Photo by Mike Maguire.

THEATER: Find out which “companies, directors, and performers should be on your radar,” in this 2017 DC Theatre Season Preview. S. Dillon Ripley Center (1100 Jefferson Drive SW) 6:45-8:45 p.m. $30-45

READING: Authors of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry read some of their work. Shaw’s Tavern (520 Florida Avenue NW) 7:30 p.m. Free

LASAGNA: Tonight’s Movie and a Meal at Via Umbria features a lasagna dinner and a screening of The Italian Job (the 1969 version). (1525 Wisconsin Avenue NW) 7:30-10 p.m. $25