Weekend traveler
Metro Area
Thursday 3/25
Christian Scott: Jazz trumpeter. 8 p.m. $15-$25.. Reston Community Center at Hunter Woods. 2310 Colts Neck Rd. Reston, VA. 703-476-4500.
Directions: John Gerrad: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Free. Recent work by Irish artist John Gerrad who uses customized 3-D gaming software to alter landscape art. Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. Runs through 3/28. Independence Ave. at Seventh St. SW. 202-633-1000.
Deleted Scenes and Savoir Adore: 9 p.m. $8. With Grandchildren, Mon Khmer. Velvet Lounge. 915 U St. NW. 202-462-3213.
Big Apple Circus: Bello is Back: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. $15-$52. Bello the clown returns to DC with jugglers, trapeze artists and animals acts. Big Apple Circus Tent. Runs through Saturday, March 27. 45630 Dulles Town Center Blvd. Sterling, VA. 800-922-3772.
Friday 3/26
“Lord Arthur’s Savile’s Crime” 2:30 p.m. 8 p.m. $40-$50. Washington Stage Guild’s adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play about a man who puts stock in a palm reading. Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-582-0050.
Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor: 17,000 tickets go on sale for the last two weeks of one of the season’s most popular exhibits. 9 a.m.-10 p.m. $12. $10 student w/ valid I.D. National Geographic Museum. Runs through Sunday, March 28. 1145 17th St. NW. 202-857-7588.
Saturday 3/27
Saturday Night at kstreet: 10 p.m. $10-20. Women receive free admission until 1 a.m. and free drinks until midnight with RSVP. DJ Nesta Hip-Hop, mashups and Top 40. kstreet Lounge. 1301 K. St. 202-962-3933.
Hip-Hop Cinema Café: 2 p.m. Free. A free screening og “Copyright Criminals” is followed by a panel of discussion about sampling, intellectual property rights and hip-hop music. Historical Society of Washington. 801 K St. NW. 202-383-1850.
Smithsonian Kite Festival: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. One of the opening events of the annual Cherry Blossom madness. Washington Monument. 15th St. and Constitution Ave. NW. 202-485-9880.
Chelsea Handler: 3 p.m. Free. The comedian reads from and discusses her new book of essays, “Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang.” Borders Books and Music Downtown. 18th and L streets NW. 202-466-4999.
Sunday 2/28
Mary-Jo Salter: 2 p.m. Free. Salter reflects on “Decades in Japan: Reverberations of a Poet’s Life in Japan.” Walter’s Art Museum. 600 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD. 410-547-9000.
“The Liar” open rehearsal: 2:30 and 4 p.m. Free. Get a sneak peek of the Shakespeare Tehatre Company’s next play with this rehearsal, open to the public. Shakespeare Theatre Company, Lansburgh Theatre. 450 Seventh St. NW. 202-547-1122.
