>> Rorschach Theatre begins its “pay what you can” previews of References To Salvador Dali Make Me Hot tonight. The surreal and emotional play runs through May 13, but tonight through Friday ticket prices are fluid. There are no reservations, so you’ll have to get to the box office at 7:00 p.m. to snatch up cheap seats for the 8:00 p.m. show [The Sanctuary Theatre, Casa del Pueblo Methodist Church, 1459 Columbia Road NW]
>> Brand new local band The City Veins, who’ve had an album circulating the Internets for the last month, pulse into the Velvet Lounge tonight for their first show ever. [915 U St. NW, 9:00 p.m.]
>> Catch the Jerusalem String Quartet’s concert at the Library of Congress. They are one of the top young string quartets in the world today, and their program combines quartets by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with a new piece by Tzvi Avni. If you do not have a reserved seat already, show up early and stand online for an unused place. For some background on the history of the string quartet, Sorab Modi will give an introductory pre-concert presentation at 6:15 p.m. [Jefferson Building at 1st St. and Independence Ave. SE, Free, Concert at 8 p.m.]
>> As we profiled earlier, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library hosts a lecture on the Pearl Affair. [901 G Street NW, Free, 6:30 p.m.]
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