Photo by Oren Levine.

WINE: From now through May 10, Taste Around Town, “a restaurant week for wine,” will bring libations from France’s Rhone Valley. To kick things off, Bottlenotes, Inc is hosting a Launch Party, featuring gourmet bites from Ardeo + Bardeo and “free-flowing” wines from the Rhone Valley. We also found you a promo code for $30 off the original $40 price. You’re welcome. Ardeo + Bardeo (3311 Connecticut Avenue NW) 6-8 p.m. $10

CARPE DIEM: In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library screens Dead Poets Society. (901 G Street NW) 6 p.m. Free

COMICS: The Embassy Of Czech Republic screens the sci-fi comedy Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (Czech with English subtitles) as part of the V4 Film Series. (3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW) 7-9:30 p.m. Free