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TASTE OF D.C.: It isn’t the best outside weather, but if you feel like sampling food from over 50 D.C. restaurants, head down to Pennsylvania Avenue between Ninth and 14th Streets for the last day of Taste of D.C. $10.

RELIVE SMASHING PUMPKINS FANDOM: OK, so he’s not likely to play any Smashing Pumpkins covers, but Billy Corgan’s former bandmate James Iha will be serenading the U Street Music Hall with his own brand of post-pumpkins pop. With Milagres. 7. p.m. $15.

RELIVE MELVINS FANDOM: The Melvins—or a three-piece variation of the classic metal band—lands at the Black Cat tonight at 8 p.m. $16.

CHANGEMAKERS: Busboys and Poets (14th and V Streets NW) hosts a reading of 101 Changemakers, a history book for middle school students on some of the forgotten heroes of American history, including Tecumseh, Harriet Tubman, Mark Twain, César Chávez, Rachel Carson, Harvey Milk, Henry Wallace, and many more. 6:30 p.m. Free.