To Do: Cher or the Enlightenment

• The French Kicks with Little Ones and the Oranges band. Black Cat. $13 at 8: 30PM. [ Black Cat ]

• 1987'sThe Witches of Eastwickat the LOC's Mary Pickford Theater. Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon and Jack Nicholson in this film adaptation of a 1984 John Updike novel. [ City Guide ]

• Craig Nelson discusesThomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nationsat Olsson's in Penn Quarter. "... this is the first work of history to place Thomas Paine firmly in the heady period of intellectual excitement and political turmoil in which he lived." 7PM. NOTE: We're pretty sure this isn't the guy fromCoach. [ Olsson's ]