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COCKTAILS: Daikaya mixologist and former DCist writer Eddie Kim shakes things up at the Corcoran (500 17th Street NW) this evening at the first eight Artini 2013 nights. Raise a glass of a specialty cocktail and purchase a raffle ticket in support of NOW at the Corcoran. RSVP required. 6:00 p.m. Free.

COMEDY: Funny Moms IV brings comedians Jamel Johnson, Matty Litwak, Sara Armour, Brandon Wardell, and Michael Foody to the Wonderland Ballroom (1101 Kenyon Street NW) tonight. 9:00 p.m. Free.

MUSIC: Rapper Lupe Fiasco plays a surprisingly non-sold out show at the Fillmore (8656 Colesville Road Silver Spring MD) tonight. 8:00 p.m. $35.

TALK: Sit back and bask in a Smithsonian Associates talk on Touching the Sun: A Sizzling Exploration, where scientist Justin Kasper will discuss his Solar Probe Plus, “the first instrument that will literally ‘touch’ the sun” this Wednesday at the S. Dillon Ripley Center (1100 Jefferson Drive SW). 6:45-8:45 p.m. $30-$42.