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BEER: Jack Rose (2007 18th Street NW) is celebrating the inauguration early with a Yes We ‘Can’ Goose Island Tap Takeover Party tonight. There will be specials on Goose Island canned beer (including the president’s favorite: 312 Urban Wheat) as well as three Goose Island vintage beers on tap. 7:00 p.m.-midnight.

MUSIC: Gringo Star’s “high pitched vocals and ‘whoa-wah-oh-wah-ohs’ recall the Wilson brothers even when buried under fuzz and distortion,” explained Valerie Paschall in the most recent Weekly Music Agenda. See them tonight at the Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW) with Midnight Spin and America Hearts. 8:00 p.m. $12.

BOOKS: Ward Wilson, senior fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, reveals “Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons,” also the title of his new book, at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue NW) tonight. 7:00 p.m. Free.

FUN: It’s all fun and games at Penn Social (801 E Street NW) tonight. Stay out late for arcade games, skeeball, shuffleboard, beer pong, flip cup, and more paired with drink specials. 10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.