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MUSIC: As we mentioned earlier, the legendary Robyn Hitchcock is at the Birchmere tonight, and tickets are still available. 7:30 p.m., $25.

BOOKS: Don’t forget about the National Press Club Book Fair, where you can get books signed by a slew of famous authors like Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, illustrator Wendell Minor and local celebrity chef José Andrés. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., $5 to get in.

MUSIC: Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls plays an early show at 9:30 Club, with Vermillion Lies and The Builders and The Butchers. 6 p.m., $20.

READING: So, um, was I the only one whose first crush was Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music? Could Christopher Plummer have been any dreamier as the closed-off, brooding patriarch just waiting for his heart to be melted by the power of a pretty girl who could really carry a tune? Yeah yeah, that was a long time ago, and now Plummer is an old man who makes a living playing other old men. But he still has those eyes! He’s also written a memoir, and will be at Politics and Prose tonight for a reading/signing. 7 p.m.

MUSIC: Buzzband/The Strokes offshoot Little Joy are at the The Black Cat, with openers The Dead Trees. 9 p.m., $15.

MOVIE: (late addition) Anyone who says it’s hard out here for a pimp just isn’t cut out for the job. In Dolemite, the late, great Rudy Ray Moore makes it look easy, no matter what the man throws his way. As we mentioned last month, The Washington Psychotronic Film Society is making its return to the District tonight with a screening of this cult classic at The Meeting Place. 8 p.m., free ($2 donation suggested).