About Tonight

>> The Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance isn't anywhere nearly as embarrassing as Riverdance and its ilk -- think real jigs without the terrible music and costumes. Accompanied tonight on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage by traditional Irish musicians Billy McCominskey, Zan McLeon and Jim Eagan. Free, 6 p.m.

>> Three Stars alums The Beanstalk Library are playing the Black Cat's backstage, with John Wayne Hero. 9 p.m., $8.

>> It's a little cold, rainy and miserable out there, so if sitting by the fire like in the photo above isn't an option, a movie is the next best thing. Out film writer is currently recommending Sweeney Todd, playing all over, and Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar, in its last night in repertory at the AFI Silver Theater, at 5 p.m.

Photo by Madeline Paige