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COMEDY: The sarcastic and hilarious David Sedaris, author of Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, gives a reading at the Lisner Auditorium (730 21st Street NW) tonight. 8 p.m. $45 public, $25 G.W. students and alumni.

MOVIE: The National Theatre’s (1321 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) free Monday Night Cinema series has been featuring the films of Marilyn Monroe. It continues tonight with The Seven Year Itch. 6:30 p.m. Free.

FOOD & DRINK: American and European cheeses go head-to-head tonight in a cheese course battle at Seasonal Pantry (1314 9th Street NW). 7 p.m. $40.

MUSIC: John Maus, Big Troubles and Young Prisms play the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) tonight. 8 p.m. $12.

Coming up this week…

TUESDAY: A collection of speakers will gather at Woolly Mammoth (641 D Street NW) tomorrow to share ideas about reinvention at TEDxPennQuarter. 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Tickets: $20 students, $99 general public.

WEDNESDAY: Author Tom Wolfe comes to the Newseum (555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) for the program WOLFE! The Electric Kool-Aid Ice-Cream-Suited Right Stuff Man-in Full-On-the-Beat. 6:30 p.m. $100.

THURSDAY: Learn about craft beer in D.C. at State of the Brewnion at Bier Baron (1523 22nd Street NW), watch an impressive array of dance groups at this year’s VelocityDC Dance Festival at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW), or rock your faces off with GWAR at the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW).

FRIDAY: Sample 250 different wines, take crash courses on an assortment of wine topics, eat food, and more at Wine Riot DC at DAR Constitution Hall (1776 D Street NW). 7-11 p.m. $60.