>> The 1900s are playing the Rock and Roll Hotel, not to be confused with the 1990s. Three Stars alum Shortstack will join them on the bill, along with The Dead Trees and Kitty Hawk. $10, 8:30 p.m.
>> Tonight at Blues Alley one of the area’s finest jazz drummers, Nasar Abadey, takes the stage with SuperNova, featuring Allyn Johnson on piano, Gary Thomas, Jazz Studies Chair at Peabody, altoist Joe Ford, and bassist James King. Sets are at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $18 + $10 food/drink minimum. Buy tickets online here.
>> Nick Hornby is at Olsson’s in Penn Quarter to promote his newest book, Slam. As famous bald British authors who are adored by dudes having a hard time growing up go, he’s pretty much the tops. 7 p.m.
>> The Japan Information and Cultural Center presents a special, free screening of Ping Pong, a comedy based on the comic book by Taiyou Matsumoto that is the table tennis movie Balls of Fury should have been. Underneath the awesome slow-motion action shots lies a sweet story about friendship and being true to yourself. 6:30 p.m.
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