To Do: Venture out of NW

* Joseph Romm talks aboutHell or Highwaterat Politics & Prose. Romm is executive director of the Center for Energy and Climate Solution "which helps businesses and states adopt strategies for saving energy and cutting pollution.... He sets out a timeline for global action to reverse greenhouse-gas emission, and he reviews the politics that stand in the way of actions to save the planet." We say have a mai tai and chillax. [ P&P ]

* David Lynch'sInland Empirewill terrify you at AFI. 5 & 8PM. [ AFI ]

* A Study in Her, Esque and Dawn of Man at DC9. $8 at 9PM. [ DC9 ]

* For something honoring MLK, try this list. [ WP ]