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TALK: Patrick Stewart, Shakespearian actor and former captain of the Star Trek Enterprise, comes to the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) to be interviewed by Michael Kahn as part of the “Classic Conversations” series. 8 p.m. $35.

MUSIC: Quintessential ’80s rocker Cyndi Lauper, whose hits “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Time After Time” remain karaoke favorites, performs tonight at the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) with Dr. John. 7 p.m. $45.

FOOD & DRINK: Indulge in Belga Cafe’s (514 8th Street SE) Chocolate & Champagne dinner, which pairs choclate and champagne with more savory dishes for each course. The menu includes a Belgian endive and Mandarin-orange salad with beer dressing and bitter chocolate shavings, a poached lobster with white chocolate sabayon, beer roasted chicken with a hazelnut cream sause, and Bart’s chocolate cake to conclude. Call (202) 544-0100 to reserve your spot. $69.69.

MOVIE: DC Lawyers for Youth recognizes National Youth Justice Awareness Month with a screening of the documentary The Road to Rehabilitation and Reform: A Short Film about DC and its Most-Disconnected Youth at GALA Theatre (14th Street and Park Road NW). Stay after the film for a light reception and chat with the documentary creators. Email Angela Massino at amassino@dcly.org to RSVP. 6:30 p.m.

SCIENCE: Sometimes real science is crazier than science fiction. Tonight learn about Martian meteorites and creepy crawlies from other worlds in Worms from Hell and Microbes from Space, a talk with a science writer, geomicrobiologist, and NASA astrobiologist at the S. Dillon Ripley Center Lecture Hall (1100 Jefferson Drive SW). 6:45-8:15 p.m. $25.