Cute is What We Aim For: The power pop bad from Buffalo, N.Y., performs. [6 p.m. Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson]
Sugarland: The country music duo performs. [7:30 p.m. Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia]
Piano Trio: A performance of music by Bernstein, Copland and Ives. [6:30 p.m. National Gallery of Art, 401 Constitution Ave. NW]
Royal String Quartet: A performance of music by prominent Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz. [4 p.m. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW]
Kids World Cinema: A screening of significant international children’s films with accompanying workshops. [2 p.m. Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh St. NW]
“The Bodhisattva of Compassion”: A lecture on two Qing Dynasty images of Guanyin. [Noon. National Gallery of Art, 401 Constitution Ave. NW]
Dragon Boat Festival: Local and out-of-state teams race on the Potomac. [10 a.m. Thompson’s Boathouse Center, 2900 Virginia Ave. NW]
“The Ramayana”: The epic Indian tale is performed onstage. [3 p.m. Source Theater, 1835 14th St. NW]
First Dogs: An exhibition on presidential pets in the White House. [9 a.m. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW]
Underground scene
Steven Gellman: The folk rock artist performs. [2 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 E. Maple Ave., Vienna]
