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MUSIC: The Brooklyn based synth-pop duo Holy Ghost! performs. 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) 7 p.m. $20.

MORE MUSIC: The Anacostia-based brass band Sweet Heaven Kings performs on the Millennium Stage. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street NW) 6 p.m. Free.

PAINT: Do you see splatter paintings in museums and think, “I can do that”? Prove it during tonight’s “Paint Like Pollock” class. ArtJamz Dupont Studio (1728 Connecticut Avenue NW) 7 p.m. $36.

LIGHTS: Tonight is one of your last chances to check out ZooLights at the National Zoo (3001 Connecticut Avenue NW). Closed on December 31 for the holiday, but open on January 1. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free. Bring $3 if you want to go “snow tubing” on Lion/Tiger Hill. —Sarah Anne Hughes