>> The Velvet Lounge hosts Three Stars alums and excellent understated rockers New Rock Church of Fire, with Mas y Mas and The Domesticated. 9 p.m.

>> Home of those brilliant Saturday afternoon cheapo Miller High Life countdown specials, epic Jell-O wrestling contests and the surprising winner of any Best Vegan Brunch contest in the city, everyone probably has a different reason for their soft spot for Asylum. Whatever yours is, stop by tonight to wish the crew of the Adams Morgan bar a happy Sweet 16th birthday. Will there be beer specials? We can only assume so.

>> Looking for a good charity happy hour? Try Local 16 tonight from 6 to 9 p.m., when 25% of all profits will go toward the Slog for Sudan effort, an extreme plan by eight hikers to walk 200 miles down the C&O canal with no backpacks, no tents, no sleeping bags and absolutely no food. They set off on Sept. 1, so they'll need some stiff drinks and your support tonight.

>> If childhood memory serves, Big Trouble in Little China is the weirdest, most nonsensical film ever created. A trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown? What? And yep, it's playing tonight at the AFI Silver Theater at 9:30 p.m.

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