Thursday, Sept. 18 "After Pearl Harbor: Music, War and the Library of Congress" 5 p.m. WHERE: Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, 101 Independence Ave. S.E. METRO: Capital South (blue and orange lines) INFO: Musicologist Annegret Fauser speaks at this event about American World War II-era music presented by the LOC and the American Musicological Society. COST: Free
"Bodies of Monsters, Marvel and Women" Through Sept. 28 WHERE: H&F Fine Arts Gallery, 3311 Rhode Island Ave., Mt. Rainier, Md. METRO: Check wmata.com for bus routes INFO: Monsters and marvel may be hard to separate from the idea of women to begin with, but these female artists take it to a whole other level. Using kinetic sculpture and woodcut among other media, these artists explore the horrible and the fantastic in relationship to women. COST: Free
Friday, Sept. 19 Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves 8:30 p.m. WHERE: The Rock and Roll Hotel METRO: Union Station (red line) INFO: Do you need an excuse to wear your fedora and platonically sway back and forth with that awkward special someone? We know you don't, but Eli "Paperboy" Reed and his backing band are ready to provide you with funky doo-wop to "Do The Boom Boom" to. COST: $10 before the show, $12 at the door
"Made in China" 11 a.m.-7 p.m. WHERE: Long View Gallery, 1302 Ninth St. N.W. METRO: Mt. Vernon Sq./7th St.-Convention Center (green and yellow lines) INFO: In lieu of their annual "31 Days in July," artists Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow created works chronicling the month they spent in China. View this artistic diary experience before the show closes on Sept. 20. COST: Free
Saturday, Sept. 20 "Native Theater: Mestiza Power" 2 p.m. WHERE: National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater, Fourth St. and Independence Ave. S.W. METRO: Smithsonian (blue and orange lines) INFO: Like "The Vagina Monologues" but with more Maya and less vagina, "Mestiza Power" discusses women's lives through monologues based on interviews with those living them. The play looks at the experiences of contemporary Mayan women. COST: Free
Sweet Micky 9 p.m. WHERE: Zanzibar on the Waterfront, 700 Water St. S.W. METRO: L'Enfant Plaza (green, yellow, blue and orange lines) INFO: Get your swerve on with Haiti's compas king who will be making a rare D.C. appearance. Compas' unique blend of merengue and Son Cubano makes for the perfect hip-shaking musical mix. COST: $30
Sunday, Sept. 21 Fiesta Musical Family Day 11 a.m.-5 p.m. WHERE: National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. N.W. METRO: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan (red line) INFO: What's better than pandas? Pandas and Latin American food. The National Zoo will host this yearly event that promises Latin American food, crafts and dancing in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Zoo scientists will be on hand to inform visitors about the zoo's animals of Latino descent. COST: Free
Benjy Ferree 8:30 p.m. WHERE: IOTA Club & Café, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. METRO: Clarendon (orange line) INFO: At times a little bit Brahms, a little bit calliope, a whole lot of awesome: D.C.'s own Benjy Ferree will lull you to bliss as they stroke the cello and strum the distortion guitar. Their melodic, lilting folk is somehow both toe-tapping and soothing at once. They don't play much, so head for the hills (of Virginia, that is). COST: $10
Monday, Sept. 22 American Premiere: "Amos Oz" 7:30 p.m. WHERE: D.C. Jewish Community Center, Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater, 1529 16th St. N.W. METRO: Dupont Circle (red line) INFO: The son of Zionists, Israeli journalist and writer Amos Oz's life could be a novel in itself. See it dramatized on the big screen for the first time in the U.S. as a part of the DCJCC's Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival. COST: $10 regular admission, $9 student ticket
"The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie, of Romeo and Juliet" 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Capital Hill Arts Workshop, 545 Seventh St. S.E. METRO: Eastern Market (blue and orange lines) INFO: Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou? If you're looking for a dude in tights to hop a fence, you're headed for the wrong production. Taffety Punk Theatre Company performs their version of the Bard's greatest romantic tragedy with an all-female cast in reaction to the Shakespeare Theatre Company's all-male production. COST: $10
Tuesday, Sept. 23 The Points' CD release party 9 p.m. WHERE: Black Cat, 1811 14th St. N.W. METRO: U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo (green and yellow lines) INFO: D.C. indie-punk players The Points will release their first full-length effort at this party. They won't return to the District until Halloween, so see them now before they get so huge they never come back. COST: $8
Built to Spill and Meat Puppets 7 p.m. WHERE: 9:30 club, 815 V St. N.W. METRO: U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo (green and yellow lines) INFO: In a shocking turn of events, one of the progenitors of grunge, the legendary Meat Puppets, will be warming up 9:30 for their alt-rock successors, Built to Spill. You may actually be able to hear the sound of evolution at this concert. COST: $25
