Photo by alex.DCFOOD & DRINK: Celebrate National Cheese Day belatedly, at the launch of Ripple’s (3417 Connecticut Avenue NW) grilled cheese bar tonight. 5:00 p.m. (half price beer from 5:00-6:30 p.m.).
ART: The Genizah Project: An Artomatic-Inspired Workshop at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW) tonight explores how papers take part in our need to hold on. Round up some of your papers and participate tonight. Learn more about the project here and here. 7:00 p.m. $8.
STARS: Get a closer look at the stars via a professional telescope at the Air and Space Museum public observatory stargazing event tonight. 9:00-10:00 p.m. Free.
BOOKS: Congressman and Civil Rights activist John Lewis discusses his book Across That Bridge, at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue NW) tonight. 7:30 p.m. Free.