If you're looking for entertainment next Thursday night, June 23, in Washington, please come to the famous Politics and Prose book store (which is under new ownership as of today) to hear Brooke Gladstone, of NPR's On The Media, talk about her very interesting new book The Influencing Machine. I'll be interviewing her, starting at 7pm. 
And if you have the ability to be in two places at once, consider also going to the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center to hear OK Go and (yes) Pomplamoose. They're on at 6pm.I am looking into telekinesis options for myself that evening. Enjoy one or the other or both.
UPDATE: Short of telekinesis, there is always the choice of watching the show later, via the Kennedy Center's web site where Millennium Stage performances are archived. Thanks to reader DB for this tip.
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James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. He has reported extensively from outside the United States and once worked as President Carter's chief speechwriter. He and his wife, Deborah Fallows, are the authors of the new book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America, which has been a New York Times best-seller and is the basis of a forthcoming HBO documentary.