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MUSIC: One of the most important groups in hip-hop history, Public Enemy, will be at GW’s Lisner Auditorium tonight. Tickets are $25 for the 8 p.m. show, but don’t forget you can also catch Chuck D, Flavor Flav and the gang performing live on a moving flat-bed truck (map of the route here) starting at 7:45 p.m. Also, concert attendees who bring a new or lightly used coat to donate will be upgraded to VIP.

Fleet Foxes‘ singer J. Tillman performs solo tonight along with the like-mindedPearly Gate Music at the 9:30 Club. $15, 6 p.m.

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones perform at Strathmore tonight, featuring Victor Lemonte Wooten, Futureman and Howard Levy, 8 p.m., $25-$58.

FOOD & DRINK: Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé! Among your young wine drinking options this evening is the Brightest Young Things Breathless Beaujolais Nouveau party at 1905, and of course the traditional Bistro du Coin blowout. Both parties will get started in the post-dinner hours and offer free wine at midnight.

ART: The Corcoran College of Art + Design’s new student work is being showcased at the Renaissance M Street Hotel tonight, accompanied with a free wine and cheese tasting over hors d’oeuvres by Chef John Therres. Reception runs 6 – 8 p.m.

The D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities pairs up with Long View Gallery for another installment of their successful Art Salon series. Starting tonight at 7 p.m., see Poetry in Motion, which pairs local poets with video artists. Free but RSVP to dccahevents[at]gmail.com.