftereffects of 9/11. A local filmmaker and fan of Mr. Mirikitani's art become the catalyst for his journey back through the mire to the present.www.busboysandpoets.com | 4251 South Campbell Ave., Arlington, VA

Today, January 24th @ 8:00p

BloomBars, my Columbia Heights homestead, kicks off the work week (and adds a nice footnote to the weekend) with Seed the Sound Sundays. Ahhhhhhhhhh...exhalation feels lovely. Stop in and experience what I'm at a loss to paint in words for you. HHP, visiting artist in resident from South Africa is still holding it down something lovely, too. Find yourself there. Please. There's nothing like this anywhere else in the city. Guaranteed. www.bloombars.com | 3222 11th St., NW

Thru January 28th

@Landmark E St. Cinema WFI is getting it in Goethe-Institut style. John Hanshaw recommends 'Tandoori Love,' 'Kill Daddy Goodnight,' and 'Pope Joan' showing Monday, January 25th, Tuesday January 26th, and Wednesday the 27th, respectively at 6:45p about a block away from Metro Center (red line). Know: these films are NOT free. Check out the full playlist over at Washington Film Institute's site.

FEBRUARY 12th, WFI presents a second Hatitian Film Night & Fundraiser at--guess where?--the Goethe-Institut (7th & I, NW). The reception runs from 6-8:00p with 'Aristide and the Endless Revolution' screening at 8:00p. 'Aristide' nabbed Pan African Film Festival best doc in 2006. The doc recounts what really happened BUT i wouldn't be keeping it bytwenty8 if I told you to watch without doing your homework, too. No screening should be ingested without personal research. GO. WATCH. y READ! www.dcfilminstitute.org | E St. Cinemas, 555 11th St., NW (Metro Center)