Are you a verbally pompous know-it-all? Prove it at Wordplay, the annual fundraiser for Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle, where fans of vocabulary, pop culture, history, and literature show off their smarts to support adult literacy, one-to-one English lessons, and citizenship tutoring. Form a team, or play along in the audience, and take your chance on a mix of raffle prizes, including two nights at the Homestead resort, pie-making classes, and German lessons. $24.75, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net
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