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editor’s note: the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted

everyday life around the d.C. area and beyond. events have

been canceled, and museums, music venues, theaters and

multiplexes have closed. restaurants in the region have

switched to carryout or delivery, if they’re open at all. the

situation is changing quickly, so if you venture out, be sure to

check the websites and social media accounts of any location

you plan to visit. You should take proper precautions by

thoroughly washing your hands and keeping an appropriate

social distance. You will find the latest developments at

washingtonpost.com/coronavirus and updates on the local

entertainment scene at goingoutguide.com.

Rhizome: Home Times

While some of the most
noteworthy live-stream concerts
of this time attempt to re-create
a dance floor in your living room,
you might be craving the
intimacy of seeing some brilliant
musicians jamming out (almost)
right in your face. rhizome, one
of d.C.’s coziest venues, is
looking to scratch that itch with
its first instagram live concert
fr iday night. some staples of
the takoma house will take to
your phone screen, including
bassist luke stewart (9 p.m.),
who is the glue in two of the
most electrifying jazz groups
going right now: Blacks’ Myths
and irreversible entanglements.

when: friday at 8 p.m.

where: instagram.com/
rhizome_dc

Virtual Slow Art day

Viewing great works of art is about
quality, not quantity. that’s the

message from the international

slow art day, which encourages art

lovers to take a longer, deeper look

at their favorite paintings, drawings

or sculptures. although the closure

of local museums means slow art

day has gone virtual, the national

Museum of Women in the arts is

still making it interactive, with a list

of suggested works to examine, a

downloadable list of question

prompts and a virtual conversation

led by a museum staffer. (email

[email protected] for more

information about joining.)

when: saturday at 1 p.m.

where: nmwa.org

Peach Pit: From a

distance

in times of trouble, sometimes

we just need unbridled joy and

nostalgia, especially if it makes

us dance around our kitchen by

ourselves on another Quarantine

saturday night. dJ Matt Bailer,

the longtime host of dC9’s all-

’90s Peach Pit night, brings the

new jack swing, grunge, boy

bands and alternative rock right

through dC9’s twitch stream.

and at home, no one has to

know you’re still wearing your

high school hypercolor shirt.

when: saturday at 8 p.m.

where: twitch.tv/dc9club

Stay-at-Home

Showtunes

through good times and bad,

Jr’s Bar always has show tunes

to pull its crowd through. and

even though the pandemic

means customers are home

instead of packing into the

dupont Circle gay bar, they can

still sing along in the privacy of

their own homes. on Monday

nights, Jr’s stay at home

showtunes brings more than

three hours of music to its virtual

party, including video clips from

“Moulin rouge” and “the lion

King” and “hadestown” and...

susan Boyle doing “i dreamed a

dream.” each week includes a

special drag performance — this

week’s video began with regular

Jr’s guest Citrine lip-syncing

“into the unknown” f rom

“frozen 2” in an empty Jr’s —

and viewers are encouraged to

tip the performers and Jr’s staff

through Venmo.

when: Mondays from 8:30 p.m.

to midnight

where: twitter.com/JRsBar_DC

— Hau Chu and Fr itz Hahn

The Folger Theatre’s ‘Macbeth’

of the myriad versions of shakespeare plays that have been performed at the folger

theatre, the 2008 production of “Macbeth” is among the most renowned. Co-directed by

aaron Posner and te ller of Penn and te ller fame, this “Macbeth” brought the theatrics of a

horror movie to the stage with las Vegas-quality illusions: daggers that appeared to hover

over the stage, ghostly apparitions, and blood that seeped and poured. since we can’t

venture out to see the Bard right now, the folger has posted the full two-hour performance

on Youtube, along with special features that show how the magic happened.

when: available through July 1

where: folger.edu/video-macbeth-folger-theatre

andré Chung for the Washington Post

From left, Ian McColm, Sarah Marie Hughes, Dave Scanlon a nd
Luke Stewart at Rhizome in Takoma.

Carol Pratt

Ian Merrill Peakes as Macbeth delivers one of Shakespeare’s most famous soliloquies at the Folger.

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