To Do: Feel Really Old

WED. MAY 12

•Test the limits of twee self-absorption. Cokie Roberts reads from "Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation." [ Smithsonian Programs ]

THU. MAY 13

•Ask questions that appear to be tough but aren't really. Tim Russert reads from "Big Russ and Me: Father and Son - Lessons of Life." [ Olsson's ]

•Don't call them chicks. Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival. [ Kennedy Center ]

•See how far we have (and haven't) come. With an Even Hand: Brown v. Board of Education at Fifty. [ Library of Congress ]

•Mock liberals. Or pick one up. (They're easy.) Vast Left Wing Conspiracy Happy Hour. [ ActforLove.org ]

FRI. MAY 14

•Believe in the D.C. scene. Q And Not U, Mary Timony, Decahedron. [ Black Cat ]

SAT. MAY. 15

•Reach for your revolver. Mission of Burma w/ The Fiery Furnaces & The Hiss. [ 9: 30 Club ]

•Be impressed by quilts. (Really, they're cool.) Last weekend: The Quilts of Gee's Bend. [ Corcoran Gallery of Art ]

SUN. MAY. 16

•Keep it old school. KRS-One w/ Big Daddy Kane & Speech from Arrested Development. [ 9: 30 Club ]