Today through Saturday, September 26: You eat out at participating DC restaurants, and children all over the world, even those in the shittiest countries, will stop eating each other. [Great American Dine-Out] MORE »

It’s still “Oktober,” according to the German lunar calendar. Hooray! At one “Oktoberfest,” the Teutonic Gods are giving away ancient beer tickets, and all you have do to is dress like a German. It’s so easy — actual Germans do it all the time! Just make sure if you go retro and dress as a Nazi you know what you’re getting yourself into! (It’s Poland.) MORE »

Every autumn, the Germans celebrate German Christmas, or “Oktoberfest.” This is the weekend for many such festivities. So go, drink beer and eat wursts, and celebrate the virgin birth of European Jesus. For you pagans, there’s also going to be a discussion at Politics & Prose about whatever it is Barack Obama does in Mississippi on Friday. MORE »