File this under Look Up: the International Space Station is going to make some incredibly bright passes overhead the next few days. SpaceWeather.com explains, "the behemoth spacecraft will be in constant sunlight as its orbit lines up with Earth's day-night terminator," which also means that most locations will see it pass overhead multiple times a night. Here in D.C. we'll see it first tonight at 10:04 p.m. followed by a second pass for the night-owls at 4:02 a.m. Saturday night, catch it at 8:56 p.m. and 4:29 a.m. Click over to the satellite tracker for where to look in the sky – for tonight's first pass, look towards the the West-Southwest and stack your outstretched fist about five times high from the horizon, which is about 50 degrees. If we have clear skies, the ISS will be brighter than Mars and Saturn, and nearly as bright as Venus – all three planets will be also be in the Western sky tonight. more ›

>> There's a great, free Caribbean-themed outdoor concert tonight on the Kennedy Center's South Plaza Stage from 5:30 to 9 p.m.: Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Jamaica’s The Ska-talites, and Richmond's jazz-funk outfit Plunky & Oneness. The show will go on rain or shine. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. >> Assuming the predicted thunderstorms late tonight don't block the view completely, you might want to dust off that telescope and see if you can spot the... more ›

>> In case you missed this story in the Washington Post this morning, it seems another one of D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton's favorite long-term projects, expanding the District's Home Rule Charter to give the District budget and legislative autonomy, is actually getting some play up on the Hill. We can't even count how many times she's introduced bills like the two currently before the House, but it's been at least 15 years since Congress... more ›

Allen Witt, an engineer from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said many of the displays seemed to stop after the mid-1980s. more ›

Gossip, gossip, gossip! It's all gossip on the "West Wing" this week and it makes for a fine episode. One week before the season finale and man, things are getting good. We switch back and forth from the election to the current lame-duck administration. more ›