>> DC Arts Commission auditions for musicians who’d like to play outside metro stations start tonight, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Metro headquarters, 600 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC.
>> Check out our Reader, Meet Author feature for a list of cup-runneth-over literary events for tonight. There’s Colin Channer at Vertigo Books, Susan Vreeland at Phillips Collection, Christopher Hitchens at Politics and Prose, and Irvine Welsh at Wonderland.
>> The Rock and Roll Hotel has a great line-up for anyone who’s looking for an introduction to the Next Big Thing. Baltimore’s Dan Deacon has quickly become a code word for cool in that city’s white hot experimental music scene, and he’ll be playing with Brooklyn’s Beat the Devil, led by throaty singer Shilpa Ray, and local trance/hip-hop duo Food For Animals. $8, 9 p.m.
>> Like we mentioned in This Week in Jazz, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage will feature the International Association for Jazz Education Sisters in Jazz Collegiate All-Stars, a jazz combo comprised of some of the best female jazz students in the country. The shows start at 6 p.m. (also Saturday). Free.
>> The Sounds in the Square concert series kicks off tonight from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Farragut Square Park. R&B/Blues artist Teri-S will perform to add a little fun to your walk home from the office.
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