We've mentioned Gallery in this column a few times in recent months -- and it was just reviewed in the Weekend section last Friday -- but the user-friendly Silver Spring nightspot is continuing to assemble some of the coolest DJ lineups around, perfect for dancing until 4 a.m., indoors and out. This weekend's set is one of the fiercest yet: Roy Davis Jr., one of the founding fathers of Chicago house, brings his smooth, soulful, funky beats to the dance floor to face off against the roughed-up, pulsing electro and house of Junior Sanchez, who's known for remixing the likes of Bloc Party, the Bravery, Gorillaz and Madonna. Out in the back alley, you've got the jumped-up two-step sound of Joe Nice. The whole afternoon kicks off at 4 p.m. with the 88 Degrees team's terrace party: As DJs Ezekiel Honig, Morgan Packard, Nicholas Sauser, Ben Parris and Mistake spin on the restaurant's large patio, artists work on the club's graffiti wall, paint portraits (assembly-line style, no less) and show off video projects. It all sounds like an incredibly cool way to spend 12 hours, doesn't it? Women enter free before midnight and can abuse the open bar from 10 to midnight, while guys pay nothing until 11, $10 from 11 to midnight and $15 after that.

--Fritz Hahn (August 30, 2006)