Hey everyone! This week’s 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 the single greatest TV character to grace the sitcom screen since Ron Swanson: Schmidt from NEW GIRL. (someone give this man his own show. STAT.). Hope you’re feeling lucky this weekend!

A COUPLE OF PSAs before we start:

• We have NOT ONE BUT 2 AWESOME BYT EVENTS THIS WEEKEND:
• a super jazzy event scheduled @ the brand-spankin’ new HOWARD THEATRE TONIGHT. It features UNDERGROUND REBEL BINGO, NANCY WHANG FROM LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, BIT FUNK, GAVIN HOLLAND, TED DANCIN, MAGIC….get your tickets here
• AND! a fabulous food/drinks/top-chefery/oyster/pig roast benefit on Saturday called CLASS IS IN SESSION, 100% of the proceeds of which go to charity. We have everyone from Spike Mendelsohn to Scott Drewno to Mike Isabella to Erik Bruner Yang to QUE SERA DJs to year book photo booths to St. Germain cocktails and spiked punch bars. Trust us-you want to go.

• ALSO: WE’RE HIRING: click here for our PT programmer needs.
• Our SPRING/SUMMER Guides are live as we speak: peruse the very exhaustive/extensive: FILM+MUSIC+FOOD+THEATRE+ART+STYLE
• Read up on food here, our amazing movie reviews are here, STYLE Licks can be found here, and as always, GAY Best Weekend Bets are coming right up.

NOW, are you ready for the weekend?

THURSDAY

• so-as we mentioned – you should all come to our Underground Rebel Bingo extravaganza (if you don’t trust us-trust Refinery 29, Washington Post and a bajillion other publications that are super jazzed about it)
• BUT ALSO:
• on the early side-lots of good news for fashion lovers:
• over @ Water Street Project GO KATE SHOOT is hosting a style speakeasy and The Textile Museum continues their PM @ The TM happy hour series (canceled because of rain-check back in next week)
  
• + while The Weekend has been sold out FOREVER,  a couple of cool, smaller shows: Quintron and Miss Pussycat continue milking our puppet love this month @ Red Palace, Allo Darlin is @ Black Cat and Bike Trip is @ RNR Hotel.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

FRIDAY

• start the day by planning what you want to spend your hard earned money on: our very important and comprehensive listicle/playlist “Upcoming Shows to Spend Your $$$ On” can be found here.
• electronic music lovers unite: FORWARD FESTIVAL is back. Read our full preview of all they have in store here.
• theatre lovers unite: grab $15 tickets to see Strange Interlude or make MORE of your puppet dreams come true with ARIAS WITH A TWIST.
• and celebrate the continuation of the magical DC Arts spring with the unveiling of the SANDWALK @ Kogod.
• nerd out at the Regional DJ Battle @ U Hall
• and AVAN LAVA is guesting @ Liberation Dance Party + Savion Glover is @ Howard…
• + stalking Ted Leo in front of Black Cat is always fun (the shows are, naturally, sold out)
• but mainly-get some rest, watch some choice DVDs/Instant Netflix/On-Demand and preserve your energy levels for tomorrow….
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

SATURDAY

• Welcome to the Saturday of EVERYTHING:
• obviously-Sweetlife festival is the big dog in town (or in Columbia, MD) today. We have been pretty jazzed about it for a while so just read this extensive preview and we’ll see you there.
• and-as we mentioned, us+Top Chefs+cocktails and DC Brau beer and a 250 lb pig AND a great cause beckon on the evening.
• but there is also:
• Stalking celebrities around town since it IS White House Correspondents Dinner Weekend
• the free Anacostia River Jazz Festival
• Taste of the 8th on Barracks Row
• pretty awesome/random sounding Obscura Day Hunt @ O Street Mansion and Letter Writing Social @ National Postal Museum
• Adrian Grenier’s band @ DC9, Chuck Berry, The End @ MiG Bar….
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

SUNDAY

• Happy Movie/Recovery Day! “The Five Year  Engagement” opened this week, as did “Margaret” and “The Sound of My Voice”. Come Friday, we will have all of these movie reviews ready for your perusal so keep an eye on our FILM SECTION.
• or see Tokyo Twilight for free @ National Gallery of Art
• then-grab some brunch: whether it is of the gospel variety @ Howard or sampling the new offerings @ Boqueria or checking out the patio space @ Masa 14 (see our first look of it here)….your call. If strapped for food choices, we have FOOD PORN EVERYWHERE to help you guide the way.
• pondering going to a Nats game? Check out Dakota’s AMAZING photo spread of fans at the ballpark so you know you have your #NATITUDE in order.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

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.

and as a parting note: