Today, November 20 through Thursday, January 3: If you’ve ever fallen victim to being set up on a blind date by your father, you’ll love the play The Fantasticks. Its got meddlesome parents, singing, dancing, and Christmas lights! [Arena Stage] MORE »

Wednesday, November 18: AEI is worried that there are no female scientists.  Oh wait, they don’t really care, they’re just worried that the government may intervene and do something about this. You know, because government intervention in ANYTHING brings about dire “socioeconomic repercussions.” [AEI] MORE »

Sunday, November 15: Fact: No city can call itself a hipster haven unless it hosts a Tweed Ride.  So, find your tweed jacket, wool vest, knickers, pipe, and bell, all of which you obviously have, you hipster you, and get ready for DC’s first annual Tweed Ride: a leisurely jaunt through the H Street Corridor followed by drinks at Marvin. What a pointless afternoon of merry-making it will be! [Dandies and Quaintrelles] MORE »

Monday, November 9: It’s the JDate event of the century: a discussion at the Hudson Institute about why all Jews are liberals! Learn why the Jews worship Obama (hint: it’s not because he’s black). [Hudson Institute] MORE »

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 »

Now that Bob McDonnell is governor of Virginia, who knows what’s in store for blacks and women?!?! So, before the new leadership goes and names more streets after its Civil War heroes, you should visit it on a day trip. It’s just lovely in the fall, what with the leaves and all. 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 »