Going Out Guide: This Week's Best Free Events + Look Inside Artomatic

If you have difficulty viewing this newsletter, click here to view as a Web page. Click here to view in plain text. Monday, May 21, 2012 Best free events this week Free this week — afternoon tunes from local Afrobeat group Funk Ark, a series of documentary shorts about Joan Miro and a Saturday afternoon at the National Zoo devoted to zebras. [Read more] Inside Artomatic See highlights from this year's festival in Crystal City. [Read more] Gurus' Picks High-wattage comedy Alex Baldinger Monday, May 21 | You can call Reggie Watts a singer, a comedian and a musician. But above all else, he's a curiosity: Is that a wig? Is that a real English accent? Just go with it. You never know where Watts's routine will go next, which is part of what makes his 9:30 Club set unmissable. [Read more] The end is nigh Stephanie Merry Thursday, May 24 | Apocalypse is the theme of the next after-hours party at Art Museum of the Americas. The best way to celebrate the end of days? Live music, DJs, performance art and an open bar. [Read more] Not just Drake David Malitz Friday, May 25 | The summer's biggest hip-hop tour comes to Verizon Center as headliner Drake is joined by an impressive crew of supporting acts including J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill and 2 Chainz. [Read more] Jazz in the Garden kicks off Lavanya Ramanathan Friday, May 25 | The summer's most popular (free) date night and picnic scene returns for the season to the National Gallery of Art, and not a moment too soon. [ Read more ] Music, cocktails and bad high-school French Fritz Hahn Saturday, May 26 | A long-weekend night at the French Embassy includes cocktails, DJs spinning French and English-language dance tunes, and a variety show with comedy, burlesque and live music. [Read more] More From Going Out Guide Restaurants Events Theater Bars & Clubs Music Kid-Friendly Movies Museums Visitors Guide Strike up the band - The Music Man is coming to Arena Stage! Combine one fast-talking con-artist with one strait-laced librarian, combine with irresistible songs, incredible dance and (at least) 76 trombones and you've got a recipe for fun for the whole family. Click here for tickets today! Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and UMD School of Music present the National Orchestral Institute and Festival, May 31-June 30, 2012. Performances by the NOI Chamber Orchestra and NOI Philharmonic take place every Saturday night between June 9 and June 30; additional ticketed and FREE events are also open to the public. Join the exploration! Click here for tickets! Make the most of your summer nights by spending them at Wolf Trap, where you can see nearly 100 exciting performances. Tickets to your favorite summer memories are on sale now! Tickets to your favorite summer memories are on sale now! Get The Washington Post, your way. Want to stay on top of the latest news, features, commentary and more? Here's how: Mobile: Alerts: Social Media: Applications Web site E-mail SMS RSS Feeds Facebook Twitter SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-NEWSLETTER CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071 ©2012 The Washington Post Privacy Policy