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That's according to the Washington Business Journal, which reports that Madison Square Garden LP is looking for a space to open up a rather large new theater in the District. At least one source of the BizJo's puts the size the potential venue at "6,000 seats or more, requiring up to 100,000 square feet," which, just for comparison's sake, would make it almost twice the size of DAR Constitution Hall. Steve Moore, executive director of the Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership, told the paper that he has been pitching the company on sites near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and in the area around Nationals Park. Can you think of any other locations something that big would fit in, that's also close enough to Metro?

By now everyone in the District knows about the very popular events taking place at the House of Sweden, and many of the other embassies around the city. Though somewhat out of the way, and that may not be a bad thing for those hoping to avoid crowds, the French Embassy's cultural wing, La Maison Française, also deserves prominent mention on this list. Ranging from film festivals to concerts, the venue hosts events to showcase the arts of the French diaspora.

Fans of live music in the District tend to have a real soft spot for the Velvet Lounge near 9th and U Streets NW. It's a tiny venue with a reputation for hosting experimental acts no one else will, and for employing one of the best sound engineers in town in Rob Curtis. But no one who tries to keep track of who is playing at the Velvet Lounge has ever had a single nice thing to say about their web site. For at least the last four or five years, the bar's web site been a stark, all-black background with an ordered list of dates and band names, without a single other piece of crucial information included, like say, set times or prices. The only other item on the page was the following text at the top: "NOTE: Please be patient while we redesign the website!" We had long since given up on the idea that anyone had any intention of redesigning the site.

... to come to their 3rd Wednesday Happy Hours. And if you aren't yet as excited about the Capital Fringe Festival as we are, let it be known that the time to wave those freak flags high is nigh.

Venues aren't exactly action-packed this week, but there are a number of opportunities to see some bands hovering just beneath the radar. And there's Blowfly (more below).