Like many, I take living in DC for granted, completely forgetting what amazing cultural opportunities we have.  The truth is there are lots of great things going on and too often I find out after the fact.  In an effort to not get caught off guard (or less so than usual), I have started scanning for cool happenings before they happen.  I thought I’d share some of what I found.  Maybe I’ll see you at one of these. 

“Investigating Where We Live” 
July 30, 2008 - January 19, 2009
In this  four-week summer program created by the National Building Museum, middle and high school students from the Washington metropolitan area use digital cameras to explore, document, and interpret the built environment in D.C. neighborhoods.

Na'rimbo 
October 7th
Masters of the Mexican marimba, this band from Chiapas also dabbles in Latin and jazz rhythms. Part of the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival.Millennium Stage - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Kenneth Carroll and the DC WritersCorps 
October 2nd
Spoken word and slam poetry as part of the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival. With Brian Gilmore, Howard Soloman and Tri-Flava.

One Planet, Ours! Sustainability for the 21st Century 
May 24 – October 13, 2008, U.S. Botanic Garden
Exhibition will focus on sustainability - not only how it applies to gardens and the landscape, but also how each of us and our communities can live for tomorrow, as well as for today.

MacHOMER 
October 8 – 12, 2008, Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Virtuosic performer Rick Miller brings you 85% of the Bard’s original text delivered by over 50 familiar voices from The Simpsons. This sublimely silly multi-media update of Shakespeare’s chilling tragedy has been a smash hit with sell-out crowds across North America and around the globe.