Your D.C. weekend: Smithsonian film festival, Second City LOLs

State of play: In-person programming runs three days — Thursday through Sunday — including 23 films featuring over 25 different languages.

• Six days of virtual programming follow, from Feb. 24 to March 1.

🎥 Thursday night's kick-off event features a performance by the Native American group The Zotigh Singers, followed by a screening of the film "Singing Back the Buffalo" by Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard and a Q&A. (7-9:30pm, National Museum of the American Indian)

• Other weekend screenings include: a Welsh-language horror film (Friday, 7-9pm), a series of shorts about the legacy-long implications of war (Saturday, 5-6:30pm), and a film about finding love in Norway's Sápmi region (Sunday, 2-4pm).

If you go: Weekend events will take place at sites around the National Mall. Screenings are free, and most of the films have English subtitles.

More fun things to do this weekend:

🧵Get cultured at a new Renwick exhibit opening Friday that celebrates Black women quilt artists. It's free to visit, and will run through June 22.

🎨 Another new exhibit: A collection of work by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha — known for his 1960s poster art — will be on display at the Phillips Collection starting Saturday and run through May 18. Museum admission is $20 for adults.

❄️ Flurry Fest is Saturday at the Yards, and you can expect wintery activities like a snow throw, cold weather-themed craft stations, and warm bevvies, plus a polar plunge to support Special Olympics D.C. Admission is free.

🍻 Drink local this Saturday in Union Market at District Beer Fest. Tickets start at $35, and get you sips from breweries like Atlas and City-State. Expect live tunes and food for purchase, too.

🤣 Get your giggle on with a Second City improv show at Wolf Trap on Saturday. Move fast — the $48 tickets for the 7pm show are the last available from the weekend-long line-up.