We have to admit it: we’re a sucker for the Sox. And we’ll be staying in tonight with a bottle or four of beer to watch the game. But if baseball’s not your bag, there are plenty of events to keep you occupied this rainy fall evening:

  • It’s the sixth anniversary of Mothertonuge, a spoken poetry event, and they’re having a happy birthday at the Black Cat. 8:30 p.m., $7.

  • The first of the monthly ArlingtonMusicScene.com Happy Hours at Iota Club and Cafe is tonight from 6-8 p.m. Come booze and schmooze with other local musicians and fans.

  • The 14th annual Reel Affirmations film festival is still going strong this evening. The festival shows pieces about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender subjects and stories. Tonights films are at the Cecile Goldman Theater at the D.C. Jewish Community Center and the Lincoln Theater on U Street.

  • Starting tonight, “Giselle”, a ballet about a girl who dies of a broken heart and then returns and performed by the Washington Ballet, opens at the Kennedy Center. 8 p.m., tickets are $29-84. Call 202-467-4600 for more information.

  • Author and mountaineer Edwin Bernbaum lectures on the links between ancient Greece, mythology, mountains, and the Olympics tonight at the National Geographic Society. 7:30 p.m. at the Gilbert H. Grosvenor auditorium. Tickets are $14 for members, $16 for nonmembers.

    Note from DCist: We’re sorry for the server outage this afternoon, we think that Pete Doherty spilled his drink on our circuitry.

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