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HAPPY HOUR: The Alliance Francaise’s Soiree Carte Blanche bring-your-own-iPod DJ party is back at the Phillips Collection tonight. Held in the Center for the Study of Modern Art behind the museum, the evening will feature light food, cash bar, and the art films of Christo and Jeanne-Claude projected on the walls. 6 to 9:30 p.m.; $15 at the door.

MUSIC: If you’ve still never seen local alt-country acts John Bustine or The Moderate, you’d be doing yourself a favor by catching them together tonight at The Velvet Lounge. 9:30 p.m., $7, 21+

ART: The Washington Project for the Arts brings back its fantastic Experimental Media Series. Read our full preview and head down at 7 p.m. for When Absence Becomes Presence.

MUSIC: Don’t sleep on the Phosphorescent show at DC9. Although they’ve gotten a lot of comparisons to Will Oldham, the full band makes for a fuller sound, like Low but rootsier. 9 p.m., $10.