This Week in Geek 2011/09/25

Space Shuttle Endeavor via Steve Jurvetson

A showcase of this week's finest geek and geek related activities for the week. Mark your calendars.

Longer Term

• Art - NASA: 50 Years of Exploration - Washington, DC - Through 10/9
• From photography to paintings, drawings, and sculptures, this exhibition depicts not only the rockstar-like astronauts, but also "the anonymous scientists, engineers, technicians, managers, secretaries, and thousands of others who performed the myriad tasks required to operate a space program."
• Comedy - Hack and Slash: Shakespeare Massacre - Brooklyn Park, MD - 9/30, 10/1, 10/7, and 10/8 at 8:00 PM
• Disappointed that Hack and Slash weren't at renfaire this year? Here's your chance! The new theater show promises comedy, music, and sword fighting, all to the theme of "Why we hate that rotten bastard, William Shakespeare."
• Art - Round House Theater: Fahrenheit 451 - Bethesda, MD - Through 10/9
• A play by Ray Bradbury based on his book by the same name. The Round House Theater has posted some seriously trippy montages of the firemen and the mechanical hound.

"Is it true that a long time ago, firemen used to put out fires?" via Quinn Dombrowski

Tuesday

• General - Heavy Seas Beer Tasting on a Boat - Baltimore, MD - 6:30 PM
• Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on a boat, with Heavy Seas beer. If you didn't get enough pirates on Talk like a Pirate Day, here's your chance to get your fix.

Wednesday

• Holidays - Ask a Stupid Question Day
• Wikipedia tells us that the traditions of this holiday stretch back into the dark ages of the 1980's when people had to draw chalk horses on cave walls rather than search Google for things like "Were dinosaurs made up by the CIA?" Of course, if you're a geek working tech support, every day is Ask a Stupid Question Day.

Saturday

• Music - Deerhoof at the 9:30 Club - Washington, DC - 7:00 PM
• I first heard of Deerhoof a few years back when I started reading through the Questionable Content archives (comic #56 to be exact). And I still have no words with which to describe them other than "gleefully absurd."
• General - Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair - Washington, DC - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Support indie crafters and artists by picking up some awesome handcrafted goods this weekend. The fair is free to attend and will also have entertainment, food, and prizes.

An exciting week! Get to it! Other weekly reoccurring events are listed on our website (such as Rocky, CCG tournaments, crazy themed happy hours...). For more information, check out the calendars at DC Geeks.