Photo by primplanMUSIC: Head to The Red & The Black for an inexpensive show (only $6) and catch Austin trio Ume, Louisville’s The Fervor, and Greensboro’s The Bronzed Circus. Doors 9 p.m.
Or check out the folk-rock stylings of Deer Tick at the Black Cat’s backstage, with not one, not two, but three openers. The show is actually sold out, but you can always skulk around the Red Room and try to buy someone’s extra. 8:30 p.m.
ANIMALS: The Washington International Horse Show is back at the Verizon Center, filling the air around Chinatown/Penn Quarter with its unmistakable scent. Tonight’s big ticket events include the Adult and Children’s Hunter Championship, which probably means something specific to people who know about horses. We might wait until tomorrow night for the more self-explanatory Jumper competition, but why choose? Tickets range from $20-$50 for reserved evening events seating, through the weekend (or $15 for daytime events only).
MOVIE: The AFI Silver is showing Second Skin, a documentary about the online world of Massively Multiplayer Online games (think World of Warcraft, Second Life and Everquest). The film explores the lives of the real people who populate these virtual spaces, whether they be multimillionaires, bored teenage kids in a far off land, or lonely housewives. Also note: free T-shirts will be given away to the first 100 guests, and filmmakers Juan Carlos and Victor Pineiro-Escoriaza will both be on hand for a q&a after the screening. 7 p.m.
TALK: Serious pop culture geeks will want to head to Politics & Prose tonight for a discussion between The New Republic’s film critic, David Hajdu, and its literary editor, Leon Wieseltier. Hadju is promoting his new book, a collection of essays called Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture, and will join Wieseltier in a discussion of some of the subjects of the book, which include Elmer Fudd, Woody Guthrie, Ray Charles, and others. 7 p.m.
