The Athenaeum building is getting some new wallpaper: a two-foot-tall Albert Einstein mustache and bushy Kurt Vonnegut eyebrows as long as a snake. An international design studio is bringing a "German Influencers" light projection show to the side of the building Oct. 6.

President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel don’t seem to like each other much, as he has disparaged her policies and leadership. But German breakdancers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial may have reminded Americans that their countries are “Wunderbar Together,” the theme of a year’s worth of events.

Think for a moment about your morning. Maybe you woke up, ate breakfast, commuted to work. Well, Niklas Winter spent his morning preparing to walk across a slackline suspended between two hot air balloons. These balloons will float nearly 5,000 feet in the air above Monument Valley, on the Arizona-Utah border. Now that’s a way to start the day.