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STORYTELLING: Sixteen years ago, NPR ran a series called Teenage Diaries, which played audio recordings of teenagers around the country talking about their lives. Tonight, Teenage Diaries Revisited at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (600 I Street NW) brings Melissa Block of NPR’s All Things Considered and Joe Richman of Radio Diaries together with some of the teenagers (no longer) who participated in the series. Doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m. $20.

TALK: Learn about Urban Beekeeping: Why the Movement is Buzzing in DC from urban beekeeper Toni Burnham and BeeCulture magazine Editor Kim Flottam at the S. Dillon Ripley Center (1100 Jefferson Drive SW) tonight. 6:45 p.m.

MOVIE: Matthew McConaughey gives an outstanding performance in Dallas Buyers Club, which our associate editor described as “a heart-wrenching film, but not in the usual way that most Oscar-fodder films are, which makes it all the more impressive” in his recent review. See it tonight at E Street Cinema (555 11th Street NW). 4:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m., and 9:40 p.m. $11.50.

BOOKS: Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto, Run, and State of Wonder, discusses her latest book, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, a memoir through essays, at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue NW) tonight. 7 p.m. Free.