MONDAYEver wondered what it’s like to spend every day in the company of toothless, semi-retarded, supine bunny rabbits? You know, the sort that are fuzzy, cuddly and sometimes cute, but dumb as a box of rocks? Go see Helen Thomas discuss her new book Watchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public. Olsson’s Books & Records, 418 7th St. NW., 7 p.m.
TUESDAY
The popularity of the CSI franchise has spurred an enormous public interest in the science of forensics — so much so that now forensic scientists are getting into the entertainment game. The latest is Thomas Holland, scientific director of the DoD’s Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii and author, One Drop Of Blood. He’ll be at Borders to attend to your many questions, but don’t expect him to know how David Caruso gets away with acting solely through his sunglasses. 5871 Crossroads Center Way, Baileys Crossroads. Tue., 6/20, at 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Dr. Arthur Fournier plunges into the cyclic curse of AIDS and poverty on the island of Haiti in his new book, The Zombie Curse. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Wed., 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club, once again uses the lives of famous authors as a springboard, this time on a historical novel that’s sure to have fans of Baltimore’s most famous resident buzzing. Authentic historical research meshes with fiction in The Poe Shadow, which seeks to explain Poe’s mysterious final days. Olsson’s Books & Records, 2111 Wilson Blvd., Arlington., 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
We’re not entirely sure what “the Performance Movement” is, but, whatever it is, it just got motherfuckin’ served! Beryl Radin and her colleagues bring the beatdown, Challenging the Performance Movement, at Politics and Prose. 6 p.m.
SUNDAY
Ori Soltes traveled from the classroom to museums to the field, examining religious arcana and visiting holy sites in order to track down Our Sacred Signs. One sign that’s not included? The sign with the name of the street you grew up on, which is sacred, obviously, because that’s where your porn surname comes from. Politics and Prose. 1 p.m.
