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The center's executive director has named an agent who has worked with ZZ Top and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee as the head of programming for the arts institution.

For this week's Get Out There, we're highlighting some of this season's concerts - brought to you by local musicians - that you won't want to miss.

It's a long weekend, so we're packing it in! Marking Indigenous Peoples Day with episodes of Gunsmoke, Night Beat, and The Lux Radio Theater. Boo at Zoo inspires Fred Allen, and a circus adventure from The Clyde Beatty Show, and Duffy takes on a bully.

D.C. AG Brian Schwalb talks pushing for better housing conditions, suing Amazon, and driving down youth crime. Plus, WAMU's Maryland reporter Jenny Abamu on Governor Wes Moore's political future.

D.C. is legally required to make shelter available for anyone who needs it to protect them from the cold during hypothermia season, which starts in November. But people still sleep outside, even as the city expands its shelter capacity, and for those both in and outside of shelter, winter poses heightened health risks.