Kids Euro Festival, Solar Decathlon

My twin sister is coming to town for a visit this weekend, so as behooves the good host/entertainer, I’ve been paying a bit more attention to the upcoming D.C. events calendar than I normally would.

A couple cool goings-on to check out this weekend–well, i guess the second is actually kind of “hot”–whether a local yokel or visiting tourist:

logoKEU08.gifKids Euro Festival
The embassies of the 27 member states of the European Union are hosting the second annual Euro Kids Festival, October 15 – November 10. Twin and I plan to channel our inner children for Saturday’s Pippi Longstocking performance at the House of Sweden. Can you guess why we have a particular fascination with this storybook character? If you guessed it’s because she’s a an adventurous, world-traveling, animal-loving, candy-consuming redhead–you’d be about right.

Kids outside the District can learn about Europe and the “Euro” currency with online games at the Euro Kids’ Corner.

Solar Decathlon

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