Image by Paul Nicklen, courtesy the National Geographic Museum

>> The Washington Project for the Arts annual Experimental Media Series starts tomorrow at the Phillips Collection at 6:30 p.m. Read our preview and get the details on the other four nights of the series here.

>> If you’re still hanging onto your old boombox, or just a lover of performance noise, get over to Dupont Circle on Thursday evening for Bluebrains‘ “thirty something-piece instrumental work Cakeblood.” They’ll give you a copy to pop in your portable tape-deck (which you need to provide) and you’ll follow them on a walk through the city, reminding everyone why headphones were the best invention ever. An RSVP at bluebrainmusic[at]gmail.com is appreciated so they know how many tapes to bring. 7:30 p.m.

>> The Library of Congress’ National Book Festival is this weekend. We’ll have a full preview for you tomorrow.

>> The next Hirshhorn After Hours, featuring Fatback, is Friday, October 23, but tickets just went on sale and sell out fast. $18 in advance.

>> The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities has been in the midst of creating an overarching plan for public art in the city. Tell them what you’d like to see at their Public Input Session next Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at their headquarters, 1371 Harvard Street NW.

>> Not cold enough for you yet? Get over to National Geographic’s Museum to see Polar Obsession, a photographic tour by Paul Nicklen through both the Arctic and Antarctic, opening tomorrow.