Photo by LaTur.TALK: Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery discuss Kill Shakespeare, the graphic novel they created together, during a talk at the Folger Shakespeare Library (201 East Capitol Street SE). 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15.
>> Hear Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the well-known ocean adventurer Jacques Cousteau, speak about his own explorations at the National Museum of Natural History (10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW). 5:30 p.m. Free.
COMEDY: Valentine’s Day may be over, but laughing at love has never been limited to one day. Check out the “Bad Romance: A Comedy Show about Love and Other Messy Stuff” at Noi’s Nook at Go Mamma Go! (1809 14th Street NW). The lineup includes a bunch of D.C. comics, including Sara Benincasa (Wonkette, MTV, Comedy Central’s Indecision), Hillary Buckholtz (Boston Women In Comedy Festival, I’m Remembering!), SM Shrake (This American Life, The Moth), Jennifer Tress (Bitch Magazine, You’re Not Pretty Enough), as well as New York’s Benari Poulten (Laughing Liberally, OEF/OIF vet). Email imremembering@gmail.com for tickets. 10 p.m. $10.
>> Round up your best jokes and hit the stage at the Velvet Lounge (915 U Street NW) for BYT’s Bentzen Ball: Live from the Lab Comedy Show open mic night. Email here to sign up. 8-11 p.m. Free.
ART: Artist John M. Adams invites you to come walk all over his work at the final night of his installation Efflux on the sidewalk in front of The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery (1632 U Street NW). A reception and chance to talk with the artist will follow the performance. 6 p.m. Free.
CLASS: The Dumbarton House‘s (2715 Q Street NW ) Preparing for the Ball series continues with a class on 19th century etiquette, which, they promise, still applies today. Do the polite thing and email to save your space. 7-9 p.m. $12.
MUSIC: Yann Tiersen, who hails from Paris, comes to the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) for a late show. 10 p.m. $25.
>> The Petrojvic Blasting Company and The Torches play the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW). 9 p.m. $8.
>> John Mellencamp performs tonight at DAR Constitution Hall (1776 D Street NW). While the show will most likely feature songs from No Better Than This, his last album released in 2010, he’ll probably find room to fit in “Jack and Diane” and some of his other hits. 7 p.m. Tickets: $45-$128.
MOVIE: Learn about the dangers of threesomes in the 1977 film Death Game, being shown at The Passenger (1021 7th Street NW) by the Washington Psychotronic Film Society. 8 p.m. Free, but a donation of $2 or more is suggested.
