Photo by philliefan99.FOOD & DRINK: Eatonville (2121 14th Street NW) continues their Food and Folklore dinner and storytelling series with “From Maize to Grits: Native American Influence on Southern Cooking.” ourses include: Johnny Corn Cake and veal ragu, pork roast with grits and succotash, sweet corn and honey pudding, and house-dried beef jerky. The speaker of the night will be Peggy Wellknown Buffalo from the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Tickets are $45. 6:30 p.m.
>> Tonight’s Hump-Day Collection at Bourbon (2321 18th Street NW), available every Wednesday with different selections, features three rare beers (Heavy Seas Prosit, Bell’s Porter and Stillwater Cellar Door Saison), three beer cocktails from Rachel Sergi (The Eyepatch, The Knuckleball and The Windburn), and three special menu items from Michael Hartzer (The Irish Boy, The French Boy and The Baja Boy). Beer $5, cocktails $7, food $9. 7 p.m.
>> Birch & Barley (1337 14th Street NW) presents the Schlenkerla Collaboration Dinner tonight, featuring food and beer pairings from Brewery Tavern Schlenkerla Executive Chef Wolfgang Theil and owner Matthias Trum. Six Schlenkerla beers will be paired with five courses (smoked sausages with sweet cabbage and dark bread, potato soup with smoked pork belly, Bamberg-style onion with mashed potatoes and smoke beer sauce and digestif). Call (202) 567-2576 for reservations. $55 (plus tax and tip). 7 p.m.
BOOKS: Salman Rushdie reads from his new book, Luka and the Fire of Life, at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW). For tickets, call Politics and Prose at (202) 364-1919. Tickets are $12 each, or purchase the book for $25 and receive 2 free tickets. 7 p.m.
POETRY: Hear readings from Barbara Goldberg, Brandon D. Johnson, E. Ethelbert Miller and Myra Sklarew, who are included in the D.C. poetry anthology Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington DC, at the Daniel/Shaw D.C. Public Library branch (1630 7th Street NW). 7-9 p.m. Free.
TALK: Busboys and Poets (1025 5th Street NW) hosts “In Between the Panels: DC’s Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene“. Speakers will include Carolyn Belefski, Molly Lawless, Matt Dembicki and Mike Rhode. 6-8 p.m. Free.
MUSIC: Japanese unitard-wearing band Peelander-Z hits the Velvet Lounge (915 U Street NW) tonight. Geisha Lightning, Tsushimamire and Caustic Casanova also perform. 9 p.m. $10.
>> The Posies, Brendan Benson and Aqueduct perform at the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW). $25, 7:00 p.m.
MOVIE: The Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H Street NE) presents a screening of Let’s Get Free: The Black August Hip-Hop Project, followed by a question and answer sesssion with the filmmaker, Dream Hampton. 6 p.m. $5 for students, $10 general admission.
>> The French Embassy presents Claude Chabrol’s final film, Inspector Bellamy, tonight at The Avalon (5612 Connecticut Avenue NW). The screening is a part of the theater’s “monthly showcase of contemporary French cinema.” Read more about the film in our recent Popcorn & Candy post. 8 p.m.
