Thursday

• Fort Reno w/ Imperial China, FFFever, The Key Blanks. 7:15 p.m. A D.C. institution, and one of the best ways to spend a summer evening. Especially with tonight's lineup.

Friday

• Sparrow, part of the 14th Annual Hong Kong Film Festival @ Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium. 7 p.m. The film fest opens with Johnnie To's 2008 comedy about pick-pocketing rakes who get cut by a sharp female con artist. The festival runs through August 23 and includes films by Wong Kar-wai and Tsui Hark, among others. Tickets are required and will be distributed one hour before showtime, first come, first served.
• Whartscape 2009 kick-off concert @ Baltimore Museum of Art front steps. Noon. B-more art collective Wham City's annual music fest is a must for experimental music fans. The festival runs through Sunday, July 12.

Saturday

• Hip-Hop Theater Festival. The final day of the festival offers arts & crafts, performance, and a b-boy/b-girl exhibition for all ages at noon at the Benning Park Recreation Center.
• Feedback Dance Party @ DC9. 9 p.m. As a one-year anniversary gift from DJ Stereofaith to D.C. revelers, free entry and free Red Bull vodka cocktails for all, before 10 p.m. After the one-hour window of literal free-loading, admission is $8.

Sunday

• Gallery Talk & Film @ the National Gallery of Art. At 11 a.m., Lecturer Alexandra Gregg explains "Multiverse," artist Leo Villareal's light sculpture in the underground walkway joining the Gallery's East and West buildings. At 4:30 p.m., Leon Hirszman's Cannes jury prize-winning film They Don't Wear Black Tie, about a working class couple's shambolic road to matrimony screens in the East Building Auditorium as part of Le Festival Des 3 Continents. Seating is first come, first served. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.
• NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra @ the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. 6 p.m. Musicians ages 15 to 20 perform works by Glinka, Stravinsky, and Dvorák.