About Tonight
JAZZ: Head to the Kennedy Center tonight to hear saxophone great Sonny Rollins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 to $78.
MUSIC: Elvis Perkins will be at the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight to perform tunes from his latest collection of creaky folk, Elvis Perkins in Dearland. North Carolina's Bowerbirds opens, $14, 8:30 p.m.
ART/DJ: DJ YZO, Nick tha 1da and DJ 2-Tone Jones will provide accompanying sounds to "The Classics-Series 2: SOUL," an exhibition of album cover art of the soulful variety at Lounge of Three (1013 U Street NW). Free, 5 p.m.
READING: Author Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed) will discuss and sign copies of her newest book, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. Free at the 14th Street Busboys and Poets, 6:30 p.m.