This Week In Geek: Marathons, Puppets, Marathons, SPACESHIP

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

Long Term

• Studio Ghibli Encore - Silver Spring, MD
• Miss your chance to see The Wind Rises? AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is giving you a second chance. Catch Miyazaki's latest (and last) film in screenings through July 2nd. There will also be showings of all other of Miyazaki's films.

Another chance to say goodbye to a great film maker (Image via RealmCast)

Monday

• Trivia with the Bard at Brixton - Washington, D.C. - PM
• This weekly event is getting a shake up with Shakespeare trivia. It's only going on throughout Shakespeare Theatre's run of Henry IV Parts 1 and 2. It ends June 2nd, so take this chance to show all the competition that they are as a candle, the better burnt out.

Tuesday

• Beyond Orwell: Surveillance, Secrets and Whistleblowers in the Security State - Washington, D.C. - 9PM
• A free talk by Daniel Ellsberg and several other journalists and whistleblowers at GWU about their experiences and the choices they made to be whistleblowers.

Thursday

• Encyclopedia Show - Washington, D.C. - 8PM
• Self-described nerdcore vaudevillian extravaganza, the Explorers take a different encyclopedia entry every show to analyze and take apart through their wit, charm, and art. Tickets are $8.

Saturday

• Science Festival - Washington, D.C. - 9AM
• SCIENCE! D.C.'s 3rd annual celebration of science. Covering energy, engineering, health, medicine, and spaaaace. This free and family-friendly event is packed with over 3000 activities. Good thing it's all weekend. Disclaimer - learning about space may make you love space.

SPACESHIP SPACESHIP SPACESHIP (Image via LEGO)

• DISASTERTHON! All-Day Marathon of Cataclysmic Classics - Washington, D.C. - 12PM
• A marathon of disaster epics in Hirschorne's sculpture garden. Six awesome (or awesomely bad) catastrophic classics. Even if you can't make it to the marathon, you can still make your pick for the best disaster movie. What's it going to be? Sharknado or Night of the Living Dead? YOU DECIDE.
• SpringFest - Shirlington, VA - 12PM
• Capitol City Brewing Company's inaugural SpringFest. An afternoon of beer and food tastings, music, and the release of the Capitol City Sommer Hefeweizen. Tickets are $30, but you get a tasting glass for the over 100 different samples available. 
• The Weirdo (Puppet) Show - Washington, D.C. - 10PM
• Some of D.C.'s favorite vaudeville and sideshow performers are coming together for another version of the Weirdo Show. PUPPETS. With one of the many performers being known for her "little girl with saxophone and hot, horny Santa", you know this won't be your usual puppet show. Tickets are $10.
• Naked Girls Reading Presents Nerdettes - Washington, D.C. - 10PM
• Like reading? Like sci-fi and fantasy? Like naked girls? OF COURSE YOU DO. Especially when all three are combined. This time around, Naked Girls Reading is taking their tales from Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, and other fan favorites. Pre-sale tickets are $20 and $25 the day of show.

Did we miss something? If you have an event you’d like to promote that isn’t on this list, leave a comment or email us. Other weekly recurring 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.