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MUSIC: Lenka Kripac, the lead singer/songwriter from Aussie band The Decoder Ring, will be at DC9 performing under her first name, Lenka. Lenka’s solo material sounds less post-rock (although the influence is still there) and more experimental, recalling Bjork more than Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The Spring Standards open. 18+, 9 p.m., $12 day of show.

READING: If you wander past the Borders in Farragut West this evening and wonder what all the commotion is about, it’s just bespectacled Ira Glass, beloved-by-cool-kids host of This American Life on both public radio and Showtime. Glass is doing an in-store appearance at 6:30 p.m. to promote the DVD release of the second season of the TV version of This American Life, but if you want to go, get there as early as possible. This thing is sure to be packed. 1801 K Street NW.

MOVIE: Time is running out to catch all of the Oscar Nominated Short Films, both Live Action and Animated, at the Landmark E Street theater. 5:20 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., respectively, and tonight and tomorrow night are the final showings.

READING: Politics and Prose hosts a discussion with author and investigative journalist Pratap Chatterjee titled, Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War. 7 p.m.

MUSIC: Solid singer/songwriter night at Vienna’s Jammin’ Java. Virginia’s Erin McKeown joins Sonya Kitchell and Jesse Harper. 8 p.m., $10.