Thievery Corporation's Eric Hilton says D.C.'s arts scene "has gotten better, but honestly Baltimore has a way better arts scene and a way better music scene." [Brightest Young Things]
The Renoir painting found at a West Virginia flea market could fetch more than $100,000 at auction. [Post]
The Arlington Planetarium is reopening the weekend of Sept. 28-30, and [...]

In which the author discusses five books he's read, if time permitted.

1. Have a Little Faith: A True Story, by Mitch Albom.
I don't really read "Mitch Albom," and don't understand "his journey," or his "outlook," or what he's "about." I do know, however, that the employees of Second Story Books in Dupont Circle refuse to [...]