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EXHIBIT "Onthaasting: About Spare Time and Slower Worlds" You know how you're always saying you're going to take a day off from chores and go to a museum? Perhaps this is the show. At the American University Museum, Belgian video artists Guillaume Bijl, Jacques Charlier, Cel Crabeels, De Brassers, Messieurs Delmotte, Gery De Smet, and Harald Thys & Jos De Gruyter explore the idea of recreation as an escape from daily stresses. Tomorrow, co-curator Niels Van Tomme hosts a talk about the show and a walk-through with some of the artists. (Get there early and check out the other shows; the museum opened six new exhibitions last week.) Free. Talk today at 5 p.m. Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2787 or http:/
Tuesday
THE SCENE DC Karaoke Showdown For weeks now, the brave have been battling it out over bad songs at Sticky Rice on H Street NE; Tuesday at the Rock & Roll Hotel, the finest karaoke singers to have emerged from the weekly contests will battle it out for the title. Lend support or heckle: It's your choice. Free. 9 p.m. Rock & Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. 202-388-7625.
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FILM "Frontrunners" Like the classic feature film "Election," this doc follows hyper-ambitious high-schoolers facing that horrid popularity contest known as the student government election. Four candidates are captured as they run for president -- oh, but they happen to attend the legendary Stuyvesant High math and science school in New York, where competitiveness is not an elective. Caroline Suh's film runs for just under a week at the AFI Silver, beginning today. $8.50-$10; students, $5. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301-495-6720.
EXHIBITION Miniatures: The Musical? The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society's annual show of teeny-tiny artworks at Strathmore is a favorite. The show includes 700 works, a sum that isn't too hard to fit into the gallery space because no image may be more than 25 square inches (think: the palm of your hand). Tonight, at the Mansion at Strathmore, catch pianist Rachel Franklin and violinist Airi Yoshioka as they celebrate the show with a night of "miniature" -- a.k.a. short -- compositions by the likes of Debussy and Prokofiev. After the concert, grab a glass of wine and make your way through the galleries. You might want to bring a magnifying glass. $30 (wine is included). 7:30 p.m. Mansion at Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. 301-581-5100 or get tickets at http:/
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
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ON STAGE Jazz 4 Justice Returns The annual concert by the George Mason University Jazz Ensemble will benefit the pro bono efforts of the Fairfax Law Foundation and the university's music scholarships. The program, performed this year by the group with a special appearanceby 8-year-old trumpeter Geoffrey Gallante (who was featured on CBS at age 4), includes compositions by Duke Ellington and Count Basie. $20; seniors and students, $15. 8 p.m. GMU Center for the Arts Concert Hall, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax. 888-945-2468.
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FESTIVALS Zee Heritage India Festival Organizers are billing this weekend shopathon a "Diwali extravaganza," referring to the Indian holiday that includes celebrations and gift-giving (though Diwali fell in late October this year). But we're thinking even Christmas shoppers should feel free to check out the festival for vendors selling bangles and seriously ornate ethnic bling (real and costume), textiles (how about making curtains from saris?). Also on tap: food and a dance competition. Free admission. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. tomorrow; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday. Dulles Expo Center, North Hall, 4368 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly. 703-459-5000 or http:/
FOR FAMILIES "Plymouth Rock and Roll" There are myriad Christmas-themed concerts in the coming weeks, but we haven't had too many notices for Thanksgiving shows cross our desk. Virginia kiddie act Rocknoceros takes over Jammin' Java tomorrow for a pre-Thanksgiving concert being billed as a chance to "give thanks." As part of the celebration, the band is allowing fans to request songs by e-mailing info@rocknoceros.com. $10. 11 a.m. 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. 703-255-1566.
