>> The silent film version of the original Chicago will be presented with live musical accompaniment at the AFI Silver Theater. 7 p.m.

>> New Yorker music critic Alex Ross will be at Politics and Prose to read from The Rest is Noise, a history of the 20th century through its music. 7 p.m.

>> Brooklyn's Black Dice are at the Rock and Roll Hotel with Ecstatic Sunshine, Baltimore's Ponytail and The Methamphetamines. 8 p.m., $10 advance, $12 at the door.

>> A decent cheap Tuesday night music option at Black Cat's backstage with Gist and Julie Ocean. $6, 8 p.m.

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