The national touring company of the New York City-based improv comedy group presents "Wikiphobia!," a hard-hitting investigative report into . . . no, it's a lot of jokes about how the Internet is rapidly consuming and altering our society. The cast will find humor in such things as blogging,...

This internationally recognized group was formed in 1972 after a radio production of Julius Klengel's "Hymnus" for 12 cellos with Berlin Philharmonic members. (There are actually 13 musicians in the ensemble, but one member doesn't participate at each concert and recording session.) The cellists'...

This 22nd annual festival opens Thursday at 7 p.m. with a screening of "Mammoth" from Sweden, starring Gael García Bernal and Michelle Williams. (It's also showing Sunday at 5 p.m.) Other highlights this week are Sweden's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Saturday at 6 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.), the...

The designer gives her take on brightening a room with color.

HomeGoods ( http://www.homegoods.com ) "Great for affordable accessories and accent furniture pieces. They offer different styles [modern, traditional, vintage, etc.], and you can find furnishings for every room in your home. I also like that they bring in new items weekly."

"My biggest challenge is the slanted cathedral ceiling causing an extremely tall wall."

How to fix chimney stains and water marks on wood.

These sales were recorded in Montgomery County and supplied to The Washington Post by Spatial Systems Associates, the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation and the Maryland Office of Planning. To find sale and assessment records for homes in Montgomery and other Washington areas, visit...

-- Join D.C. Trash Runners. The next meetup of this litter-pickup running group is Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Woodley Park Metro station. http://www.meetup.com/DCTrashRunners .

Montgomery County Humane Society has hundreds of dogs, cats, small mammals, birds, reptiles and livestock available for adoption at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter, 14645 Rothgeb Dr., Rockville. For a schedule of weekend off-site adoption events and pictures, go to http://www.mchumane.org and...

These were among the cases received by the Montgomery County Animal Services Division. For information on such topics as the Montgomery County Animal Shelter hours and location, adoption and licensing procedures, rabies clinics and low-cost neutering, call 240-773-5960. That number provides recorded...

As clouds threatened to burst one recent morning, Eric Durland stayed relaxed and dry inside his Glenmont home.

Dentists from Gaithersburg are preparing to travel to Kenya in February to set up dental-care programs for children and families in the Nyumbani Children's Home and Nyumbani Village.

Business turnover is nothing new in downtown Wheaton, but a turnover of paint jobs has been a pleasant surprise to landlords and planners alike.

When Shannon Donley walked into her first taekwondo class, in 2006, she wasn't sure whether she'd be successful.

Congregation B'nai Tzedek , 10621 South Glen Rd., Potomac, will hold a family Italian dinner at 5:15 Friday followed at 6 p.m. by a special Shabbat service aimed at preschool-age children.

BOOK FESTIVAL, more than 30 literary programs through Nov. 15, featuring discussions and author appearances, including Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, journalist Jeffrey Zaslow, linguist Deborah Tannen, novelist Dara Horn and sports agent David Falk. Jewish Community Center of Greater...

These were among incidents reported by Montgomery County police. For information, call 240-773-5030.

The following organizations need volunteer help for a day, a week or on a regular basis.

Adrienne Spahr smelled something funny every time she worked out at Vida Fitness, a swanky health club at Verizon Center. But the founder of Green Living Consulting wasn't laughing. She knew that the offending odor came from noxious chemicals in the cleaning products. "And that was not okay," she...

Sputnik got me into algebra early, almost. The Soviet satellite frightened the U.S. government into approving lots of money to accelerate math instruction just as I was completing eighth grade in San Mateo, Calif., in 1959. Hillsdale High, where I was to attend ninth grade, got some of these funds...