>> The National are playing a sold-out show at 9:30 Club tonight, with Shapes and Sizes & Talkdemonic, doors at 7:15 p.m. If you don’t have tickets, you have three options: Get thee to craigslist, park yourself at DC9 before the show and keep an eye out for folks who got stood up, or sit in the sweet, sweet air conditioning at home and tune into NPR’s live streaming web cast of the headliners starting at 10 p.m.
>>The Washington Glory are off to a scintillating start to the NPF season. They’ve won 10 of their first 12 games, including a recent 4-game sweep of the Chinese National Team by a 15-2 combined score. They face a real test tonight when the Venezuelan National Team comes to town for a four game series. Game time’s 7:05 p.m. at the GMU Softball Complex.
>> New Orleans’ The Preservation Hall Jazz Band are at The Lincoln Theatre tonight. Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. show are $30.
>> Check out our preview from earlier today on the first night of Broad Minded Comedy, and all-female local comedy showcase, at the Riot Act Comedy Club at HR-57. 8:30 p.m., $12.
>> Perennial presidential campaign loser Bob Shrum will be at Politics and Prose to read from and sign copies of his memoir, No Excuses, at 7 p.m. He’s hoping you’ll feel sorry enough for him to show up and buy a copy.
Matt Bourque contributed to the picks. Photo by esshots.
