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* Antigone Rising, the all-female, surprisingly heavy band will rock the Birchmere tonight. $17.50, 7: 30 p.m. [ Birchmere ]
* "Polite indie rock"? Not Cataract Camp, performing with Narrator. $8, 9: 00 p.m. [ Black Cat ]
* From the "Can I Keep Him?" files: R.D. Rosen discusses the connection between a young couple and a buffalo while simultaneously telling the history of buffalo extermination. 7:00 p.m. [ Politics and Prose ]
* Like comedy? San Francisco? Assuaging your guilty conscience? Hotel Palomar hosts an event to benefit Food & Friends. $65, 6: 30-9:30 p.m. [ City Guide ]