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CHERRY BLOSSOMS: All the pictures of the beautiful cherry blossoms in bloom should be enough to convince you to go see them tonight.

READING: The U.S. Capitol is such a part of our daily lives that sometimes it’s easy to overlook it. Tonight at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue NW) former Post reporter Guy Gugliotta turns a historical eye to the Capitol, reading from Freedom’s Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War. In the book, Gugliotta captures the clash of personalities behind the building of the Capitol and the unique engineering, architectural, design, and political challenges three men—Jefferson Davis, Captain Montgomery C. Meigs and Thomas U. Walter—collectively overcame to create the iconic seat of American government. 7 p.m. Free.

(SOMEWHAT TRUTHFUL) SPEECH: Monologuist Mike Daisey made big news last week This American Life announced that it was retracting an entire show based on Daisey’s The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs on the grounds that he lied to TAL’s staff during the fact-checking process. (His show will still play at The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, though.) Daisey speaks at Georgetown University tonight; while he initially planned to “examine the threads of dominance and submission that bind together the story of labor across our globe,” he’ll likely end up explaining exactly what happened last week. 7:30 p.m. Free, but RSVP required.

FILM: Tonight the Washington Psychotronic Film Society (2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW) screens Dog Days, a French film from 1984 that tells the story of a fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars who hides out in the house of a farm family that ends up being even more criminally oriented than he is. 8 p.m. Free.