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MOVIE: Now that SILVERDOCS is over, the AFI Silver Theater has returned to its regular, excellent programming. Tonight choose between Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal work, Vertigo, at 7 p.m. and 9:20 p.m., and the Best Of the 48 Hour Film Project, International Edition, at 9:30 p.m.

MUSIC: At the second night of Fort Reno, check out Zulu Pearls, Dress Up, and The Shakes. Music starts promptly at 7:15 p.m. As always, free.

Q&A: The Modernist Society returns tonight with special guest Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, who will no doubt be entertaining while he shills for his new book, Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government. Drinking & dancing, as always, follow the interview, this time with D-Mac manning the decks alone. $3 drink specials all night, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Bourbon in Adams Morgan.

MUSIC: Head down to the Bossa Bistro & Lounge to check out recent Three Stars alum John Lee, as he plays with Improviso, a group that blends the improvisation of jazz with global beats. 10:30 p.m. No cover.

READING: David Wroblewski makes an appearance at Politics and Prose to discuss his new novel, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, the story of a family of Wisconsin dog-breeders. 7 p.m.

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