>> We’ve been waiting for this all year, and it’s finally here: Fort Reno kicks off this evening with Mass Movement of the Moth, Unbuckled alumni Deleted Scenes, and the Boom Orangutangs. Take Metro to Tenleytown/American Univeristy and head over to the grassy field at 3950 Chesapeake Street, NW. Shows usually start between 7 and 7:30. Picnics and camaraderie begin whenever you can get out of work. As always, leave the glass bottles and booze at home.

>> Check out several literary readings on offer in our Reader, Meet Author listing, including Martin Cruz Smith at the Penn Quarter Olsson’s, reading from his latest novel, Stalin’s Ghost, at 7 p.m.

>> The Goethe Institut’s Politics in Film series is screening German director Sebastian Heinzel’s 2005 film exploring the attitudes of the youth of Belarus as they grapple with the future of their government’s autocratic regime. 89 Millimeters starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $6.

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