>> As we mentioned earlier in Reader, Meet Author, Vanity Fair editor Cullen Murphy will be at Politics and Prose tonight to read from and sign copies of Are We Rome? As long as we can ruled by Simon Woods, I’m all for saying, yes, please, let’s be Rome. 7 p.m.
>> Tickets are still available for tonight’s performance of Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa at Washington National Opera. Our critic called this production WNO’s “best production of the season.” Read the entire review here. $45-$225, 7 p.m. at the Kennedy Center Opera House.
>> HBO and NMAI are showing the first public screening of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, an adaptation of Dee Brown’s novel volume that looks at the United States’ westward expansion and its disastrous effects on American Indians. Executive Producer Dick Wolf and cast member August Schellenberg will be on hand. 6:30 p.m., National Museum of the American Indian.
>> Mondays quickly became the most anticipated day of the week this season when Heroes started airing on NBC last fall. More than a few DCist writers will be eagerly hunkered down tonight to watch the season finale to find out if running a sword through Sylar is what finally removes Hiro’s Japanese accent, if dreamy Peter’s inner-nuke is triggered, flattening NYC in the process, and well, just exactly how they wrap up the ridiculously good interweaving storylines of this whole slew of characters the writers have kept in perfect balance for 22 twisting and turning episodes. Easily the best show for us nerds on TV since Battlestar Galactica launched its remake a few years ago, leave your happy hour early and turn on the tube at 9 p.m. to see these Heroes‘ final moments, before it starts up alongside a spin-off next season.
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