Wonkette

Did you know that the beloved “Labor Day Weekend” wasn’t always a week-long fuckoff that ended in an orgy of Monday afternoon BBQ and booze to celebrate finally sending the goddamned kids back to school? The origins of Labor Day are shrouded in mystery — because, really, who cares about the origins of Labor Day? — but like so much in industrialized American history, it was basically about keeping the working man down and not giving people any crazy ideas about socialism, which was becoming very popular not only in the United States but around the world. MORE »

Friday

• 1967’s Bedazzled stars Dudley Moore, Peter Cook and Raquel Welch. Unlike the remake, it’s funny! 7PM. [AFI]

• Local blogger Michael Darpino (DJ Context) brings “left-of-center tunes” to Marx Cafe. Free Dancing. 10PM. [We Fought the Big One]

Saturday

• 18th Annual DC Blues Festival at Carter Barron. “The DC Blues Society celebrates New Orleans Music with Marva Wright, Memphis Gold, Junkyard Saints, Robert Lightohouse, Terence McArdle & Jumpin’ Tonight, the Westcott Brothers & MORE!” Free at 1PM. [Carter Barron]

• Tiger cubs make public debut at the zoo. There are fewer than 500 Sumatran tigers in the wild. These appear to have glass eyes. 10AM- 2PM. [National Zoo]
• Catch a 9:30. The Violent Femmes with Langhorne Slim for $25. [9:30]
• Last day to see weird stuff at DAR like an earwax spoon and jewelry made from human hair. [DAR]

Sunday

• Elaborate “Whatever Happened to Polio?” exhibit at the Museum of American History. When you visit their website be sure to play “Got Ramps? Architectural Barriers Game.” It’s like Choose Your Own Adventure only instead of cracking The Mystery of Chimney Rock you try to leave your apartment in a wheelchair. [Museum of American History]

Monday

• Bone Thugs-n-Harmony for $25. East east nineteen ninety ninety nine nine nine nine thirty club. [9:30]

• Celebrate Labor.