FRIDAY: >> Don't forget to check out our guide to the Six Points Music Festival as it takes over the town in its second weekend. We're going to once again heartily recommend you head to Iota to catch Unbuckled alums Middle Distance Runner headline a show that also features Unbuckled alums These United States, plus Pittsburgh's Black Tie Revue. Get there early -- this is going to be a packed house for sure. $10, 9:30... more ›

If you've secretely had a crush on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi and his smooth voice, tonight is your chance to see the man in the flesh. more ›

MONDAY Counterprogramming this week’s State of the Union Address will be activist Cindy Sheehan, who will ostensibly be discussing her book Not One More Mother’s Child tonight at All Souls’ Church tonight at 7pm. For anyone who’s either been hiding under a rock this past year or who hasn’t yet experienced the pleasure of being clouted in the forehead with a ball peen hammer by a member of the Free Republic, this reading is a... more ›

A pirate radio station has been created in Washington to encourage people to protest Bush's inauguration in January, CNN is reporting. The story was picked up by Metafilter, who links to this station announcement on D.C.'s Indymedia site. more ›