TONIGHT, January 27th 6:00p
Haiti Benefit (Partners in Health & Shelterbox)
Rock & Roll Hotel
1353 H St., NE
$10 Cover
BrightestYoungThings.com reports:
Shelterbox responds to disasters like the earthquake by distributing all-purposes "shelterboxes", kits that include everything a family needs to weather a crisis, such as a sturdy 10-person tent, blankets, a stove, and even coloring books for children. Shelterbox...gives each individual box a unique identification number so...you can track..from its point of departure to its new home in Haiti. [hm...]
Partners in Health...have been actively recruiting nurses and doctors with emergency room experience to head down to Haiti to help out with all the traumas. Rock & Roll Hotel is donating 10% of bar proceeds in addition to the donation of space for the event. If you're into Loose Lips, Caverns and Lissy Rosemont, pass on through, boo. www.rockandrollhoteldc.com
TONIGHT, January 27th 7:00p
Iranian Film Festival 2010
Freer Sackler (Smithsonian)
Meyer Auditorium
feat. Maziar Bahari, moderated by Karim Sadjadpour
Freer Gallery says: Early 1950s Iranian prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, attempted to nationalize the country's oil industry, which had been monopolized for decades by a British company. Two years later, Mossadegh's quest--and his government--were defeated in a coup carried out by the CIA. Drawing from exclusive archival material and eyewitness testimony, 'An Iranian Odyssey' recounts these events and helps explain the lingering tensions between Iran and the West. [A timely doc, no?] asia.si.edu
TONIGHT, January 27th 8:00p
Metropolitan Muse Concert Series
Layla Lounge
501 Morse Street, NE
$10 Cover
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: If you consider yourself HIP HOP and you still haven't experienced HHP, that is Hip Hop Pantsula, (I'm not even going to get into it about Terrence Cunningham (!))--you've FAILED at life. thingsthatarejusttrue{dot}com. This is his last week in the country before he heads back to South Africa, where the whole CONTINENT stands in solidarity on the matter that he is the absolute truth. Check out his latest album, Dumela (2009), to prep yourself. Start with the Nas track, Keledimo, but that's just an appetizer (smh). This is the man Wyclef bows to, fam. Stop sleeping. Thanx. Terrence Cunningham, resident artist at Layla Lounge shares the stage with Jabba this evening in Norf'eas in true MetroMuse fashion. www.MetroMuseOnline.com
TONIGHT, January 27th 9:00p
SOTU Address
Busboys and Poets
ALL LOCATIONS
2021 14th St., NW (U St.-Cardozo)
1025 5th St., NW (Gallery Pl-Chinatown)
4251 S. Campbell Ave., Arlington, VA
BB&P is so right. Everything does indeed look better on the big screen--AND in the company of community. Watch President Obama's first 'State of the Union' gut-check this evening at any Busboys & Poets location this evening. 14th & V will host a special open mic at 8:00p to lead in to the POTUS address. www.busboysandpoets.com
Thursday, January 28th 6:30p
Thelonious Monk
Sponsored by the American Art Museum
Reynolds Center for American Art & Portraiture
8th & F Sts., NW (Gallery Pl-Chinatown), enter on G St.
(That should be the only thing I write, and then I drop my laptop and walk away doing the Kanye-shrug.)
You should head on over to the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture's McEvoy Auditorium to see the rather epic, and Smithsonian says 'reclusive' pianist and composer, Thelonius Monk--as interpreted by art-master documentarian Charlotte Zwerin (prod. by Clint Eastwood)--projected on screen, gratis. The 90 min. work is titled 'Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser' (1988). This event is part of the Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art. Get your seat early. First come, first served. si.edu
