MONDAY: Tony Kushner will discuss the plays of Arthur Miller with Jeffrey Brown at the Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave NW. Topics may or may not include who the baddest Jewish playwright of our time really is, and whether anyone who convinced the likes of Marilyn Monroe to convert has any competition in that category to begin wtih. Tickets are $13 each; two tickets are included with the purchase of a book. 8:15 p.m. WEDNESDAY:…

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two guest writers we invited to comment on the stadium lease, which is set to be voted on tomorrow. First off was Vincent Morris, the mayor’s spokesman, speaking in favor of the stadium deal, and now we have Council-member David Catania (I-At Large) opining against it. The Stadium is Bad News for the District By David Catania “If you build it, they will come,” infers the voice in…

As a live act, with two drum kits and, at one point, six people participating in percussion, Modest Mouse is definitely driven by its rhythm section. At Thursday night’s show, it was impressive to watch the complementing drummers pound away, working to coordinate seemingly disparate sonic elements into the cohesive sound that is Modest Mouse. But then Isaac Brock chimed in with some vocals and the whole thing, unfortunately, sort of broke apart. Usually, it…

Expanding Tyson’s Corner: Wow. There’s been a lot of regional planning news lately. First, local leaders met at a local planning gathering equipped with Lego blocks and maps trying to figure out how to accommodate 2 million more people in the area in the next 25 years. Second, the Post reports on how Tyson’s Corner Center (where we snagged this image) is seeking to expand, transforming its regional shopping mall cluster into a giant built-up…