Feeling Festive?
This weekend's holiday events include tree-lighting parties and parades of decorated boats.
Photo: Alexandria Convention & Visitors Bureau
Nightlife Agenda
Taste new beers, try a new lounge or British pub, help out a charity or sip a 1930s cocktail.
Photo: Linda Davidson/The Post
December Mixtape
Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando is one of the month's musical highlights.
Photo: Michael Temchine
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December Mixtape
December 04, 2008
The December mixtape is scaled down a bit, since this is one of the slowest live music months of the year. Unless you like holiday music. Which I do not. Still, here are 15 offerings for you, including tracks from bonafide legends Ralph Stanley, Loretta Lynn and Ray Davies and up-and-coming acts such as Love Is All and Hayes Carll. First five below, 10 more after the jump. "See These Bones" - Nada Surf (Dec. 5, 9:30 club) The New York band has done a fantastic job going from '90s one-hit wonder (remember "Popular"?) to a band with a deep, impressive discography filled with sweet, sentimental rockers like this one. "Wild as a Turkey" - Hayes Carll (Dec. 5, Rock and Roll Hotel) An up-and-comer on the Americana circuit, Carll excels at both twangy melodies and memorable lyrics. "O Death" - Ralph Stanley (Dec. 6, Birchmere) Legends, Part 1: Even
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Raise a Glass to Celebrate - Miscellaneous Event
Need a good excuse for a party? Join top bartenders and a jazz band to mark 75 years since the end of Prohibition.City Tavern Club | Washington, DC -
The Mourning Forest - Miscellaneous Event
The winner of the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.Freer Gallery of Art - Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC -
Hayes Carll - Music Event
Texas singer-songwriter in the tradition of Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt. With John Evans Band.The Rock and Roll Hotel | Washington, DC -
Absolut Action - Bar/Club Event
Stand up against domestic violence with a fundraising open-bar happy hour at Midtown.Midtown Lounge | Washington, DC -
Nada Surf - Music Event
New York trio relies on the simplest gimmick of all -- solid songwriting. With Delta Spirit and the Jealous Girlfriends.9:30 Club | Washington, DC -
Happy Hour at the Pour House - Bar/Club Event
Cheap beer and rail drinks for the Capitol Hill crowd.The Pour House | Washington, DC -
The Nutcracker - The Washington Ballet - Performing Arts
Before moving to the Warner Theatre, the company premieres Artistic Director Septime Webre's adaptation of the holiday classic.THEARC Theatre | Washington, DC -
Scottish Christmas Walk Weekend - Miscellaneous Event
This Alexandria holiday tradition features a children's tea party, tour of decorated homes and a parade of kilt-clad bagpipers, Scottish dancers, Scottish terriers and Santa Claus.George Washington Masonic National Memorial | Alexandria, VA -
Boom - Performing Arts
A grad student, who studies the sleep cycles of fish, could change the course of the world when he meets a journalism student through a personal ad.Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Washington, DC -
Todd Barry - Performing Arts
The bongo-playing "third Conchord" from "Flight of the Conchords" is a veteran stand-up comic has appeared on every late night show you can name, plus a few more.The Improv | Washington, DC
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