EAT THIS
Pizzeria Paradiso owner Ruth Gresser opened her new fast-casual pizza restaurant, Veloce, this morning. The place features brick oven-fired personal-sized pizzas cooked in minutes. The menu includes breakfast pizzas and calzones plus lunch and dinner pies like The Smokehouse with smoked mozzarella, applewood-smoked bacon, kale, and red onions. Grab-and-go salads are also available. Veloce, 1828 L St. NW. (202) 290-1910.eatatveloce.com. (Jessica Sidman)
OH AND ALSO
Swedish vocalist Tove Styrke performs at DC9 with electronic trio LANY and local synthpop artist Furniteur. 8 p.m. at 1940 9th St. NW. $12.
At the Quaker Meeting House at Sidwell Friends School, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, kidnapping victims who survived a decade of torture, read from their new book about the ordeal, Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland, with their co-authors, Washington Post writers Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan. 7 p.m. at 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Free; registration required.
Argentine metal band Rata Blanca takes the stage at the Howard Theatre with local hard rock act Metanium. 8 p.m. at 620 T St. NW. $40–$65.
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