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MUSIC: Monotonix, the Israeli rock band known for their stage antics are at DC9, with Mount Pleasant’s own Imperial China and the Electricutions. $10. 9 p.m.

SHOPPING: Trying to stretch every dollar but need to buy a gift or some new fall duds? Head to the U Street corridor tonight to take advantage of the regular Third Thursday shopper social at many participating boutiques. Shops like Shoefly, moojoo ken, Nana, and Caramel will be open late, and many of them will have special sales from 5 to 8 p.m.

MUSIC: You can’t go wrong with a free rock show. Three Stars alums and local roots-rockers Justin Jones and the Driving Rain are playing a no-cover show at Rock and Roll Hotel. 9 p.m.

MUSIC: Tickets are still available to see The Secret Machines and T.K. Webb at the 9:30 Club. $20, 8 p.m.

PANEL: Head over to Busboys and Poets on 14th Street to see Nickel and Dimed author Barbara Ehrenreich, Washington City Paper staffer Angela Valdez, and Harper’s Magazine’s Ken Silverstein discuss “Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person.” Chris Lehmann, an editor at Congressional Quarterly, will moderate. Free, 6:30 p.m.