Smart Night Out

A $39.27 lecture in a Logan Circle bar explores how multiparty democracy can work, presented by professors, experts and storytellers.

Compete in a free-to-play bar trivia challenge at The Queen Vic, with food, drinks and prizes mentioned in the listing.

Test your movie knowledge at Trivia Tuesday in Alamo Drafthouse’s Highbinder Bar.

Denise and Frank, co-chairs of the Foggy Bottom History Project, discuss the neighborhood before the construction of the Watergate Complex.

Journalist Zahra Joya discusses her book, “The Vanishing Girl of Kabul: Betrayal, Hope and an Extraordinary Fight for Women’s Rights,” with Amie Ferris-Rotman.

Novelist Naomi Kanakia addresses what readers gain from engaging with the classics, including claims that they are difficult, problematic and white.

Hear the American Revolution reconsidered as a world war that unleashed chaos, opportunity and transformation.

East City Bookshop hosts Joanna Shupe to discuss The Gilded Rose with Sophie Jordan and Diana Quincy.

Authors Elle Cosimano and Hannah Morrissey discuss their new murder mystery romance, “Home for the Homicides.”