READING: Pulitzer Prize winning academic and journalist Samantha Power is at Politics and Prose to discuss her new book, Chasing the Flame, which is about the life and death of international diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello. 7 p.m.
MOVIE: I’ve probably seen Fargo over a dozen times, but I still haven’t had enough big-haired prostitutes thinking Steve Buscemi is “funny looking” in general, or Mike Yanagita thinking Marge Gunderson is “such a super lady.” At the AFI Silver Theatre at 9 p.m., part of their Complete Coen Brothers retrospective.
JAZZ: The Monterey Jazz Festival‘s 50th Anniversary Tour stops at the Music Center at Strathmore. This year’s tour features Benny Green, Derrick Hodge, James Moody, Kendrick Scott, Nnenna Freelon and Terence Blanchard. 8 p.m. $25-$58.
MUSIC: Three up-and-coming local bands, Black & White Jacksons, Wild Fictions and Cannot Be Stopped, have found a new friend in Dream Committee Records, a label particularly focused on D.C. music. Tonight’s show at the Black Cat Backstage will also feature the release of Dream Committee Records compilation …Anything & Everything. 9 p.m. $8.
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