>> Science geek alert! Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning science columnist Natalie Angier and her husband, Washington Post science reporter Rick Weiss, will be at the Koshland Science Museum tonight to discuss Angier’s new book: The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics Of Science. $8, 6 p.m.

>> The Corcoran Gallery is hosting a discussion on purchasing art for novice art buyers. Paige West breaks down the art market and signs copies of her book, The Art of Buying Art: An Insider’s Guide to Collecting Contemporary Art. $20, 7 p.m.

>> Unbuckled alums Olivia Mancini & The Housemates headline at the Black Cat backstage. Housemates guitarist Ed Donohue will be pulling double duty, as his own band, Donny Hue & The Colors, opens the show along with Order of the Dying Orchid. $8, 9 p.m.

>> The Kevin Robinson Ensemble, led by the Baltimore-based saxophonist, comes to Twins Jazz on Thursday to celebrate the birthdays of bandmembers Rick Slye (Drums), Marvin Parks (Vocals), Kevin Robinson (Reeds) and Ruby Glover (Vocals). The band requests attendees to bring a non-perishable food item, toys and/or $10 for admission.

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