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BOOK TALK: Former Cosmopolitan magazine editor Kate White comes to the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW) tonight to share career advice for women from her book I Shouldn’t be Telling You This: Success Secrets Every Gutsy Girl Should Know. Doors 6:00 p.m., event at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10, or buy the book for $25 a get 2 free tickets.

SOCCER: D.C. United continues in the playoffs against the New York Red Bulls tonight. They definitely need your support after their last game, so head to The Pug (1234 H Street NE) for a DC United Viewing Party. The event will also be raising funds for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. A $20 donation goes to the foundation, and gets you free Chocolate City beer through the end of the soccer game. 8:00 p.m. Also, follow @DCist_Pablo for updates throughout the game.

MUSIC: The Whigs and Kuroma take the stage at the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) tonight.

>> Ssion, who we featured in yesterday’s “Song of the Day,” performs at the Rock and Roll Hotel (1353 H Street NE) tonight with House of Ladosha and Glitterlust.

GLASSES: Online glasses retailer Warby Parker is beloved by hipsters and nerds alike for its style, its value (frames run around $100) and its charitable giving (for every pair of glasses Warby Parker sells, it donates a pair to someone in need). The sassy glasses group is in town this month with their bus/showroom and can be found tonight and tomorrow at Union Station.