Photo by pablo.raw.

FRIDAY

MONSTER TRUCKS: Friday, FRIDAY, Friday, make your way to Monster Jam at the Verizon Center (601 F Street NW) for a car-crashing, truck-trashing, auto-annihilating good time. 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20-$60 (plus Ticketmaster fees).

MUSIC: Prepare for a night of bluegrass and rock (and sometimes a melding of the two) with The Moderate, Junior League Band and Oh So Peligroso at Black Cat (1811 14th Street NW). 9 p.m. $12.

>> Iota (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington) sets the stage for Moondoggies and Quiet Life. 9 p.m. $12.

HAPPY HOUR: Raise a glass with some of the toughest girls on skates at the D.C. Rollergirls All-Stars Happy Hour at Rocket Bar (714 7th Street NW). Specials will include Jell-O shots priced at $3 for one or $5 for two. 7-9 p.m. No cover.

MOVIES: Tonight and tomorrow, the DC Shorts Film Festival presents “Best of the Fest,” a look back at the best films from the seven years of the festival, at the Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H Street NE). Tonight’s line-up includes wine receptions for fillmmakers and attendees at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Festival Directors’ Favorites at 7 p.m., Celebrating Diversity at 7:30 p.m., part 1 of the Best Of DC Shorts 2010 (including the Oscar-nominated film God of Love) at 9:30 p.m., and part 2 of the Best Of DC Shorts 2010 at 10 p.m. Each program of films is $12, or see all the films over both days for $50.