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FRIDAY

MUSIC: Stranger Than Paradise is the latest venture in the District’s burgeoning electronica scene. With resident DJ NavboX, voted Best DJ in the City Paper’s Best of 2009 poll, STP’s launch party takes place tonight at Station 9‘s upstairs club space. The headliner is DJ Jus-Ed, a veteran of the East Coast House scene, and co-founder of the Underground Quality collective. 10 p.m. $5 before 11 p.m/$10 after.

Tickets are still available to catch The Raveonettes tonight at the 9:30 Club. 8 p.m., $20, with openers The Black Angels.

MOVIE: The Reel Affirmations Film Festival continues this weekend at Sidney Harman Hall (and various other venues). Check the full schedule for showtimes, and don’t miss our other film picks for the week.

ART: The DCAC hosts a show by art collective Sparkplug, which opens tonight. Findings is a curated show with seven artists, whose work are “conversation” pieces about art and inspiration. Reception is 7 to 9 p.m.

JAZZ: Guitarist Bill Frisell returns to D.C. for the first time since his masterful performance at Wolf Trap in the spring. Frisell performs at the Kennedy Center tonight along with longtime colleagues Tony Scherr and Kenny Wolleson. Tickets to the 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. sets are $35.