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MATH: Bust some moves at a “fractal dance party,” enjoy specialty math-tini cocktails, and explore the International Gallery’s new MathAlive! exhibit at Fun that Counts: Beyond the Numbers, the Smithsonian’s latest Mingle at the Museum event tonight. 6:30-9:00 p.m. $40.

BOOKS: Prolific writer Jodi Picoult, (My Sister’s Keeper, Nineteen Minutes, Change of Heart) discusses her latest book, Lone Wolf, with Washington Post fiction Critic Ron Charles at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW) tonight. 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $28 (includes admission and one book) or $38 (includes admission for two and one book).

CIRCUS: If you weren’t already aware, via elephants walking the streets and the PETA protests, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is in town at the Verizon Center (601 F Street NW) tonight through this Sunday. 7:30 p.m. tonight (various times throughout the weekend). $35-$110.

DANCE: Christopher K. Morgan, choreographer and artist-in-residence at CityDance, interprets the photographs in the Snapshot exhibit through dance tonight at the Phillips Collection (1600 21st Street NW). Tickets: 6:30 p.m. $20.

MUSIC: Megafaun, former bandmates of Bon Iver, performs at the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) tonight. Wiliam Tyler (Lambchop, Silver Jews) opens. 8:00 p.m. $12.