Around Town: Aug. 4

Published August 3, 2009 4:00am ET



American Idols Live: The finalists of the eighth season perform. [7 p.m. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW]

Baseball: Washington Nationals play the Florida Marlins. [7:05 p.m. Nationals Park, South Capitol St. SE]

Pat Benatar: Grammy Award-winning singer performs with Blondie. [7:30 p.m. Wolftrap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna]

Dixieland Jazz Band: An open-air celebration of the 219th birthday of the U.S. Coast Guard. [8 p.m. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW]

The Snark Ensemble: Chamber ensemble creates and performs new original scores for silent films. [6 p.m. Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW]

Sacrifice and Circumstances: A walking tour of the Korean War Veterans Memorial. [7 p.m. National Park Service, 900 Ohio Drive SW]

Sheila Waters: A retrospective of 60 years of the calligraphy artist’s work. [10 a.m. Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda]

Alan Bean: An exhibit of the astronaut and artist’s paintings of Apollo 12. [10 a.m. National Air and Space Museum, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW]

Call Me Chairmaker: An exhibit of sculptural chairs by Garry Knox Bennett. [11 a.m. Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW]

Fashion Forward: An exhibit of fashion photographs by Louise Dahl-Wolfe of Harper’s Bazaar. [10 a.m. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW]

Underground scene Chronic Sick: The 80s rock band performs with Ambition Burning. [9 p.m. The Red and the Black, 1212 H St. NE]