Hey everyone! This week’s edition of BEST WEEKEND BETS are, as always, hand selected from BYT ALL CITY and carefully calibrated for maximum fun and minimum stress, and will be punctuated with inspirational images of BRING IT ON since with our new site and our new NYC site it is a cheerleading kind of week in the BYT offices.

FIRST UP!-Some PSAs!

• ALSO-we are looking for a location for our New Year’s Party. So-if you have any suggestions/know of some places (no matter how random) – shoot us an email at info@brightestyoungthings.com

MUST READS ON BYT THIS WEEK

• super crushworthy interviews with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Sophie Auster
• A handy guide to some truly amazing theatre deals ARENA Stage has in store for you if you happen to be under 30
• shooting the shit with YEASAYER 
• our new and improved version of “SHOWS TO GET PUMPED FOR THIS WEEK”
• + our new site just launched on Monday, so let us know what you think and a gentle reminder that WE NOW PUBLISH NYC BEST WEEKEND BETS  and other fun NYC content too -tell all your New York friends to subscribe to it + follow us over there on twitter @BYTNYC.
• And you can stay forever in the loop and follow us on facebook & twitter & pinterest too

OK, ready for the weekend now? No? Tough Luck

THURSDAY

• chances are, you woke up with a raging bad wine hangover from assorted Beaujolais activities from Wednesday night so – let us point you to our handy HANGOVER CURES guide for reference and survival.
• then, maybe grab a lunch at the new and awesome DGS Delicatessen, have that rye soak it all up. We have a full first look of the place.
• Now that we have that out of the way, lets get our weekend on, shall we?
• 2 Ways to immerse yourself in both culture AND drinking: FOTOWEEK powers on and SUBMERGE pop-up art fair is open ALL WEEK
• and between the Matthew Dear early show (check out our featured interview with him right here) and AraabMusik and Willy Joy later on-the party is pretty obviously at U Street Music Hall
• or, at the opposite end of the spectrum, check out Horse Feathers for a perfect pre-winter relaxing evening of Pacific Northwest indie rock @ Black Cat
• and if you’re in the mood for maximum beer for your buck, check out the Beer Bust being thrown @ The Dunes by our friends @ Tixelated.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

FRIDAY

• Kaki King arrives to Howard Theatre to show you how guitar should be played.
• then… it is a great day for unusual theatre: a collaboration between Shakespeare Theatre Company and The National Theatre Of Scotland,  The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart arrives to DC/Bier Baron to share its dream-like journey of self discovery, magical moments, devilish encounters and wittily wild karaoke
• something called NAKED GIRLS READING DC FAIRYTALES lands at the DCAC Black Box. We are intrigued.
• and Atheist’s Paradise opens their limited run @ Woolly Mammoth.
• For fashion lovers… GET FASHION happens tonight @ SUBMERGE with showcases  by local designers and vendor retail pop-ups from 6-11pm, live musical performances from 9pm-2am (by DJ Skim, Pree, Gems, Margot MacDonald and a collaborative set by Adam E and Jeff Boyd), H Street only  food vendors, local DC brews, and artwork featured in the Submerge exhibition. Nothing not to love.
• if you want to combine your love of fashion AND unusual theatre then Contradiction Dance’s F A S H I O N V I C T I M is for you.
• just wanna see some shows?
• Ray Lamontagne is @ DAR
• and Helio Sequence and Ramona Falls are @ Black Cat
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

SATURDAY

• lots of good stuff, most of which seems to involve premium dancing opportunities:
• Start your evening early with this month’s edition of NERD NITE @ DC9
• All Things Go, Listen Local First and DC To BC partner up to bring you Brett, Body Language and more (Which is not to be confused with the OTHER All Things Go party tonight we will ALSO recommend which features Alex Winston and Misun)
• the miracle of Magnetic Fields is @ Sixth and I Synagogue, giving Stephin Merrit a sacred place to be all sorts of awkward with you at.
• it has been a while since Dan Deacon has urged DC to do the horsey, so his 930 club gig may be worth checking out. Just make sure to stretch beforehand.
• and just down the street the Tittsworth/Res&Dez/Reed Rotschild bomb explodes at U Hall.
• also-FOTOWEEK has their closing party.
• for a non dance option: David Bazan is in town, and playing Pedro The Lion’s CONTROL in full.
• and SWORD is @ RNR Hotel
• and support Radio CPR with Edie Sedgwick @ La Casa
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

SUNDAY

• Well, I am assuming we’re all going to go and watch the final TWILIGHT movie today, right? RIGHT? Wait, where did you all go? But for real, Breaking Dawn 2 aside, Ana Karenina, Silver Linings Playbook and more also open this weekend, so just make sure to keep an eye on our FILM SECTION for reviews and recommendations AND WARNINGS too.
• Also, E Street is doing a matinee screening of AMARCORD, which is, as we all know-AMAZING.
• Looking to get into the Thanksgiving spirit a little early? Jack Rose is having a turkey roast, and our WEEKLY FOOD NEWS has all the info you need about that.
• Also-our firends over @ Pandahead magazine are having a fun little auction BIZZARRE (geddit?) where they will sell assorted (and undeniably super cool) Pandahead Paraphenalia in order to fundraise so they can make even more awesome issues of their awesome magazine. The best part? It all takes place in a laundromat. Just because.
• speaking of bazaars-Art Jamz is having one too.
• Also-Taryn Simon’s new show opened last week at the Corcoran-and if you have a free afternoon, this is what we heartily recommend you spend it on.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

AND REMEMBER: THERE ARE A BAJILLION OTHER THINGS TO DO LISTED IN BYT ALL CITY, so use it (to both post your events and search for them) and if you think we may have missed something, comment away–you know you want to.

TILL NEXT TIME, repeat after me: