The International Spy Museum is opening an exhibit in March that will showcase the high-tech vehicles seen in more than a dozen Bond films.

The private museums will unlock their doors on Monday, as D.C. enters Phase Two of reopening.

The museum’s president says the Senate Intelligence Committee’s 2014 report on the Bush-era interrogation tactics will be added to the controversial exhibit.

The historian and curator of the International Spy Museum sees his profession all over the ‘Star Wars’ universe.

It is set for a 2018 opening.

Rumors of tasty hamburgers and thick, candied custard concretes are buzzing today, following a post on Prince of Petworth yesterday that hinted at D.C. getting its second stand-alone Shake Shack restaurant.

Josephine Baker’s spying past will be revealed on Wednesday evening at the Spy Museum. Image courtesy of the Spy Museum. DCist’s guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Monday: >> At 6:30 p.m., the 14th Street Busboys hosts environmental leader Dr. Vandana Shiva, who will be discussing and signing several of her books, including Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply. >> Also tonight is a book talk with Angels…

This month the area’s museums are chock full of celebrations, openings, anniversaries and festivals. Enough to keep your dance card filled and your brain active. >> The Natural History Museum describes the ocean as “a huge, awesome realm — sometimes mysterious but always amazing.” Their interpretation of the “awesome realm” will be shown in the long awaited opening of the Sant Ocean Hall on September 27. The exhibit represents the largest renovation in the…

Dig It! The Secrets of Soil exhibit photo courtesy of John Steiner, Smithsonian Institution. With August’s abrupt arrival, summer session is almost over. Even if you’ve been done with school for ages, you may still want to keep that brain sharp, if only to make yourself sound interesting at parties. While most of the area’s galleries are a bit out-of-commission, the museums are still packing in the events. >> Recently opened on July 18…

>> The Rock and Roll Hotel hosts Austin’s electro-indie Octopus Project and Shout Out Out Out Out. $10, 8:30 p.m. >> Rustico in Alexandria is bringing back its delightfully insane Don’t Hassel the Hof Brau party, which honors Munich’s famous Hofbrau Oktoberfest beer as well as perennial German favorite and noted drunk entertainer, David Hasselhoff. Free Hofbrau mugs with every beer, and our own beer guy, Eric Denman, will be tending bar and sporting…