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FASHION: Sip cocktails while you peruse 50 vendors showing off their jewelry, clothing, makeup, and more tonight at Shecky’s Girls Night Out at DAR Constitution Hall (1776 D St. NW ), 5-10 p.m. Tickets are $10.

MUSIC: The Liars perform and promote their latest release, Sisterworld, at the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight. Fol Chen opens. 8:30 p.m, $15.

Hit DC9 for a full lineup tonight: Xiu Xiu, Tune Yards, Twin Sister. $12. 9 p.m.

JAZZ: NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz pairs with D.C.’s own Brad Linde tonight at Blues Alley. A highlight of the show will be music from Miles Davis’s 1949 classic, Birth of the Cool. Tickets to the 8 and 10 p.m. sets are $25 + $12.50 minimum/surcharge.

READING: Yann Martel, author of the bestseller The Life of Pi, comes to the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue tonight to discuss his new book (again featuring a cast of quirky animal characters), Beatrice and Virgil. Tickets are $12, or buy the book for $24 and receive 2 free tickets to the talk (call Politics & Prose at (202) 364-1919 for this option). 7 p.m.

SPOKEN WORD: Free entertainment at the Black Cat backstage tonight: Mother Tongue is back for another all-female spoken word performance. 9 p.m.