To Do: Rich People Get Stuff Done

• The Mountain Goats with Christine Fellows at the Black Cat. $13 at 8PM. [ Black Cat ]

• Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Golden discussesThe Price of Admission. Golden argues that rich and powerful people pull strings to get their kids into Ivy League universities. What a kook. 7PM at Politics & Prose. [ P&P ]

• Massive Attack with Christine Moritz at the 9: 30 club. $40 at 8PM. [ 9: 30 ]

• John Baldessari is the first of many celebrity guest curators for the Hirshhorn's "Ways of Seeing" exhibit. Free, but arrive at 6: 15 to get a ticket. [ Hirshhorn ]