Photo by Lauren PM.FOOD & DRINK: Belga Cafe (514 8th Street SE) hosts Phil Leinhart, brewmaster at Ommegang, for a four-course Ommegang Brewmaster Dinner. 6:30 p.m. $59.
>> Attend Toast to SAVOR, a “miniature SAVOR event” at RFD (810 7th Street NW) tonight, where you’ll be able to sample 10 drafts from breweries participating in SAVOR (Ommegang, Firestone Walker, Dogfish Head, Harpoon, Sierra Nevada, Abita, Saranac, Flying Dog, Heavy Seas, Sam Adams, Stoudts, Cisco) and pair them with food. Call (202) 289-2030 for tickets. 6:30-10 p.m. $30.
MUSIC: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, minus Krayzie Bone, hit the stage at The State Theatre (220 N. Washington Street, Falls Church) tonight, with Black Liquid. 8:30 p.m. $30.
MOVIE: Stand by Me is the next “train” movie in the NoMa Summer Screen (2nd and L Streets NE) movie series. 7 p.m. Free.
>> Peppermint, a Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee in 2000, is “a reminiscence of growing up in Greece in the 1960s.” See it tonight — one night only — at The Avalon (5612 Connecticut Avenue NW). 8 p.m. $11.
JAZZ: The two-week long D.C. Jazz Festival begins today with a ton of options: the Berklee World Jazz Octet performs on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (6 p.m., free), Carolyn Malachi plays at Bohemian Caverns (8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $18), the Will Rast Trio comes to Tryst (8:30 p.m., free), and more. Look for our preview of the entire festival later this afternoon.
FUNDRAISER: Help support Joplin, Missouri tornado victims tonight during a fundraiser at Open City (2331 Calvert Street NW). At the event, donate $20 to Red Cross and receive unlimited wine and cocktails from 5 to 9 p.m.
>> Indego Africa is a fair trade organization that helps Rwandan women sell their crafts in the U.S. Come support the group at a happy hour fundraiser tonight at Vinoteca (1940 11th Street NW). While you’re there, peruse some of the wine-related crafts for sale. 5-9 p.m.