Photo by Beau Finley.

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER: Brightest Young Things is hosting their semi-regular Super Best Friends Forever DJ night, featuring a round robin-style DJs at Saint-Ex. Free, starts at 7:30 p.m.

ART: Tonight is the opening reception for SELECT 2015, Washington Project for the Arts’ 34th annual art auction exhibition. The reception, which is happening at Artisphere (1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va.), kicks of five weeks of “public exhibition and a ticketed auction party to support contemporary art and the local artist community. Free, starts at 7 p.m. You can find information on the dozens of artist in this year’s SELECT exhibition here.

LIBRARY JAMS: For anyone who missed the fantastic lunchtime performance Chain & The Gang gave at The MLK Library last week, you’ve got another chance to catch Ian Svenonius’ unique and brilliant approach to performance and art in the unusual setting of a D.C. public library. “Escape-Ism” is an experiential solo project, incorporating sampled found sound into what Spiv calls a “fractured dream narrative.” I’m not quite sure what the result will sound like, though if it’s anything like his other projects it will certainly be interesting and thought-provoking. The library actually seems like a pretty natural space for a more intellectually minded music project like this. Basically, come get weird at the library on a Thursday evening. Free, starts at 6:30 p.m. —Alex Tebeleff