Photo by Tony DeFilippoMUSIC: The Presidents of the United States of America will be performing their entire first album at the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) tonight. Eternal Summers and You Scream I Scream open. 7:00 p.m. $25.
SPACE: Edward C. Stone, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology and chief scientist of the Voyager Mission, gives a talk on “The Voyager Journey to the Edge of Interstellar Space” at the Air and Space Museum’s Lockheed Martin Imax Theater (Independence Avenue at 6th Street SW) this evening. The talk begins at 8:00 p.m., but come from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for a free film (Journey to the Stars) and meet the lecturer at 7:30 p.m. Free, but tickets are required.
>> Following the lecture (or instead of), get a better look at those twinkling stars above us through professional telescopes at the Air and Space Museum’s (Independence Avenue at 6th Street SW) Stargazing at the Public Observatory event tonight. 8:30-10:00 p.m. Free.
POETRY: U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reads her work, then discusses “her poetry, her national role, and the place of poetry in society” at the Newseum (555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) this evening. 7:00 p.m. Free, but RSVP to ahampton@freedomforum.org.
BEER: Pizza Paradiso’s Georgetown location (3282 M Street NW) is hosting a Brasserie Dupont Tasting this evening, featuring 10 Brasserie Dupont beers. Beers will be half-price from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. tonight.
