* SOTU drinking game at Ventnor Sports Bar on 18th Street. Free at 9PM. [WP]
* Pinebender at the Black Cat with Des Ark. $8 at 9PM. [Black Cat]
* Vikram Chandra discusses Sacred Games at Politics & Prose. "Chandra's big, lively, and boisterous novel, set in Mumbai, India, intersperses the narratives of Sikh policeman Sartaj Singh and underworld crime boss Ganesh Gaitonde...sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the new year." Free at 7PM. [P&P]
