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ART: The Washington Project for the Arts annual Experimental Media Series starts tonight with a free opening reception at the Phillips Collection at 6:30 p.m. Read our preview and get the details on the other four nights of the series. (Donations suggested).

MUSIC: Screaming Females bring their guitar shredding skills to the Black Cat‘s backstage tonight. Ingrid and Onion Flavored Rings also play. 8:30 p.m., $10.

Or get over to Dupont Circle for Bluebrain’s “Cakeblood”, an experimental cassette tape-based project. They’ll give you a copy of the work which you’ll then pop in your portable tape-deck (which you need to provide) and you’ll follow them on a walk through the city. An RSVP at bluebrainmusic[at]gmail.com is appreciated so they know how many tapes to bring. 7:30 p.m. sharp.

FOOD & DRINK: Take advantage of half-off German beers at the Oktoberfest 2009 event at 14th Street’s Policy tonight. RSVP here for the 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. happy hour, plus there’s an afterparty planned until midnight.

MOVIE: The AFI Silver’s Latin American Film Festival rolls on tonight, with a screening of Adrián Biniez’s Gigante at 7 p.m. The purportedly lighthearted black comedy concerns a supermarket security guard in a Montevideo suburb who becomes obsessed with stalking the new cleaning lady.