Photo by Ernest E. Hardt.

FRIDAY

COMEDY: Bob Saget performs jokes that are not appropriate for a Full House audience at the Warner Theater (513 13th Street NW) tonight. 8 pm. $37.50.

MOVIE: Watch the creepy 80s movie that taught you not to sit too close to the TV. Poltergeist plays at the Landmark’s E Street Cinema (555 11th Street NW) at midnight tonight and tomorrow. $10.

DANCE: As a part of the 7th Annual Fall Festival of Indian Arts, the Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company presents Indian dancer Mallika Sarabbhai at the Lincoln Theatre (1215 U Street NW). Learn more about the performance in yesterday’s DCist preview. 7:30 p.m. $22.50 to $47.50

TALK: Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of Jacques Cousteau, speaks at National Geographic (1600 M Street NW) tonight about his new book My Father, The Captain: My Life With Jacques Cousteau. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20.

>> Author Colum McCann, who hails from Ireland, reads from his work as a part of this year’s PEN/Faulkner readings at the Folger Shakespeare Library (201 East Capitol Street SE). 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15.

MUSIC: 90s rockers Built to Spill perform tonight at the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW). Revolt Revolt opens. 8 p.m. $25.

JAZZ: Jazz Night in Southwest at Westminster Presbyterian Church (400 I Street SW) presents the Chris Grasso/Lyle Link Quartet, featuring Chris Grasso on piano, Lyle Link on saxophone, Lenny Robinson (***) on drums, Tommy Cecil on bass and Lena Seikaly (who we’ve Interviewed) on vocals. 6-9 p.m. $5.