Friday

• George Melies’ silent films, including A Trip to the Moon and The Magic Lantern, with live piano accompaniment. National Gallery. Today and tomorrow at 1PM. [National Gallery]

• DIN Glorious, SKELP, The Opposite Sex. 8:30PM at the Warehouse Next Door. [Warehouse Next Door]
• 1958’s The Goddess was filmed in Ellicott City, Maryland. “Paddy Chayefsky (Marty, Network) reportedly modeled his screenplay, in a cruelly prophetic way, on the life of Marilyn Monroe.” 7PM at LOC’s Mary Pickford Theater. Free. [LOC]

Saturday

• Meeps moves from U Street to Adams Morgan (2104 18th St. NW). Celebrate the move from 12PM- 7PM. Prizes and oversized sunglasses. [WP]

• Peter Paul and Mary have been together since 1961. 8PM at Wolf Trap. $22-$38. [Wolf Trap]
• Shark Day at the National Aquarium. If you didn’t know DC had an aquarium, that’s because it’s in the basement of the Department of Commerce Building on 14th St. [National Aquarium]

Sunday

• Brent Gordon and The Tender Breasts from Albany, New York. 9PM at the Galaxy Hut. $5. [Brent Gordon]

• Last chance to see Judah Friedlander, Toby “I consider myself a nerd” Radloff from American Splendor. 8PM at DC Improv. $15. [DC Improv]

• Washington Whispers: Rolex watch given to John F. Kennedy from Marilyn Monroe is up for auction; its box includes poem, “And let me love or let me die!”. . . 81% in one poll can identify Roberts. . . Some Democrats irked by Clinton’s participation in Katrina aid. . . Chertoff has an evacuation plan for his family. . . DeLay has personal vow not to frown or whine. . . Margaret Spellings exercises to the Police, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, and the Carpenters. . . Romney’s religious credibility questioned by “Christian leaders.” [USN&WR]
• Inside the Beltway: Bush “took a rare break from mopping up Hurricane Katrina and bid farewell to Prince Bandar“. . . Bork’s son hawks shirts that say, “Renominate Bork! He’s tanned, rested and ready.” [WT]
• Rush & Molloy: Chuck D raps about Katrina: “Son of a Bush, how you gonna trust that cat?/ To fix [bleep] when help is stuck in Iraq?” [NYDN]
• The Scoop: Al Sharpton acted as “eyes and ears” of PETA for New Orleans. [MSNBC]