HEIGHT OF FASHION Would you rather eat an entire Vogue magazine than leave the house in flats? Well, fashionista, this event is for you. Take in the Hello Stiletto Shoe Club’s fashion show featuring looks from Stuart Weitzman, Elie Tahari, Kenneth Cole, and other hot designers, and walk away - in your heels, of course - with free schwag. 21+. 6 p.m. Sept. 24. $20 includes gift bag and refreshments. Center Court, Copley Place. 781-632-2067. www.shoeclub.us
HALFWAY TO ST. PATRICK’S DAY Wait! We’re still not over the summer. How can we even think about March 17? For those who crave the taste of green beer year-round, the Lansdowne Pub is celebrating St. Pat’s Day six months early. Snack on Guinness beef pot pie while listening to the Great Whiskey Rebellion’s rambling, fiddle-driven Irish tunes. Erin go bragh, all. 21+. 8 p.m. Sept. 24. No cover. Lansdowne Pub. 617-247-1222. www.lansdownepubboston.com
CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT Don’t know if it’s a New Hampshire thing or not, but growing up, we called this game beanbag toss. Semantics aside, the Boston Ski & Sports Club is holding its first ever corn hole/beanbag toss tourney tonight at Baseball Tavern. Teams of two will compete for prizes and glory. Expect stiff competition. Registration required. 6:30 p.m. Sept. 24. $10/team, $5/team for members, includes appetizers. Baseball Tavern. 617-789-4070. www.bssc.com
NERD NITE Lectures are so sexy. No, really. Jason Mitchell, assistant professor of psychology at Harvard, will talk about “The Psychology of Sexual Attraction’’ at this geek-friendly discussion and dance night. DJ Claude Money will also spin nerdy tunes (Devo? Rush? Schoolhouse Rock?) all night long. 21+. 8 p.m. Sept. 28. $5. Middlesex. 617-868-6739. www.middlesexlounge.com
COURTNEY HOLLANDS
NAKED COMEDY SHOWCASE Andy Ofiesh has been hosting and producing shows with naked comedians performing for a paying audience for about four years, and he has a monthly show at ImprovBoston. He’ll try it in a bigger space when he takes the show to Oberon. Sept. 25, 10:30 p.m. $14. Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge. 866-811-4111, www.cluboberon.com
NICK DI PAOLO Danvers native Di Paolo brings incendiary stand-up back home from New York, where he is a regular on the club circuit and on Howard Stern and Opie & Anthony. He’ll bring frequent opener Joe List back with him. Sept. 26, 8 p.m. $20. Hard Rock Café. 617-424-7625, www.hardrock.com
STAND-UP AT THE STRAND Chris Tabb, Baron Vaughn, and Bethany Van Delft are used to headlining and hosting at local clubs (though Vaughn is in New York now). They will pool their drawing power and co-headline this show at the Strand. Sept. 26, 8 p.m. $18. Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester. 800-432-7250, www.strandboston.com
NICK A. ZAINO III 
