Friday, October 30
Master jazz guitarist JOHN PIZZARELLI performs at Blues Alley in DC, two shows each night, 8 and 10 p.m., www.bluesalley.com
It’s the final day for jazz pianist JASON MORAN and celebrated choreographer RONALD K. BROWN bringing together their respective ensembles for a night of jazz and dance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, 7:30 p.m., kennedy-center.org
New Shiloh Church offers dinner entertainment and Christian fellowship with Jazz and Jeans featuring guitarist/composer KEVIN JACKSON & COMPANY and comedian DENNIS JONES, 5 p.m., 443.675.7355.
At the Arena Playhouse on McCulloh Street in Baltimore, its SPELL #7, a choreopoem by the author of For Colored Girls, Ntozake Shange, through November 1, matinee and evening performances, 410.728.6500.
It’s the closing weekend for People and Places: A Primer, the exhibit at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center on mental illness and addiction. Gallery hours are listed at eubieblake.org
Madea’s back and she’s On The Run at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC, through November 1, matinee and evening performances, warnertheatredc.com.
Saturday, October 31
The award winning August Wilson theatrical play FENCES continues its run at Everyman Theatre in downtown Baltimore. Matinee and evening performances through November 22, everymantheatre.org
THE BLACK TIGER BAND brings contemporary sounds to the crowds at Phaze 10 on North Howard Street, 8 p.m., phaze10.com.
Comedian TOMMY DAVIDSON returns home and performs at the DC Comedy Improv on Connecticut Avenue, NW, early and late evening shows, through Sunday, 202.296.7008
Sunday, November 1
Jazz and Southern Cuisine with the Next Level Band featuring ISAAC PARHAM happens at Phaze 10, 5 - 9 p.m., phaze10.com.
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum presents Ruth Starr Rose (1887-1965): Revelations of African American Life in Maryland and the World, African American life at the turn of the century on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, running into 2016. Museum days and hours listed at lewismuseum.org.
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