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ENVIRONMENT: Former vice president and climate change activist Al Gore comes to Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW) tonight to discuss his new book The Future, which presents “six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come.” The event is sold out, but a few tickets have popped up on Craigslist. 7:00 p.m.

BATTLE OF WORDS: The pen is truly mightier than the sword at the Literary Death Match tonight, which will pit writer against writer, written word against written word, in a raucous judge-fest at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (2700 F Street NW) tonight. 6:00 p.m. Free.

MUSIC: Fun., whose anthem “Some Nights” is still fun to sing along to even after the millionth time you’ve heard it, is playing DAR Constitution Hall (1776 D Street NW) this evening. 8:00 p.m. $34.

MOVIES: Catch some Oscar-nominated films at E Street Cinema (555 11TH Street NW), including Argo (7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.), Beasts of the Southern Wild (5:20 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:35 p.m. ), and The Life of Pi (4:45 p.m., 7:45 p.m.). $11 each film.