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* Robert Stone talks aboutPrime Greenat Politics & Prose. "Stone spent the Sixties in the San Francisco counterculture presided over by hallucinogenic guru Ken Kesey, and populated by fellow peyote-peppered luminaries like John Coltrane and Lenny Bruce." Free at 7PM. [ P&P ]
* Chris Hedges talks aboutAmerican Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on Americaat Olsson's in Penn Quarter. Hedges "challenges the Christian Right's religious legitimacy and argues that at its core it is a mass movement fueled by unbridled nationalism and a hatred for the open society." Get ready for the ride of your life. Free at 7PM. [ Olsson's ]
* Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff talk aboutThe Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nationat another Olsson's in Arlington. "Drawing on private correspondence, notes from secret meetings, unpublished articles, and interviews, veteran journalists Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff... show how a dedicated cadre of newsmen revealed to a nation its most shameful shortcomings." Free at 7: 30PM. [ Olsson's ]
* For you pleasure seekers: Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime at the 9:30 Club. $15 at 6PM. [ 9: 30 Club ]