When it comes to quality fiction, keen-eyed local readers probably know to keep it indie. With over a dozen print and online literary magazines and small publishers, D.C.’s literary scene is growing and formidable. This Saturday's  Indie Lit Summit, aimed at bookish types from D.C. and Baltimore, aims to address the scene and its future.
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Friday's Silverdocs schedule is packed with exciting new premieres. How do you choose what to see? We've got another roundup of today's best.
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth-An Urban History
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth is a thoughtful film that examines both the mythology and the history of a St. Louis housing complex. Once monuments to modernism and the new look [...]

Those yearning to dance with people other than Jefferson Memorial protesters should consider the Depeche Mode Dance Party, the synth-tastic DJ night that celebrates its 10th anniversary at Black Cat tonight. Touted as the biggest Depeche Mode night on the East Coast, its DJs should be commended for their stalwart commitment to one band, though [...]

You wouldn't necessarily expect to see punk icon Ian MacKaye and graffiti artist Tim Conlon in the same room. But they're both among the subjects of "Documents: Alternative Guide to the DC Underground," a show by Ayodamola Okunseinde and Yulia Graham that opens tonight at the Gallery at Vivid Solutions, and which makes surprising connections between mainstays [...]

Don't try to pronounce the name of [dNASAb], the Brooklyn-based sculptor and mixed media artist whose work is currently exploded across the surfaces of Irvine Contemporary Gallery. The moniker stands for Disney-NASA-Borg, which tells you plenty about this artist whose works are chaotic, hyper-chromatic assemblages of torn-apart technology.
For his solo show "Dataklysmos," [dNASAb] engages in [...]