The Week in Fun Calendar

Thursday, Jan. 15
National Symphony Orchestra
7 p.m.
WHERE: Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. N.W.
METRO: Foggy Bottom-GWU (blue and orange lines)
INFO: Conducted by Ilan Volkov, famed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes will perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and the NSO will also play pieces by Stravinsky and Crumb.
COST: $45-$80

“Mary Cassatt: Friends and Family”
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
WHERE: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. N.W.
METRO: Metro Center (red, green and yellow lines)
INFO: This showcase of Cassatt’s work evokes the tenderness of familial bonds.
COST: $10

Friday, Jan. 16
“West Side Story”
8 p.m.
WHERE: National Theater, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
METRO: Metro Center (red, blue and orange lines)
INFO: Director Arthur Laurents transforms the traditional staging of this tragic love affair into a thought-provoking performance with a number of scenes performed in Spanish.
COST: $46.50-$151.50

Tornadoes
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
WHERE: National Academy of Sciences, 2100 C St. N.W.
METRO: Check wmata.com for bus routes
INFO: Storm-chaser and artist John Brosio depicts giant-canvas sized depictions of Midwestern storms with pointed commentary on human apathy.
COST: Free

Saturday, Jan. 17
The Raveonettes with Nickel Eye
9 p.m.
WHERE: Black Cat, 1811 14th St. N.W.
METRO: U St./African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo (green and yellow lines)
INFO: Lusting for a good show? The popular Danish rock duo brings their electric sound to D.C.
COST: $15 adv/$17 dos

“How Theater Failed America”
8 p.m.
WHERE: Woolly Mammoth Theater, 641 D St. N.W.
METRO: Gallery Place-Chinatown (red, green and yellow lines)
INFO: Mike Daisey performs a searing and critically acclaimed monologue on the state of the modern theater industry.
COST: $25

Sunday, Jan. 18
“The Rebel Set: Film and the Beat Legacy”
12:30 p.m.
WHERE: National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W.
METRO: Smithsonian (blue and orange lines)
INFO: This artistic documentary - part of a four-part film series - pieces together film with modern day photography and music to explore the avant-garde film movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
COST: Free

Sunday Kind of Love (open mic poetry)
3:30 p.m.
WHERE: Busboys & Poets, 14th and V streets N.W.
METRO: U St./African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo (green and yellow lines)
INFO: To celebrate the inauguration, Busboys & Poets will host a special Sunday open mic session featuring poems from “Poetic Voices Without Borders 2.” The recently released collection strives to use poetry to transcend cultural divides.
COST: Free

Monday, Jan. 19
The Big Shoulders Inauguration Ball
7 p.m.
WHERE: Black Cat, 1811 14th St. N.W.
METRO: U St./African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo (green and yellow lines)
INFO: Ted Leo, Andrew Bird and the Waco Brothers headline a packed showcase of bands to celebrate the inauguration. Check out the Black Cat Web site at http://www.blackcatdc.com for the full list of bands.
COST: $50

“A Queen Honors a King”
6 p.m.
WHERE: Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. N.W.
METRO: Foggy Bottom-GWU (blue and orange lines)
INFO: Free tickets for Aretha Franklin’s birthday tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. will be distributed starting at 4 p.m. in front of the Concert Hall.
COST: Free, tickets required

Wednesday, Jan. 21
IV Inter-American Biennial of Video Art
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
WHERE: Inter-American Development Bank’s Cultural Center, 1300 New York Ave. N.W.
METRO: Metro Center (red, blue and orange lines)
INFO: New media art from the Caribbean and Latin America comes to life in this exhibit, which continues through Jan. 30.
COST: Free

“Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power”
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
WHERE: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. N.W.
METRO: Farragut North (red line)
INFO: This exhibit pieces together Avedon’s portraiture of the powerful and the ordinary.
COST: $14