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MUSIC: The original draw for tonight’s Velvet Lounge show, Brooklyn’s Skeleton$, had to cancel, so we’re sure the rest of the bill will be grateful if you show up to listen. Check out Kuschty Rye Ergot, Max Ochs and Chris Grier starting at 9:30 p.m., $8, 18+.

READING: Transformer Gallery, in affiliation with the Corcoran, is holding two hours of experimental readings by emerging poets and writers to correspond with Nilay Lawson’s exhibition, If You Didn’t Know What This Was, Would You Know What This Is?. Free, 7 to 9 p.m.

MUSIC: Mid-tempo and melodic, singer/songwriter Stephen Kellogg performs with his band, The Sixers, at 9:30 Club. With Erin McKeown and Clayton Senne. 7 p.m. doors, $15.

ART: Phillips After 5 is back tonight, featuring classical guitarist Soichi Miraji as well as a gallery talk at 6 and 7 p.m. titled, A Marriage Made in Art: Christo and Jean-Claude as Collaborators.

MOVIE: The AFI is screening Boogie Nights for the last time tonight as part of their P.T. Anderson series. 8:45 p.m.