Halloween is next weekend, which means that starting next Friday, you will be forced to pretend that each of the 700 billion Sarah Palin costumes you see is hilarious, winning, and topical. This will be terrible—an exercise in bad faith that will test the very resilience of the human condition. So! Enjoy this sartorially unremarkable weekend, for next weekend’s free candy comes with a price. MORE »

Keep the spirit of Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day going, all weekend long. There’s this band called “Bombaye”—see?—and then Britpop night, which, again, European oppression. And of course another Oktoberfest, this time with Professional Germans. MORE »

It’s still “Oktober,” according to the German lunar calendar. Hooray! At one “Oktoberfest,” the Teutonic Gods are giving away ancient beer tickets, and all you have do to is dress like a German. It’s so easy — actual Germans do it all the time! Just make sure if you go retro and dress as a Nazi you know what you’re getting yourself into! (It’s Poland.) MORE »

The weekend is, fundamentally, a series of days, two days, in which Americans have a choice — an important choice — for the states, federally. But even not all Americans are going to agree, absolutely, so that’s why we have choices in terms of the law of the land, in this great nation of Alas– America. The United States. For all people really, and John McCain has always said culture is the key to, embracing America, on a state level, for the good folks in Washington DC. MORE »

All your friends who’ve been in places like Denver and St. Paul for the last nineteen weeks will be back in town tomorrow, hurrah! They will want to drink, heavily. Here are some means to that end, and an elitist movie or two. MORE »

Got protest fever? Then you’ll for sure want to go march around with the giant puppets, Palestinian activists, Free Mumia people, PETA, Indymedia kids, Cindy Sheehan and hundreds of bewildered tourists just trying to cross The Mall tomorrow. MORE »

Friday

• See a play about plane crashes, Charlie Victor Romeo. It’s “derived entirely from the Black Box transcripts of six real-life airline emergencies. 7PM at the Studio Theatre through 6/25. Around $40. [Studio Theatre]

• We have no idea what this means, but the Black Cat has “REACH UP: A night of classic body music.” Free backstage at 9:30. And Dead Meadow upstairs for $15. [Black Cat]
• Nasar Abadey Quintet (jazz) at the Sculpture Garden. 5:00-8:30PM. Free. [National Gallery]
• Geek Comedy Tour at DCAC. Local standup for $4. 10PM.[DCAC]

Saturday

• Marvin Gaye Jr. Appreciation Day at Watts Playground, 62nd St. & Banks Place NE. Begins at 9AM. [City Lights]

• Common at Mirrors, to benefit local students traveling to Africa. 9PM. [Mirrors]
• Danielson: A Family Movie at AFI’s SilverDocs Festival. Post-screening, all ticket holders are invited to see Danielson perform live. Movie is at 8:30PM. [AFI]

Sunday

• Juneteenth Celebration and D.C. Music Festival at 10th and U Streets. Noon-5PM. [Post City Guide]

• “In Your Ear” Avant Garde poetry series. 3PM. $3. [DCAC ]