MONDAY
As we’ve said before: F.W. Thomas Performances rock, but credit curator and MC Adam Mazmanian—he aims to prove it. Tonight, it’s the Rock and Roll Edition of DC’s premiere reading series, featuring John Sellers reading from his new book (Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life), Glenn Dixon discussing the secret porn of Christian rock, artist Mike Lowery emitting delightful odors, and Mazmanian himself, who’ll give rock gestures the Francois Delsarte treatment. It’s at the Warehouse, 1017-1021 7th Street, NW. $5.
TUESDAY
Let’s get peripatetic, shall we? Booker prize winner Kiran Desai visits Politics and Prose to read from hisher sprawling novel The Inheritance of Loss, which connects class, generation and culture. 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
You’ll often hear people scold: “Just leave that to the professionals.” We’re all for breaking norms, but maybe, just maybe, when the professionals are neuroscientists, you ought to listen. Of course, Dennis Cass didn’t, and now he’s got a book: Head Case: How I Almost Lost My Mind Trying to Understand My Brain. At Olsson’s in Arlington, 2111 Wilson Boulevard, 7 p.m.
