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Lion feeling not so rompy with this silly hat Elise is making him wear.

The Washington Animal Rescue League launched their new blog this morning, Out of Harm's Reach. Check it out and read some amazing stories about animal welfare.

In honor of NY Fashion week, Georgetown is hosting Fashion's Night Out tonight from 6pm - 11pm. Over 80 Georgetown stores, restaurants, and salons are participating, offering promotions, sales and keeping their doors open for extended hours. Performers from Cirque du Soleil's Bug Dance Squad will be dancing around the streets, teaching and performing The Bug Dance. They will also be "planting" 10 sets of OVO tickets throughout participating stores. There will be a Fashion’s Night Out Lounge sponsored by vitaminwater at Dean & Deluca, complete with a DJ and vitaminwaters to keep up your shopping energy!

Cirque du Soleil's OVO is now playing at the National Harbor through October 24.  The show is "an immersion into the teeming and energetic world of insects" and is the first performance directed by a woman.
 
The 7th annual DC Shorts Film Festival started yesterday, running through September 16.

10 reasons it would rule to date a unicorn.

Learn how to dance like a real man.