Photo by LaTur.ART: Tonight’s Phillips After 5 event at the Phillips Collection (1600 21st Street NW) will feature a screening of five animated films nominated for this year’s Academy Awards from 6:30-8 p.m. The night will also celebrate the work of Kandinsky with Russian food and drink and a gallery talk on his 1912 trip to Moscow and how that affected his art. 5-8:30 p.m. $12.
>> The Art Museum of the Americas (201 18th Street NW) is throwing an Art after Dark party with DJs, a number of artists, food trucks parked outside, and an open bar. 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door.
DANCE: Swivel those hips with the tribal fusion dancers of the Ooh La La Belly Dance Revue, tonight at the Red Palace (1212 H Street NE). Doors 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. $10.
MUSIC: Guttermouth brings their awesomely “snotty, politically incorrect pop-punk” to the Black Cat Backstage (1811 14th Street NW) with The New Threat and Bumpin Uglies. 8 p.m. $13.