Photo by LeRoy Armstead.

CLIMBING: Teacher/blogger/outdoorsman Mr. Brian Whitmer shares what it is like to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library (1630 7th Street NW) 7-8:30 p.m. Free

BOURBON: It’s National Bourbon Heritage Month. Celebrate at The Royal as they offer bourbon from Kentucky Bourbon Distillers neat or in a classic cocktail for $8 and pours of 22-year cask strength 133.6 proof bourbon for $16 (only 25 available)! (501 Florida Avenue NW) 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

HAPPY HOUR: It’s the last scheduled Happy Hour at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Food and drink sold by Tortoise and Hare Bar and Grille. (700 Independence Avenue SW) 5-8:30 p.m. Free admission.

Later this week…

TUESDAY Learn how the tallest monument in the Western Hemisphere came to be when the 9th Annual Guggenheim Center Tribute Program spotlights the Gateway Arch. National Archives Museum – William G. McGowan Theater (Constitution Avenue NW between 7th & 9th Streets) 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Treat yourself to “small bites and big laughs” when Taste Test Comedy Night comes to Prequel. Features performances from four comedians. (918 F Street NW) 7-9:30 p.m. $13

THURSDAY Check out some of the year’s best computer graphics at the 2015 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival. Torpedo Factory Art Center (105 N. Union Street Alexandria, VA) 7-9 p.m.