I will find myself in a quandary next Tuesday as I attempt to cram two events into one evening.

The first event is Revolt for a Cause, which is being put on at the swanky 18th Street Lounge, which represents pretty much the pinnacle of hipster cool in a town as uncool as Washington, DC. The event is a fundraiser for Wayne Kramer’s prison rehabilitation non-profit, Jail Guitar Doors. If you are a fan of classic punk, then to answer your question, yes, it is named after the Clash song, Jail Guitar Doors (incidentally, written in honor of Wayne, who was serving some time in jail when the song came out in the late seventies). I have mentioned before that I am a fan of Wayne, so I certainly don’t want to miss an opportunity to hear him to do an acoustic set for a small gathering – particularly since I’m getting comped on account of the work I have done as a subcontractor for the group throwing the fundraiser, Revolution Messaging.

But I said there was a conflict.

The Folger Shakespeare Library, a little later that evening, is having an Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute, featuring the poet Lucia Perillo. I confess to knowing nothing about Perillo (I know a good deal about Dickinson – my mother loved her poetry and used to read them to me when I was a child). But before I saw them at the Folger, I knew nothing about Terrance Hayes or Rae Armantrout and had mixed feelings (at best) about Charles Wright. What I’m saying is, I trust their taste enough to take my chances.