Weekend Round Up October 20, 2016

**American Fine Craft Show**
OCTOBER 21ST, 2016 AT 04:30 PM | $8 ($16 WEEKEND PASS) | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://americanfinecraftshowwashington.com)

The show, featuring 125 jury-selected contemporary artists and designers, celebrates the best of American handmade work in jewelry, fashion, ceramics, mixed media, sculpture, furniture, wood, painting, metal, glass and fiber. There is also a studio furniture designers showcase. Also Saturday 10/22 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10/23 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ($15 admission).

DC Armory, 2001 East Capitol St. SE

**Pre-Show English Country Dance at the Folger**
OCTOBER 21ST, 2016 AT 06:00 PM | FREE WITH “SENSE AND SENSIBILITY” TICKET AND RSVP | TEL: 202-544-7077 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://www.folger.edu/events/come-for-the-dancing-two)

For “Sense and Sensibility” ticket holders, the Folger hosts a free pre-show lesson in English country dance, popular through the Regency era of Jane Austen, for those who have always wanted to dance like the Dashwoods. ECD in DC founder and director Michelle Sebastian will lead the session with members of her performance group in the Paster Reading Room. Signature cocktails will be available for purchase.

Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE

**Folk Music and Dance from Korea**
OCTOBER 21ST, 2016 AT 06:00 PM | FREE | TEL: 800-444-1324 | [EVENT WEBSITE](https://www.kennedy-center.org/video/upcoming)

Demonstrating the abundance and profoundness of Korea’s folk music and dance traditions, this show presents sinawi, an instrumental ensemble with improvisation derived from shamanistic music; pansori, a deeply moving genre combining narrative song, storytelling and body movements, accompanied by solo percussion; seungmu, solo folk dances developed from Buddhist monks; and namdogutgeori and seongjupuri, iconic folk music of Gyeongsang Province.

Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW

**Mahmoud Ahmed**
OCTOBER 21ST, 2016 AT 08:00 PM | $45 TO $55 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://www.wolftrap.org/tickets/calendar/performance/1617barns/1021show16.aspx)

For over 40 years, the virtuosic Mahmoud Ahmed has fused traditional Amharic music with pop and jazz to become one of Ethiopia’s top male vocalists of all time.

Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia

**SHUCK IT! Oyster and Beer Festival**

Saturday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.:The Fourth Annual Shuck It! Oyster and Beer Festival — local oysters, local beer and local music at Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place, 3000 K St. NW — Washington Harbour, Georgetown waterfront. ($75)

**Falloween in Clarendon**
OCTOBER 22ND, 2016 AT 11:00 AM | FREE | TEL: 703-807-2922 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://marketcommonclarendon.com/2016/09/falloween/)

This signature event at Market Common Clarendon, now in its fourth year, celebrates the fall season with live family entertainment by Rainbow Rock and Mr. Knick Knack, a petting zoo, face painting, pumpkin decorating, crafts for kids and a trick-or-treat session throughout the property. Howl-o-ween Pet Parade at 10 a.m.

Market Common Clarendon, 2800 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia

**Hirshhorn Fall Fest**
OCTOBER 22ND, 2016 AT 11:00 AM | FREE | TEL: 202-633-1000 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/programs-calendar/#detail=/bio/hirshhorn-fall-fest/&collection=programs-calendar)

This museum-wide festival celebrates the return of fall, D.C.’s music scene and the Hirshhorn’s immersive new exhibition on Ragnar Kjartansson. Live outdoor music will highlight local bands whose musicians are featured in Kjartansson’s live performance piece “Woman in E.” The Hirshhorn’s biergarten will feature complimentary beer tastings from Bier Baron Tavern for attendees age 21 and over, while supplies last. There will also be a screening of Kjartansson’s “A Lot of Sorrow,” which documents a six-hour live performance by the National.

7th Street and Independence Avenue SW

**Taste of Tudor Place**
OCTOBER 22ND, 2016 AT 01:00 PM | $60 ($75 VIP) | TEL: 202-965-0400 | [EVENT WEBSITE](https://www.tudorplace.org/programs/44/taste-of-tudor-place/)

Participants will sample a variety of heritage foods and distinctive beers, wines and liquors representing notable eras in Tudor Place’s — and the nation’s — past. Tickets include site admission, a tasting glass and tastings of 10 or more local and historic drinks, savories and treats. VIP tickets include an exclusive noon reception with private tastings, a gift bag and a guided tour, “Tudor Place Eats.”

Tudor Place, 1644 31st St. NW

**Art Talk With David C. Driskell**
OCTOBER 22ND, 2016 AT 02:00 PM | FREE | TEL: 202-633-4844 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://anacostia.si.edu/events#/?i=1)

Artist and noted art historian, curator and philanthropist Dr. David Driskell talks about the Washington Color School, with a focus on Sam Gilliam and Alma Thomas. Considered the foremost authority on art of the black diaspora, Driskell is a distinguished professor emeritus of art at the University of Maryland, College Park, where the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora is located.

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE

**Suzanne Farrell Ballet**
OCTOBER 23RD, 2016 AT 02:00 PM | $39 TO $99 | TEL: 202-467-4600 | [EVENT WEBSITE](https://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/BRBSB)

The Kennedy Center’s own ballet company celebrates its 15th season with a program of three Balanchine classics. The performances of “Gounod Symphony” and “Stars & Stripes” will be company premieres. The third work is audience favorite “Danses Concertantes.” Also Friday 10/21 at 8 p.m. and Saturday 10/22 at 2 and 8 p.m.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW

**’Best Haunted House Ever’**
OCTOBER 23RD, 2016 AT 03:00 PM | $15 FOR ADULTS, $10 FOR CHILDREN, STUDENTS, MILITARY AND SENIORS | TEL: 703-548-1154 | [EVENT WEBSITE](http://www.encorestageva.org/tickets/now-playing/)

Encore Stage & Studio presents a show about students from two different high schools sneaking into a local haunted house to scare their classmates. When a spooky zombie and mysterious ghost don’t fit into the students’ haunting plans, it can only mean one thing: they are not alone in the house. Recommended for age 6 and older. Also Friday 10/21 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday 10/22 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson Theatre, 125 South Old Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia