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Center Stage 700 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD | 410-332-0033

The exhibition, part of the John Cage Centennial Festival, includes sculpture, mixed-media, watercolors, multimedia installations, video and music by Cage and his collaborators, including Merce Cunningham, Ray Kass and the Mountain Lake Workshop. At the Katzen Arts Center. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC | 202-885-1300

A combination of art, photojournalism, historic documents and films examines the causes, activities and representation of the Occupy movement. The large part of the exhibit features work by Facing Change: Documenting America, a nonprofit photo collective. At the Katzen Arts Center. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC | 202-885-1300

Outdoor, three-dimensional, free-standing and wall-hung sculptures installations and new media by Damian Yanessa, Patrick McGowen, Kate Kauffman, Steven Jones, Linda Hesh, Robert Bickey, Greg Braun and M. Frank. At the Katzen Arts Center. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC | 202-885-1300

Images of tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning storms and other forms of damaging natural forces. National Geographic Museum 1145 17th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-857-7588

HR-57's jam sessions are picking up right where they left off during the club's move to H Street NE. Hosted by Jimmy "Junebug" Jackson, the informal gatherings attract serious professionals and university jazz students. Many session regulars play in bands that headline the club on Friday and Saturday nights. HR-57 1007 H St. NE, Washington, DC

Brightly colored paintings and monotype prints by Pattee Hipschen. Artisphere 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA | 703-875-1100

Cheryl Wassenaar is a visual artist, who explores the function of text in a hybrid practice of painting, sculpture, and design. She works primarily with found commercial signage, re-purposing discarded wood into visual metaphors of communication that borrow from the language of modernist painting and contemporary advertising. Her latest body of work uses sign-maker's vinyl for site-specific work, often collaborating with a writer or poet. Long View Gallery 1234 9th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-232-4788

Shakespeare Theatre Company - Lansburgh Theatre 450 Seventh St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-547-1122 or 877-487-8849

Our guess is Molly Ivins would be pleased: Kathleen Turner comes to Arena to take on the bravado, smarts and tough skin of the late Texas newspaper columnist. Ivins' was a highly regarded writer, who will come to life in this show, which weaves personal anecdotes with a look at politics. Watch out, D.C. The play runs through Oct. 28. Arena Stage at the Mead Center 1101 6th St. SW, Washington, DC | 202-488-3300