Photo by Guillermo Esteves

ART: Tonight’s Phillips after 5 (1600 21st Street NW) will include a shadow puppet show inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s Eureka (6:30 an 7:30 p.m.), a gallery talk on Henri Rivière’s photographs, music from the DC Jazz Composers Collective, and a vintage photobooth. 5:00-8:30 p.m. $12 general admission, $10 students and those over 62, and free for members.

BOOKS: Doron Petersan, owner of Sticky Fingers Bakery, shares recipes from her book Sticky Fingers’ Sweets! 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes and signs copies at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW) this Thursday. 7:00 p.m. $8 in advance, $10 day of. Or, buy the book for $27.50 and receive two free tickets.

DANCE: DC contemporary dance company Bowen McCauley Dance performs to the music of Beethoven tonight and tomorrow at the Kennedy Center (2700 F Street NW). 7:30 p.m. $36.

VARIETY: Any variety show titled after a Dune quote gets our vote. See bellydancing, a poi act, hula hooping, and burlesque in “The Spice Must Flow: An Evening of Variety” tonight at The Red Palace (1212 H Street NE). Doors at 8:30 p.m., show 9:00 p.m. $10.

MUSIC: Kansas City’s The Life and Times play the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) tonight with Office Of Future Plans and Black Clouds. 8:00 p.m. $12.