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We kind of think Asher Roth is just Eminem all over again (rapid-fire flow, slightly nasal delivery), but pair him with Kid Cudi, the guy behind the club banger "Day 'n' Night," and maybe you've got something. These two are headlining the Great Hangover Tour with B.o.B. and 88-Keys, and the tour is coming to the 9:30 club for a late show Aug. 5. We're expecting it'll be the alt-rap Rock the Bells. Tickets are $30. Call 800-955-5566 or visit http://www.tickets.com.

Dave Attell was the deadpan host of the "The Gong Show" (till it ended) and "Insomniac" (till it ended). At least his career as a stand-up is enduring. Attell, who is one of the funniest comics working the stage, is coming back to the D.C. Improv (where he sells out every time) Aug. 21-23. Tickets are $30. 202-296-7008 or http://www.dcimprov.com.

Charles Ross drew crowds to Woolly Mammoth Theatre and the Birchmere with his mile-a-minute "One-Man Star Wars Trilogy" -- the first three films, abridged and performed by Ross in one hour. Next week, he returns to Washington with his "One-Man Lord of the Rings," in which he runs through the Peter Jackson version of the Tolkien books, telling the tale of Bilbo Baggins, Gollum and that darned ring in, again, just 60 minutes. Tickets to the Birchmere show are $35. June 20. Visit http://www.birchmere.com or call 202-397-7328.

Northern Virginia

Film "The Breakfast Club"

To watch "The Breakfast Club" is to realize that all the movies of the 1980s had a way of breaking down the teen population to its lowest common denominator: Are you the popular kid? The moody new-waver? Or the pretty one? Because you certainly can't be all three. Of all those movies, none did this more than John Hughes's "The Breakfast Club." But the film is enduring (too bad the careers of its stars weren't). This cable staple is screened outdoors tomorrow as part of the Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival's all-things-'80s retrospective. Bring blankets and low chairs. Free. Every Friday at dusk through Sept. 4. Gateway Park, Lee Highway and North Lynn Street, Arlington. 703-522-6638 or http://www.rosslynva.org.

The District

Exhibit The Art of the Egg

Ami Martin Wilber's installation "Gestation" fills Flashpoint with 100 slightly-larger-than-egg-size alabaster eggs, created over the exact number of days of human gestation. The show lays the eggs out on the floor (so be careful where you step), and is intended to spotlight process over results; while the objects were produced in a factory-like fashion, no two eggs are the same. The show opens today. Free. A reception is 6-8 tonight. The show continues through July 18. Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW. 202-315-1305 or http://www.flashpointdc.org.