Weekend Round Up July 7, 2016

**Summer Festival on the Piazza at i Ricchi**
JULY 8TH, 2016 AT 05:00 PM | IRICCHIEVENTS@GMAIL.COM | TEL: 202-835-0459 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://iricchidc.com)

Join expert “piadinaro” Gianni Succi for a complimentary tasting of the Italian street food piadina (flatbread stuffed
with prosciutto, stracchino cheese and arugula). Featuring Sangiovese by the glass for $6. Cash bar.

Ristorante i Ricchi, 1220 19th St. NW

**After-Hours Preview and USDA Farmer’s Market**
JULY 8TH, 2016 AT 05:30 PM | FREE | TEL: 202-633-1000 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D119174696%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D)

The Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries will host a free and public after-hours preview of their newest exhibition, “Chinamania,” along with the USDA Farmer’s Market at Night. Exploring the craze for Chinese porcelain that took the West by storm in the nineteenth century, the exhibition joins Chinese blue-and-white ceramics from the museum’s collection with monumental installations by contemporary sculptor Walter McConnell, as well as 3D-printed replicas of ancient porcelain masterpieces. The evening includes tours led by the artist and curator, 3D-printing demonstrations and an opportunity to create your own stop-motion videos and screen-printed tote bags using Chinese porcelain motifs. Across the street from the Sackler, food will be available from 4 to 7 p.m. through the USDA Farmer’s Market at Night, which hosts over 20 of our city’s most popular food trucks.

Freer and Sackler Galleries, 1050 Independence Ave. SW

**Friday Nights in the Heights**
JULY 8TH, 2016 AT 06:00 PM | FREE | NHALSEY@WEINBERGHARRIS.COM | TEL: 410-243-1333

“Justin Trawick and The Common Good” will perform at Friday Nights in the Heights, a free, family-friendly concert series hosted by Cathedral Commons each Friday through July 29. Food and beverages will be offered by local restaurants such as Grilled Oyster Co., Raku and Barcelona Wine Bar. Concert-goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.

Cathedral Commons, 3300 block of Newark Street at Wisconsin Avenue

**Alexandria Birthday Celebration**
JULY 8TH, 2016 AT 07:00 PM | FREE | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=9423)

Alexandria will celebrate its 266th birthday along the Potomac waterfront at Oronoco Bay Park. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs, blankets and a picnic and enjoy live music by the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, plus cannon firing, birthday cake, food trucks and a dazzling fireworks display. As George Washington’s hometown, Alexandria is a patriotic hotspot, filled with tours by bike, boat and foot, historic sites and art galleries, plus restaurants and boutiques to explore before heading to the waterfront for the grand celebration.

Oronoco Bay Park, Old Town Alexandria, on the water between Pendleton and Madison Streets

**Mrs. Roosevelt: Muse to Hillary**
JULY 9TH, 2016 AT 01:00 PM | FREE | JERRY.MCCOY@DC.GOV | TEL: 202.727.0233
Jamie Stiehm, a Creators Syndicate columnist and contributor to USNEWS.com, discusses how Eleanor Roosevelt was the indispensable First Lady of the people who helped write the nation’s story and the figure Hillary Clinton saw as her soul mate.

Georgetown Neighborhood Library, Peabody Room (3rd floor), 3260 R St. NW

**’The Good Devil (In Spite of Himself)’**
JULY 9TH, 2016 AT 07:30 PM | $35 | BOXOFFICE@AVANTBARD.ORG | TEL: 7034184808 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://wscavantbard.org/20152016-season/the-good-devil-in-spite-of-himself/)

WSC Avant Bard presents a riotous new comedy by Mario Baldessari and Tyler Herman and directed by Herman. When a Commedia dell’Arte theater troupe in 17th-century France is bedeviled by a royal decree forbidding them from speaking onstage, the rambunctious actors stage an ingenious revolt. Taking a flying leap off historical fact, “The Good Devil” is a hilarious spoof on art and censorship. Performances continue through the following weekend.

Gunston Arts Center, Theatre Two, 2700 South Lang Street, Arlington, Virginia

**Evening at the Embassy of Barbados**
JULY 9TH, 2016 AT 08:00 PM | $60 | TEL: 301-519-8030 | [EVENT WEBSITE](https://www.embassyexperiences.com/event/113/caribbean-evening-at-the-embassy-of-barbados/)

During this special cultural evening presented by Embassy Experiences, guests will immerse themselves in the culture of this Caribbean jewel of elegance, charm, music, dance, great food and laughter.

Embassy of Barbados, 2144 Wyoming Ave. NW

**Capital Fringe: ‘Kick Before You Drown’**
JULY 10TH, 2016 AT 03:30 PM | $17 PLUS FRINGE BUTTON | TEL: 866-811-4111 | [EVENT WEBSITE](https://www.capitalfringe.org/events/904-kick-before-you-drown)

This show asks: How far would you go to feel desired? Six internationally acclaimed artists exquisitely blend contemporary circus and experimental performance in this subversive look at intimacy. Other performances: July 7 at 6:45 p.m., July 9 at 9 p.m., July 12 at 6:30 and July 14 at 9 p.m.

Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE

**’White Zombie’ and ‘The Crime of Dr. Crespi’**
JULY 10TH, 2016 AT 04:00 PM | FREE | TEL: 202-737-4215 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/calendar/film-programs/ucla16/white-zombie.html)

In a now-treasured work of the nascent Hollywood horror genre of the 1930s, a young woman (Madge Bellamy) is yanked from her wedding feast and relegated to the ranks of the Haitian undead by a voodoo master (Béla Lugosi). Writes Scott MacQueen: “Quickly produced on the cheap to exploit the post-Dracula horror cycle, White Zombie [Victor Halperin, 1932, 68 minutes] is a fairy tale in mufti, pegged to a jazz-age voodoo vogue popularized by William Seabrook’s occult writings.” For “The Crime of Dr. Crespi” [John H. Auer, 1935, 63 minutes], inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Premature Burial,” Austrian émigré Erich von Stroheim was summoned to New York to portray a tormented mad scientist who has lost his wife to another man.

National Gallery of Art, 401 Constitution Ave. NW

**Carlos Vives at Wolf Trap**
JULY 10TH, 2016 AT 08:00 PM | 38-175 | WOLFTRAP@WOLFTRAP.ORG | TEL: 703-255-1900 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://www.wolftrap.org/tickets/calendar/performance/16filene/0710show16.aspx)

With over 30 million records sold worldwide and multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards to his name, Colombian pop luminary and pioneer Carlos Vives is hailed as one of the most important figures in Latin music.

Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia