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Friday, December 8, 2006

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MIKUAK RAI Friday at noon. Free. Old Post Office Pavilion, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-289-4224.

JANITA Friday at 1. Free. Kemp Mill Music, 1309 F St. NW. 202-638-7077.

TEADA Friday at 6 and 8:30. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.

"JOE GLAZER TRIBUTE CONCERT" Friday at 7:30, with Magpie, Joe Uehlein & the U-Liners, the D.C. Labor Chorus, Steve & Peter Jones and Laurel Blaydes. St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville. 301-754-3611.

"A JAZZ PIANO CHRISTMAS" Friday at 7:30 and 9:30, with Allen Toussaint, Eric Reed, Cedar Walton, Geoffrey Keezer, Tigran Hamasyan, Nancy King and Jovino Santos Neto. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600 or 800-444-1324 (TDD: 202-416-8524).

SIMPLE GIFTS Friday at 7:30. St. John's Episcopal Church, 6701 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase. 301-654-7767.

"MAGGIE'S MUSIC CELTIC HOLIDAY CONCERT" Friday at 8, with Laura Byrne, Sharon Knowles, Maggie Sansone, Lisa Moscatiello, Rosie Shipley and the Teelin Irish Dance Company. Cellar Stage, Faith Community United Methodist Church of Hamilton, 5315 Harford Rd., Baltimore. 410-521-9099.

SARA GROVES AND CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS & CHRIS JOYNER Friday at 8. A benefit for Young Life's Capernaum. Fairfax Community Church, 11451 Braddock Rd., Fairfax. 202-320-6198.

AMERICAN U. JAZZ ENSEMBLE Friday and Saturday at 8. Katzen Art Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2787.

THE DIXIE POWER TRIO Saturday at noon. Free. Old Post Office Pavilion, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-289-4224.

THE NIGHTHAWKS Saturday at 1:30. Free. Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St. SE, Vienna. 703-255-6360.

COLIN CURRIE Saturday at 3. Free, but tickets required. Baltimore Museum of Art, North Charles Street and Art Museum Drive, Baltimore. 443-516-7164 or 443-573-1700.

"A CELTIC CHRISTMAS" through Dec. 16. Saturday at 4 and 8, Sunday at 4 and Thursday at 7, with the Linn Barnes & Allison Hampton Celtic Consort and XM Radio personality Robert Aubry Davis. By Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW. 202-965-2000.

DEAN SHOSTAK & KELLY KENNEDY Saturday at 7, "A Williamsburg Christmas." Alden Theatre, Mclean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. 202-397-7328 or 703-790-9223.

THE ROBYN HELZNER TRIO Saturday at 7:30. Adat Shalom Congregation, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda. 301-767-3333.

"THE COLORS OF CHRISTMAS" Saturday at 8, with Peabo Bryson, James Ingram, Stephanie Mills and Deniece Williams. The Hippodrome, France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, 12 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore. 202-397-7328, 410-547-7328 or 410-752-7444.

ALTE KAMERADEN GERMAN BAND Saturday at 8. Old Town Hall, 3999 University Dr., Fairfax. 703-352-2787 or 703-273-2377.

THE CHROMATICS Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 2. Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt. 301-441-8770.

ALEXANDRIA KLEZTET Saturday at 8. Black Rock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Dr., Germantown. 301-528-2260.

THE LOVELL SISTERS Saturday at 8. Gordon Center For Performing Arts, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave., Owings Mills. 410-356-7469.

GEORGE WINSTON Saturday at 8. Avalon Theatre, 40 E. Dover St., Easton. 410-547-7328 or 410-820-8822.

THE JOHN JORGENSEN QUINTET Monday at 7:30, Sponsored by the Institute of Musical Traditions at St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville. 301-754-3611.

JOHN GUERNSEY Tuesday at noon. Old Post Office Pavilion, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-289-4224.

THE MAVERA ENSEMBLE Wednesday at 6. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center Grand Foyer, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600 or 800-444-1324 (TDD: 202-416-8524).

REBECCA ST. JAMES AND BRIAN LITTRELL Wednesday at 7. Manassas Baptist Church, 8730 Sudley Rd., Manassas. 800-330-6741, Ext. 228 or 800-965-9324.

ROB LEVIT & FRIENDS Wednesday at 7:30. Maryland Hall For the Creative Arts, 801 Chase St., Annapolis. 410-280-5640 or 410-263-5544.

BOYS OF THE LOUGH Wednesday at 8. Alden Theater, McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. 703-790-0123.

C. HUFF Thursday at noon. Old Post Office Pavilion, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-289-4224.

THE SWEET HEAVEN KINGS Thursday at 6. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center Grand Foyer, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600 or 800-444-1324 (TDD: 202-416-8524).

EILEEN IVERS & IMMIGRANT SOUL Thursday at 7:30. Lyric Opera House, 140 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore. 202-397-7328, 410-547-7328 or 410-685-5086.

THE KENNEDYS, SLOAN WAINWRIGHT AND GANDALF MURPHY & THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS Thursday at 7:30. Black Rock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Dr., Germantown. 301-528-2260.

KENNY ROGERS AND LINDA DAVIS Thursday at 8. The Hippodrome, France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, 12 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore. 202-397-7328, 410-547-7328 or 410-752-7444.

Dancing

THE GLEN ECHO OPEN BAND Friday at 8:30; contra lesson at 7:30. Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 240-221-4974 or 301-634-2222.

TERENCE MCARDLE & JUMPIN' TONIGHT Friday at 8:30. Washington Hilton Dulles Airport, 13869 Park Center Dr., Herndon. 703-359-9882 or 703-478-2900.

THE CUTAWAYS Friday at 9; swing lesson at 8:30. Chevy Chase Ballroom, 5207 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 703-359-9882 or 202-363-8344.

THE GRANDSONS Friday at 9; swing/jitterbug workshop at 8. Towson Armory, 307 Washington Ave., Towson. 410-583-7337.

THE BOG WANDERERS Saturday at 7:30; Irish dance lesson at 7. Green Acres Center, 4401 Sideburn Rd., Fairfax. 703-490-5207.

THE SID KOWALCZYK ORCHESTRA Saturday at 8:30. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. 301-649-3079.

THE TONI LYNN WASHINGTON BAND Saturday at 9; swing lesson at 8. Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 703-359-9882 or 301-634-2222.

THE LA SALLE DANCE ORCHESTRA Sunday at 3:30; lesson at 3. Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 703-425-7926 or 301-634-2222.

THE BUCK CREEK JAZZ BAND Sunday at 7. Knights of Columbus Rosensteel Hall, 9707 Rosensteel Ave., Silver Spring. 301-340-7399.

CROWFOOT Sunday at 7:30; traditional American dance orientation at 7. Sponsored by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington at the Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 202-546-2228 or 301-634-2222.

CROWFOOT square dancing, Tuesday at 8:30. Cherry Hill Park RV Conference Center, 9800 Cherry Hill Rd., College Park. 301-762-2231.

JEFF STEINBERG, KARIN LOYA & FRANCINE KRASOWSKA English country dancing, Wednesday at 8. Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard St., Glen Echo. 202-546-2228.