* Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh reads from his new book, probably incoherently. Free at 7pm. [Wonderland]

* "Wolfgang Tillmans is internationally recognized as one of the most significant artists to emerge in the 1990s. He approaches his work with a democratic eye and a singular style that rejects the traditional hierarchy of subject matter. His photographs present deceptively casual views of people caught at their most unguarded moments as well as often overlooked subjects and moments in everyday life." Meet the Artist. Free tickets distributed at 6:15, doors at 6:30. [Hirshhorn]

* Hey, you know that band that did that country cover of "Gin and Juice" in like, the 90s sometime? No? Oh, well they're playing tonight. $20, 7:30pm in Alexandria. [Birchmere]

* Zany, feel-good British author Chris Hitchens just wants to make you laugh with his hilarious Kissinger impression and subtly titled new tirade God Is Not Great. 7pm at Politics and Prose. [P&P]