The Chris Marker Revolutionary Series at Northwest Film Forum, Friday through Monday, celebrates the French filmmaker’s  “contributions to politically and socially engaged cinema in this series of films made by Marker and his group, as well as films inspired by Marker, created by contemporary filmmakers.” The opening film is Marker’s  newly restored Le Joli Mai (1963), in which the filmmakers interviewed Parisians about a wide range of topics, from dancing to racism, editing the footage into what has been called an essay in film.

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Weekend Highlights:

• Group run with your dog around Capitol Hill on Thursday, 6pm.
• Go Health Yourself! on Thursday offers booze, live music, and answers to your questions about healthcare coverage for all starting in 2014 through the Affordable Healthcare Act. If you haven’t already signed up, Chop Suey on Thursday is as good of a place as any to do so. Starts at 8pm.

• Too soon for Santa? Von Trapp’s, Sleighr, and the Sugar Plum Elves think not. Join this merry crew for Bad Santa photos on Friday at Von Trapp’s, 8pm – 10pm. The event is a fundraiser for The World Is Fun, an organization which connects volunteers, corporations and charities in need.
• Cornish Dance Theater, the performing ensemble of the dance department at Cornish, presents their Fall Concert at the Broadway Performance Hall on Friday and Saturday, 8pm. Contributing choreographers include include Pat Hon, Wade Madsen, Marlo Martin, and Ohad Naharin.

• Have a silhouette portrait created by artist Kerry Cook at Bootyland on Sunday, 11am – 3pm. Cook’s silhouettes are created in the traditional portrait style and are cut freehand– no drawing, tracing, or projection.

See more events on and around Capitol Hill on the CHS Calendar.

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