Eco-Theatre: Keep the Light On at Annex is human-powered theatre -- bicycling literally keeps the lights on. The collection of three dystopic one-acts includes Foxy Populi ("a hilarious, sharp-fanged satire on the downfall of Western civilization, through the meltdown of a crazed blond pop star"), 1001 ("a skein of surreal scenes spun by a Scheherazade-like delivery boy who tangles with a one-eyed pharmacist, a homicidal client and a lisping Mexican widow") and ElectriCity (a "sweet and twisted, a puppet/human chronicle of a curious child and her mother visiting the world's last remaining amusement park")--all quotes from Misha Berson's review. We haven't seen it ourselves. But this photo from Foxy Populi--of Foxy (Megan Ahiers) and her manager
Jett Alamo (Alex Garnett), Sam Wilson pedaling--makes us think we gotta correct this oversight.

Maya Angelou: We were trying to decide what category a talk by Dr. Maya Angelou would go in, but after scanning her bio we just gave up and made her her own category. We had no idea she was once a cast member in a touring production of Porgy and Bess. She has known why caged birds sing since 1969, but people still can't handle her truth; her memoir ranks #3 on the ALA's list of the most frequently challenged books from 1990-2000. That inaugural "On the Pulse of Morning" poem was not her best stuff, but writing in public like that is tough, and it was more or less what the Clinton administration deserved.

7:30pm // Paramount Theatre //Tickets $38-$82

Comedy: The Non-Profit Comedy gang is back with a benefit at the Comedy Underground for the unfortunately named Compassion and Choices of Washington (We guess no one thought "Fixin' To Die Tag" was that catchy). The event is run by Yoram Bauman, the stand-up economist ("''Macroeconomists have successfully predicted nine of the last five recessions''), whom Sightline's Alan Durning once told us was the funniest economist he knew. Despite the do-gooder dust sprinkled over the event, we're told the humor may be filthy, provoking, or plainly offensive. You know, like Family Guy.

8:30-10pm // Comedy Underground, 222 S Main St // Tickets $12, $6 with student ID

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