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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Friday, September 11-Thursday, September 17: A celebrity is in town, and it has NOTHING to do with Obama! See Billy Crystal perform a play all about HIMSELF, because he is so important and witty that he wants you to experience every single one of his moments of love, laughter and loss. Tickets are $42-$150. [700 Sundays] MORE »

Tonight, Friday, September 4:Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is helping us bid adieu to watching movies outside during the summer. The late John Hughes directed this tale of some rich kids in Chicago or somewhere, and how they have sex with Sarah Jessica Parker, in space. It’s the final film being screened as part of Rosslyn’s I Love the ’80s Film Festival. Enjoy a final evening under the stars, but take heart in knowing that 1) 1980s film festivals are overrated anyway and 2) DC has plenty of great indoor spots where you can catch a free movie. [I Love the 80s Film Festival]
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Friday, August 7: While it may not be nearly as exciting as the Air Sex Finals that were held in DC this past June, the US Air Guitar Championships at the 9:30 Club tonight should still be an entertaining evening. Watch people awkwardly strum their stomachs for a chance to be crowned Champion and the opportunity to travel to Finland to participate in the World Championship. 8PM. $20. [9:30 Club] MORE »

Tonight through Saturday, August, 1: If you’ve ever wanted to pretend you were Christopher Walken, or contemplate good versus evil using only pantomime, or if you just like watching people attempt to be funny on the spot (and then laugh at them when they don’t succeed), go to the Improvapalooza at the Source theater this weekend — 85 shows and 16 hours of comedic genius (hopefully) for just $10 a day. [The Washington Improv Theater] MORE »

It’s here! Well, OMFG the second installment of Screen on the Green is coming up on Monday, July 27. The first one may have almost been rained out, but we CAN’T WAIT to see the next film, Dog Day Afternoon, on Monday. What’s it about? Is it any good? Who cares! [This is a very well-known Oscar-winning movie, ARIELLE. -- Ed.] This is about our RIGHT to watch old movies on the Mall that we would otherwise never ever even think about watching. [Screen on the Green] MORE »