The Suprasternal Notch, In Case You're Interested
* Balkan jazz by the Balkanics at the Slavic Soul Party! in Alexandria. $17.50, 7: 30pm at 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave. [ Birchmere ]
* Jinxed at 12 is headed to that great, big, all-ages punk show in the sky after they play their final show tonight at the Cat. $8, 9pm on the Backstage. [ Black Cat ]
* "Fame hasn't changed the character of the group: They've always been nothing but happy with their 80s niche, and haven't tried to vainly re-create themselves as the years went by." If you happen to be a 40-year-old nostalgic or an archetypical yuppie serial killer, this is the show for you. Tickets start at $22, 8pm. [ Wolftrap ]
* Take your mother to hear English Patient author Michael Ondaatje reads from his new book Divisadero. Free, 7pm at Politics and Prose. [ P&P ]