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Tuesday
Conversations with Tyler: Nate Silver*
GMU Founders Hall (3351 Fairfax Drive)
Time: 3:30-5 p.m.
Nate Silver, today’s most influential statistician and founder of the award-winning data website FiveThirtyEight, will join Tyler Cowen for a wide-ranging, intellectual dialogue as part of the Conversations with Tyler series.
Wednesday
Black History Month Discussion
Aurora Hills Branch Library (735 18th Street S.)
Time: 2-3 p.m.
Historian Matthew Penrod talks about Selina Gray, a slave in the Lee household. When Union troops captured Arlington House during the Civil War, Ms. Gray was responsible for safeguarding treasures once owned by George Washington. Part of a series.
Arlington Cmte. of 100 Welcomes Metro’s New GM*
Marymount University (2807 N. Glebe Road)
Time: 7-9:15 p.m.
New Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld talks with the Arlington Committee of 100. What is his vision for Metro? How will Metro deal with the current problems it faces and plan for the future?
Friday
Live Music: High Five Swan Dive
Clarendon Grill (1101 N. Highland Street)
Time: 10 p.m.
Philadelphia-based cover band High Five Swan Dive performs at Clarendon Grill This high-energy, five-member band performs mostly Top 4, but also genres like Rock, Punk, Hip Hop, Soul and Metal.
Saturday
Trump vs. Bernie: The Debate Tour 2016
Arlington Cinema Drafthouse (2903 Columbia Pike)
Time: 4 p.m.
Donald Trump (Anthony Atamanuik) and Bernie Sanders (James Adomian) hold an unsanctioned bipartisan debate over the issues before the 2016 presidential election. Final of three “debates” this week.
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