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 »

Tuesday, October 6: These days the EU poses about as much of a threat to the scientific method as Germany poses to France.  At least, that’s what most rational people think.  AEI exposes how the EU has placed science in jeopardy! [AEI] MORE »

Tonight and Saturday, October 3: Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance. Dance if you want to, but it’s way more fun to pay $15 to watch some of the best do it. [Velocity DC Dance Festival] MORE »

Monday, September 28: When you’re down, worried about socialism, and convinced that Obama is Hitler, Ronald Reagan will always be there. Today, the Heritage Foundation once again honors this man.  [Heritage Foundation] MORE »

Saturday, September 26: Laura Bush did not read to her children and she felt bad because her kids became losers. To make up for it, she invented The National Book Festival. Even though she is gone from DC and one daughter is now on the teevee, the festival continues, but it is now hosted by the very literate Obamas.  [National Book Festival] MORE »

Tonight through Saturday, October 10: Messing with gender is a surefire way to make a play successful, or at least more interesting. The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop gives you ALL-GIRL Shakespeare in their rendition of Measure for Measure. And what better to have an all-female cast in one of Shakespeare’s most sexually-charged plays. [Capitol Hill Arts Workshop] MORE »

Tuesday, September 15: Happy anniversary Lehman Brothers!  One year ago today you kids went under, screwing over pretty much all of America. Here’s to last year, a year of high unemployment, bailouts and the near total collapse of the American/global banking system! The Brookings Institute examines what happened last September, where we are today, and what we can do to prevent future crises Tuesday at 10AM. [Brookings Institute] MORE »