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MUSIC: Indie-rockers Of Montreal hit the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) tonight and tomorrow. They’re joined by singer Janelle Monáe. Tickets are $25. 7 p.m.

>> Broken Social Scene performs at Warner Theater (1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW). Tickets are $41.50. 9 p.m.

MOVIES: All of the DC Shorts showcases are playing at the Landmark E Street Cinema (555 11th Street NW) tonight. Catch Showcase 9, including movies about a “dreaded mashed potato monster” and a documentary of a 13-year-old who climbs Kilimanjaro, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., Showcase 4 from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and Showcase 8 from 9 to 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for each showcase.

BOOKS: Writer Gary Shteyngart comes to Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue NW) to discuss his book Super Sad True Love Story, “an old fashioned love story set in an information-binging, tech-heavy future.” 7 p.m., free.

ART: “Picture This! A World in a Work of Art” is a two-session evening course from the Smithsonian Resident Associates Program. Judy Pomeranz, art historian, examines and explains two works for art within “cultural, political, and social contexts.” S. Dillon Ripley Center (1100 Jefferson Drive SW), 6:45-8:30 p.m., $50.