Saturday, November 7 through Sunday, November 29: Lost In Yonkers, a play about a very dysfunctional Jewish family, will make you 1) regret your decision to go home for Thanksgiving and 2) crave a delicious corned beef sandwich. [Theater J] MORE »

Tuesday, November 3: The Center for American Progress has somehow managed to hire God as a Senior Fellow. His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the patriarch of Orthodox Christianity, will be discussing the nature of progress, an ever-so-fascinating topic, tomorrow at Georgetown University. [Center for American Progress] MORE »

Tonight through Sunday, November 1: Remember that time when New Orleans was an actual thriving city?  Well, in an apparent FU to the world for doing nothing to save the city, the Classical Theater of Harlem has shifted the setting of classic play Waiting for Godot to New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Inactivity has never been so captivating, timely and depressing. [Publick Playhouse] MORE »

Your Wonkabout braved the elements to go where no Wonkabout (or Wonkette for that matter) has gone before: the Dupont Circle High Heel Race. For one whole minute the drag queens, in all their glory, ran down Pride Street and, despite the rain and the high heels, there were no reported injuries.  A peak at the festivities: MORE »

Everyone’s favorite day to run around half-naked is right around the corner, and as of now it’s supposed to be in the low 50s and raining. Hooray! Have you picked out your slut costume yet? Popular loser costumes this year include Bernie Madoff, Balloon Boy, a Teabagger (unless you somehow go as the non-protesting kind…), or any celebrity that has too many children. Don’t freeze your ass off, and have a “fun but safe” Halloween by doing what we tell you: MORE »

Monday, October 26: Does anyone notice that we have a black president? If you still feel like talking about race in the Obama era, you’re in luck: CAP is hosting a discussion about this elusive subject tonight at 6PM. [Center for American Progress] MORE »

Tonight, Friday October 24: One more reason that the EU was a damn good idea: it hosts a continent wide competition to see which country can produce the best pop song. The House of Sweden is holding its own rendition of the contest tonight, complete with past contestants, karaoke and an open bar. Tickets are $20. [Eurovision Night After Dark] MORE »

Monday, October 19: If all goes according to plan, soon America will be made in China. The New America Foundation divulges how the two countries have in fact become one.  [New America Foundation] MORE »

Tonight, October 16 through Saturday, October 26: The gays take over the big screen! See them in all their gay glory in the Reel Affirmations Film Festival. Tickets are $10. [Reel Affirmations] MORE »

Thursday, October 15: In celebration of Columbus Day, Libertarians weigh the pros and cons of using smallpox blankets in Afghanistan. [Cato Institute] MORE »

Tonight through Tuesday, October 13: The quest to gentrify DC has met it’s match: you can now live on the Mall in a completely energy-efficient solar-powered house.[Solar Decathlon] MORE »