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HIGH HEEL RACE: The annual High Heel Race, which is celebrating its 25th year, takes over 17th Street (between P and S Streets NW) tonight for a high speed competition between elaborately costumed drag queens. This year, there will also be a food truck rally at 17th and O Streets so attendees can grab a snack. The race takes place at 9 p.m., but streets close and the fun begins at 6 p.m. Free to attend, $40 for VIP Tent.

BEER: Learn about the design process in the labeling and packaging of Rogue Brewery and Flying Dog beers at the Art of Beer event at Iron Horse Taproom (507 7th Street NW). Doors 6 p.m., networking and socializing 6-7 p.m., program goes from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets: $25.

>> Meridian Pint (3400 11th Street NW) hosts the Homebrewers Matchup V tonight. Sample the beers of local brewers and vote on which you think is best. 6-8 p.m. Free.

ZOMBIES: Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, offers 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack at the Fairfax County Government Center Board Auditorium (12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 123 Fairfax, VA) tonight. While the world didn’t end last Friday, it never hurts to have some life skills in place for a world swarming with undead. Unfortunately, due to the popularity (and necessity?) of this event, there is now a waiting list. 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

FOOD & DRINK: Dino (3435 Connecticut Avenue NW) and Great Lakes Brewing Company team up tonight to put on a six-course Beer Dinner. The menu includes seafood paired with Dortmunder Gold Lager, frisee salad paired with Burning River Pale Ale, linguine with house made sausage and mussels paired with
Oktoberfest, spiked duck sandwich paired with Eliot Ness Amber Lager, braised beef with Nosferatu Imperial Red Ale, and cinnamon and Aleppo pepper gelato and porter float paired with Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. Call (202) 686-2966 to reserve your spot. Reception 6:30 p.m., Dinner 7 p.m. $49 (plus tax and tip).

MUSIC: Baltimore art-pop band Future Islands play the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) tonight with Javelin and Ed Shrader’s Music Beat. 8 p.m. $12 in advance, $14 at the door.