Photo of the National Gallery of Art tunnel taken by Digital Obscura, posted in DCist Photos Thank our lucky stars, it’s Friday. And all this weekend, we’ll be in for a spectacular sky show. Venus, Mercury and Saturn will be closely aligned that’ll make it look like they’re forming a new constellation. Then Mercury comes into the picture on Monday night. The “separation of Mercury and Venus by one-tenth of one degree — or…

Curious how to gain access to the White House briefing room without having to go through all that pesky escort service stuff? Well, an alert reader tipped us off to a panel this evening that should help you out. “How to be a White House Reporter” is sponsored by the National Press Club’s Young Members Committee, and will let you in on all the dirty reporter secrets, such as what a “hard pass” is, the…