TUESDAY:
Tomorrow is a treasure trove for science and sci-fi junkies. Our reviewer raved about The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula. Hear author Eric Nuzum muse on the undead at Wonderland Ballroom, 1101 Kenyon St. NW, which will offer drink specials, while Olsson’s will have books for sale at the bar. Fangs and capes encouraged. 7 p.m.
Over at Politics and Prose, author Ira Flatow will discuss his lengthily titled book, Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature. The host of NPR’s Science Friday is a wealth of scientific knowledge, from string theory to wind farms, and he wraps it all neatly in a package that everyone can open. 7 p.m.
Floating animals and politics-fueled races round out our science Tuesday as author Michael D’Antonio reads from his book A Ball, A Dog and a Monkey: 1957 – The Space Race Begins at Olsson’s Courthouse. 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY:
Texas legend Kinky Friedman may not have made it into office, but at least it gave him fodder for a book about how messed up our political system is right now. Shake hands with the man himself and listen to him read from You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can’t Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics. Since Texas’ problems become all our problems, check it out at Olsson’s Penn Quarter, 7 p.m.
