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TALK: Actor James Earl Jones brings his booming voice to Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) tonight to discuss acting and classical theatre with Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn for the third installment of the Classic Conversations series. 8 p.m. Tickets: $35 sold out.

HAPPY HOUR: Brightest Young Things and the Kennedy Center MyTix have teamed up for a “Ladies” Night Happy Hour at Lost Society (2001 14th Street NW) tonight. Why is “ladies” in quotes? The happy hour is meant to promote the upcoming production of “La Cage aux Folles,” featuring a cast full of drag queens, at the Kennedy Center January 17 through February 12. 6-9 p.m. Free.

MUSIC: Electronica artist Yoko K. performs a “hybrid of analog and digital that an audience member once described as ‘listening to a dream.'” tonight (not yesterday, sorry about that) at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (2700 F Street NW). 6 p.m. Free.

>> Yip Deceiver (which includes bandmates Davey Pierce and Nicholas Dobbratz from of Montreal) play the Velvet Lounge (915 U Street NW) tonight with Drawbridges, The Absent Center, and the Velvet Ants . 9 p.m. $8.