Photo by Craig Hudson Photography

BEER: Join Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garret Oliver at National Geographic Live! (1600 M Street NW) this Wednesday for Beer from Where??, a beer-tasting event showcasing brews “from some of the most unlikely beer-producing places on Earth.” Beer will be paired with local bread, sausages, and cheese. 7 p.m. $85.

COMEDY/LECTURE: The awesomely odd Baltimore filmmaker John Waters performs a one-man show at Howard Theater (620 T Street NW) tonight. He’ll “share his early negative artistic influences, his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, the extremes of the art world, Catholicism, sexual deviancy and a love of reading.” Doors 6:00 p.m., show 8 p.m. $30 in advance, $35 day of.

DANCE: The Alliance Française’s Urban Corps festival continues tonight with La Niña de la Casa Azul a dance event featuring three Mexican and two French dancers interpreting artist Frida Kahlo’s life through movement. This performance has been choreographed by Aurélien Kairo and will be paired with orchestral, blues, and percussion at the Montgomery College, Takoma Park-Silver Spring Cultural Arts Center (7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring). 8 p.m. $5 students, $15 AFDC members/children/seniors/military, and $20 general public.

BEARS: Don Moore, associate director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, discusses Polar Bears, Climate Change–and You at the S. Dillon Ripley Center (1100 Jefferson Drive SW) this evening. 7-8:30 p.m. $25.

MUSIC: The Features play the Black Cat Backstage (1811 14th Street NW) tonight with Heyrocco. 8 p.m. $12.