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OUTDOOR MOVIE: The U Street Movie Series closes out its three-month run tonight with John Grisham’s The Pelican Brief. Beyond the pleasant weather and solid plot, head over to Harrison Field (V Street between 13th and 14th Streets NW) at dusk to catch Denzel Washington play a reporter at the fictional Washington Herald and to cheer on the scenes that were actually shot here—and the ones that clearly were not.

HIGH-BROW PUB QUIZ: If you’re sick of kicking everyone’s ass at your local pub quiz, try your hand at the National Portrait Gallery’s collection-inspired trivia game. The game, which takes place in the Kogod Courtyard, will feature questions “associated with some of the greatest mysteries in American history—solved, unsolved and disputed.” 6:30 p.m. Free.

BOUNDARY STONE TURNS ONE: Bloomingdale’s Boundary Stone (116 Rhode Island Avenue NW) is celebrating its first anniversary today with food and drink specials, including a specialty beer brewed by D.C. Brau. Stop by after work for half-priced wings, $3 D.C. Brau cans, $4 Flying Dog, and $5 Catoctin Creek Rye.

IGNITE: Hear some of D.C.’s smart and creative types discuss any issue they want in five minutes and 20 slides tonight at Ignite D.C.’s 10th edition, which will take place at Town Danceboutique (2009 Eighth Street NW). 6 p.m. $30, tickets here.

MUSIC: Former Sleater-Kinney singer-guitarist Corin Tucker plays the Black Cat Backstage in support of Kill My Blues, the second album by her current four-piece, The Corin Tucker Band. James Canty’s Ideal Forms open. $13 in advance / $15 day of show. 8 p.m. Also, A$AP Rocky is a Harlem-born rapper who’s been gathering steam through his A$AP Mob movement and tracks like “Goldie.” He’ll be at the Fillmore Silver Spring with Schoolboy Q and Danny Brown. $27.50. 8 p.m.