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Itll be an evening fit for a queen namely, the queen of hip-hop soul. The Fillmore Silver Spring will finally open its doors Sept. 15 with a performance by R&B great Mary J. Blige the first in a handful of concerts the venue announced Friday. Tickets for the Blige show go on sale July 29 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Other notable acts on the schedule include Black Star, Blondie, Primus, Cheap Trick, Pretty Lights and Louis Black. The 2,000-capacity venue is scheduled to open nearly four years after Live Nation, the worlds largest producer of concerts, sealed a deal to build one of its Fillmore venues on Colesville Road, near Georgia Avenue, where a J.C. Penney department store once stood. Now, after years of red tape and construction, the venue is promising big names and a wide variety of entertainment offerings. Were working to make this venue representative of the really rich diversity thats in this region and in Silver Spring in particular,

The Fillmore Silver Spring is offering a variety of shows to attract concertgoers, and tickets are still available.
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Mary J. Blige will play the first show at a new Silver Spring venue

A Silver Lineup
Theyre back! Socially inept Beavis and Butt-head return to the tube in October.

Bonus: Concerts at the Fillmore will finish in time to catch the last Red Line trains.

Sept. 18: Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli) Sept. 20: Blondie Sept. 27: Cheap Trick Sept. 29: Pretty Lights Oct. 14: Blue October with iamdynamite Oct. 23: Lewis Black Oct. 29: Chromeo

LIVE NATION

says Stephanie Steele, the Fillmore Silver Springs general manager. Fans can expect R&B singers, classic rockers, country acts, alternative-rock bands, rock en Espanol groups, comedians, local musicians and collaborations with the Fillmores across-the-street-neighbor, the AFI Silver Theatre. The Fillmore will also be available for private events. Steele says the general-admission, all-ages club will be open three to five nights a week to start, with

hopes of booking all seven nights in the future. Concerts will finish in time for patrons to catch the last Red Line trains out of the nearby Silver Spring Metro station. Fans can preview the space Sept. 13 at an evening open house. The original Fillmore, in San Francisco, became a hub for psychedelic rock in the 1960s, hosting the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead and countless others. Since then, the venue has spawned into a Live Nation-owned chain with loca-

tions in Denver, Detroit, Miami and Charlotte, N.C. Live Nation rebranded New York Citys Irving Plaza with the Fillmore name in 2007 but bent to pressure from fans and switched it back in 2010. The promotion company says its newest Fillmore is here to stay. Were i n it for t he long haul, says Arich Berghammer, the Fillmores executive vice president of clubs and theaters for North America. We have the full expectation that in 20 years, were going to renew the lease for another 20 years. CHRIS RICHARDS
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When the ever-adolescent Beavis and Butt-head return to MTV in the fall nearly two decades after their heyday even their own network wont be safe from the trashtalking duos mockery. Creator Mike Judge came to San Diegos Comic-Con on Thursday to talk about the reboot of his beloved animated characters and offer a peek at the new season, which is set to premiere in October. In their new incarnation, the two perennial teens still wearing their AC/DC and Metallica shirts riff on music videos, YouTube submissions and MTV shows such as Jersey Shore and Teen Cribs. (AP)

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Dia de los Msicos

Well, this is unfortunate timing. David Wax is a rabbi in New Jersey recently accused of murder, but thats not the David Wax who fronts the David Wax Museum, a Latin folk band! This is all a terrible coincidence. David Wax (pictured here with bandmate Suz Slezak) and the other members play raucous, Mexicantinged folk music that also pays homage to indie rock (but without any ironic detachment). Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW; Tue., 6 p.m., free; 202-467-4600, Kennedy-center.org. (Foggy Bottom)

Appalachian Sing
The music of the Mid-Atlantic mountains has a ghostly, timeless quality, or so we assume from the music of Mountain Man, the trio of singers Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra SauserMonnig and Amelia Randall Meath. The three, who occasionally accompany their gorgeous harmonies with an acoustic guitar, give an authentic idea of what its like to hike the Appalachian Trail (not like that). Iota Club & Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; Tue., 8:30 p.m., $12; 703-5228340, Iotaclubandcafe.com. (Clarendon)

Coincidence? We Think Not.

Were glad that Screen on the Green didnt have an existential threat this year and all, but isnt showing In the Heat of the Night (starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, pictured) as the first film tonight a little bit on the nose? We get it: D.C. is hot, and were willingly to sit outside. Get there a couple hours early. National Mall, between 8th and 14th streets; Mon., dusk, free; 877-2625866, Savescreenonthegreen. com. (Smithsonian)