>> Having drawn comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel since recording their debut album in D.C. last summer, Donny Hue and the Colors, featuring members of the Carlsonics, Nethers, Washington Social Club and Meredith Bragg and the Terminals, will play for free at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage at 6 p.m. If you can’t make it there in time, the performance will also be broadcast live on the web.
>> Check out our review of Dominic Cicere’s new book, Near Wild Heaven, a collection of poems, a short story and a screenplay on life and love in Washington D.C., among other things. He’ll be at Galaxy Hut at 9 p.m. for a book release party, featuring tunes by D.J. Will Eastman.
>> Singer-songwriter Paul Michel has a backstage show at the Black Cat, with Tereu Tereu and Rocky’s Revival. 9 p.m., $8
>> Can you have ever seen Purple Rain too many times? The answer is no. No, you cannot. Worship TAFKATAFKAP at a screening tonight at 9:10 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theater.
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