Photo by rpmaxwell

Photo by rpmaxwell.

GAME: Loteria de Amor, the Mexican bingo game that features art instead of numbers, is back tonight at the Red Palace (1210 H Street NE). 54 artists from D.C. and Maryland have contributed work for the game. There will also be burlesque, a musical comedy trio, sideshow acts and more. And if you’re hungry, The Fojol Brothers will be parked outside. If you buy some grub from them, you’ll be given a $2 PBR voucher. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m. $10.

FOOD & DRINK: Belga Café (514 8th Street SE) invites eaters in for a four-course (plus an appetizer) “Welcome To Our House” meal, with five wine pairings from winemaker Jean Trimbach, who will also be on hand to talk about the wine. Call (202) 544-0100 for reservations. 6:30 p.m. $79 (plus tax and tip).

THEATER: It’s pay-what-you-can night at Woolly Mammoth Theater (641 D Street NW). Come see Oedipus el Rey, an updated take on Sophocles’s tragic play set in current-day East L.A. The line for tickets opens up at 5 p.m., tickets are sold at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m.

DANCE: The Mariinsky Ballet dances Adolphe Adam’s Giselle to live music from the Opera House Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (2700 F Street NW) tonight and every night through this Saturday. 7:30 p.m. $29-$150.

MOVIE: See The Secret to a Happy Ending, a documentary about alt-country band The Drive-By Truckers, at West End Cinema (2301 M Street NW). For more background on the film and the band, see DCist contributor Chris Klimek’s interview with Drive-By Truckers co-founder Patterson Hood. 7 and 9:30 p.m. $11.

>> The Washington Psychotronic Film Society presents the 1987 movie Evil Cat, about a demonic cat whose nine lives must be snuffed out to save the human race. At The Passenger (1021 7th Street NW). 8 p.m. Free, but a donation is suggested.