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GOING TO A GO-GO: Legend Chuck Brown plays at Woodrow Wilson Plaza on Friday.
MONDAY ‘Arcimboldo, 1526–1593: Nature and Fantasy’ Head to the National Gallery’s recently opened
exhibition for a look at fantastical art that blends portraiture and still life. Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s work, some of which is on view in the United States for the first time, reveals the artist’s wild imagination, crafting cheeks out of onions, painting flowers to represent skin and depicting eyelids as peapods. Through Jan. 9. National Gallery of Art, Fourth
Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
www.nga.gov.
TUESDAY
Fall for the Book Festival The week-long literary festival at George Mason
University features readings, workshops and lectures all day, through Friday. Tuesday’s highlights include programs with novelists Jennifer Egan and Rick Moody. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. George Mason University, 4400
University Dr., Fairfax. 703-993-3986. www.
fallforthebook.org.
WEDNESDAY
Andrea Centazzo The Sonic Circuits Festival, a celebration of electronic music in the Washington area, moves to
c Free & easy JEFFREY MACMILLAN
the Kennedy Center for a performance by the absurdly prolific multi-instrumentalist Andrea Centazzo. The Italian-born author of more than 350 compositions, ranging from orchestral symphonies to avant-garde jazz, has played more than 1,000 concerts and performs with a set of more than 200 instruments, from gongs to digital samplers. 6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 2700 F
St. NW. 202-467-4600.
www.kennedy-center.org. THURSDAY
Jeté Society Happy Hour The Washington Ballet’s young benefactors meet up on the patio of the stylish J&G Steakhouse for the first Jeté Society happy hour of the 2010-11 season. But you don’t have to be a member to get the perks of free entry as well as gratis appetizers. For those in the mood for a beverage, specials include $5 Heineken Light and Lagunitas, $10 red and white wine, sparkling prosecco and ginger margaritas, and, best of all, a portion of your tab will go toward the Washington School of Ballet’s scholarship fund. 6-8 p.m. J&G Steakhouse, 515 15th St. NW. www.
washingtonballet.org.
FRIDAY
Chuck Brown The Godfather of Go-Go never plays a bad show and will have the crowd bustin’ loose at the season
finale of the Live on Woodrow Wilson Plaza concert series. 5 p.m. Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.
www.itcdc.com.
SATURDAY
National Book Festival The center of the modern lit universe will be on
the Mall on Saturday for the 2010 National Book Festival. Jonathan Franzen, whose novel “Freedom” is sitting atop the New York Times fiction bestseller list, will discuss his work at 10:35 a.m. with a book signing to follow. Other bestsellers speaking throughout the day: former first lady Laura Bush, Jonathan Safran Foer, Brad Meltzer and David Remnick. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Mall, between Third and Seventh streets. 888-714-4696.
www.loc.gov/bookfest.
SUNDAY
Fiesta DC The annual festival includes five stages of music, folklore, theater and other performing arts in addition to a Parade of Nations that will include hundreds of dancers. Noon-7 p.m. Mt. Pleasant Street NW. 202-232-4393.
www.fiestadc.org.
— Alex Baldinger, David Malitz and Stephanie Merry
$5 OR LESS WHAT’S OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND If you’re in the mood for a walk in the fall weather this weekend, there will be no shortage of people to join you. In addition to Cultural Tourism’s twice-yearly WalkingTown D.C. tours throughout the city, the local Cultural Landscape Foundation is unveiling its own weekend of tours. But where WalkingTown focuses heavily on history, What’s Out There Weekend delves into design and architecture at 25 local landmarks. Although a number of well-known destinations make the list — the Hirshhorn, the FDR Memorial and the Capitol grounds — the tours also take visitors to lesser-known gems. Head to Northeast for a look at the peaceful garden sanctuary at the Franciscan Monastery or visit the sprawling Cleveland Park estate once known as the Causeway and later renamed Tregaron by noteworthy owners ambassador Joseph E. Davies and Marjorie Merriweather Post.
Saturday and Sunday at various locations.
www.tclf.org/landscapes/wot-weekend-DC. Free.
— Stephanie Merry
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION
The FDR Memorial is one of the 25 landmarks on a tour route set for this weekend.
PLANNING AN EVENT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ? TELL U S . SEND LISTINGS INFORMA TION TO EVENTS@WASHINGTONP OST.COM MUSIC REVIEW No Age stays true to its art-punk roots On its new album, “Everything
in Between,” No Age unveils a surprisingly orderly sound, with electronic effects and drummer Dean Spunt’s vocals prominent (and well separated) in the mix. Friday night at the Black Cat, however, guitarist Randy Randall reasserted himself, immersing the hour-long set in distortion, feedback and complex overtones. The songs were harder to tell apart but more exciting. The Los Angeles art-punk duo
hasn’t abandoned loops, samples and synthetic din. From stage right, supplementary musician Facundo Bermudez provided a mini-LAX of jet-engine whooshes and industrial clatter. But the dif-
ference between album and show was obvious from the opening number, “Life Prowler.” Except for the stray word or
phrase, Spunt’s vocals were en- gulfed by Randall’s waves of sound. His guitar stormed and crashed, but also offered melodic motifs and shimmering tone col- ors.
Like essential precursor Mis- sion of Burma, No Age balanced such textural depths with rhyth- mic immediacy. With its singer seated at a drum kit, the band lacked a dynamic on-stage focus. But whenever Spunt began a
rousing beat or Randall com- menced an elemental riff, an eruption of slam-dancing certi- fied the duo’s ability to make a visceral connection. No Age was preceded by Holy
F, whose mix of instrumental and electronic timbres was similar to the headliner’s. But the Toronto quartet spurned lyrics (although not vocals) and songs in favor of more abstract compositions. At its tightest, the band recalled German groove bands of the ’70s; at its flabbiest, British prog-rock groups of the same decade. — Mark Jenkins
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