Archive for April, 2010
We Love Music: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ 9:30 Club 4/5/10
courtesy of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rumbled into town on Monday night to subject a sold-out 9:30 Club to a shock and awesome display of rock-n-roll annihilation. Touring in support of their latest long-player, “Beat the Devil’s Tattoo“, BRMC embraced that album’s raw power style to play a set that was fast, [...]
DC Food Blogger Happy Hour Tonight! Art & Soul on the Hill
Following the DC food bloggers around town is never a bad idea. Having worked their way through Commonwealth, Churchkey, Vinoteca, and Black Squirrel, just to name a few, they’re always out and about checking out a great restaurant scene.
Stop by Art and Soul tonight for happy hour with DC’s food bloggers from 6-8 p.m. A [...]
Barcodes and “The Trial of A Lifetime”
Image provided by authors of WhoMurderedRobertWone.com
It looks like a mystery has sprung up over the last few days around the U St. area. Prince of Petworth noted that posters have suddenly appeared in the area featuring the above image and big bold text that declares, “Trial of A Lifetime, May 10, 2010” – and nothing more. [...]
St. Albans School in NW On Lockdown
‘Night View’
courtesy of ‘Karon’
Details are still very loose right now, but as an NBC Washington story filed moments ago notes, St. Albans School is currently on lockdown after a report that someone with a gun was spotted near campus. The all-boys St. Albans has roughly 600 students in grades four through 12 and is located [...]
Comedy in DC: Sun? What sun?
‘Family Hemerlein_25Mar10-1887′
courtesy of ’sparkedheart’
It’s like spring inspires DC’s local comics to tell more jokes. I don’t know why, because the bitterness brought about by winter is better for comedy. But this weekend is kind of crammed full of comedy events. If properly motivated, you can catch four shows between Thursday and Saturday and still have [...]
Last Chance for NatGeo Tickets!
You’ve just over an hour left to register for our NatGeo ticket giveaway for April! Check out this month’s National Geographic Live events and put your name down before 10 a.m. this morning.
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If It Fits, You Must Visit
‘Kadri #1′
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
In an agreement finalized today, the Newseum acquired the suit, tie and shirt that O.J. Simpson wore on October 3, 1995, the day he was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
The clothing items, which were originally offer to and declined by the [...]
We Love the River!
If you love DC, this weekend join us in giving some love to the river!
Saturday marks the 22nd Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup, which brings together people from all over the community. Last year, cleanups took place at approximately 500 sites–and hauled out more than 290 tons of trash!
We Love DC, Trail Voice, Friends [...]
My Third Place Returns: Northside Social Opens
Originally uploaded by Atomic Overmind
Since the closing of Arlington’s Murky Coffee, I’ve found myself without a true third place. I bounced around to Chinatown Coffee Co, to Buzz Bakery, even Greenberries once in a blue moon. None have captured me the way that Murky did. When I found out that the [...]
We Love Arts: In Darfur
“Plays like this make me so grateful I was born at the time and place I was,” my friend says as we exit Theater J Saturday night. We’d just seen In Darfur by Winter Miller, and as a Western woman who’d spent the day shopping for frivolities, I felt the cold twist of shame in [...]
More »DC Podcast Tours Led By Middle Schoolers
‘Ksenya 06′
courtesy of ‘yospyn’
WOW! Alexandria’s Sandburg Middle School has developed ten awesome DC podcast tours that offer fabulous insights into our city’s neighborhoods, monuments, museums and local shops/restaurants. Each podcast is accompanied by a informational guide that includes the closest metro stop, address, entrance fees and relevant website. How useful! The tours and voice overs [...]
When Arena comes home, Synetic takes over Crystal City
Synetic performing at a CCBID event last year
Well, not all of Crystal City. Though that would be cool – imagine walking down a street where everyone is dressed cool, well-lit, and dancing to intense music.
No, they’ll be taking over the space that Arena was using while the Mead Center was being built in their proper [...]
Opening Day Is Over, Forgedddabout It
Photo by Rachel Levitin
Let’s not allow for another rousing bout of Nationals Park turning into Citizen’s Bank Park South. Opening Day is now behind us, there are many more games to be played, and plenty of beer to drown the woes of an embarrassing loss should it be necessary.
Nationals fans, transplanted baseball enthusiasts, and D.C. [...]
A Streetcar Named “Why All The Wires?”
‘HOVMHTM810550a’
courtesy of ‘Charles HTM’
“Why are the tourists entitled to a better view than we are?” Monte Edwards of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society told the Washington Post. “I like to look up and see the sky and trees. They’re as important to me as a resident as the tourist’s views of our monuments.”
Edwards is one [...]
Featured Photo
Woman Watching PDA by Matt.Dunn
When the drab days of winter finally yield to the refreshing days of spring, we see a transformation in our fine city. The gray skies turn blue, the barren trees sprout leaves and flowers, and people swap their grumpy attitudes with feelings of love. It makes you wonder, why is spring [...]
Late April Fools From Washington Post?
Yesterday afternoon, visitors to washingtonpost.com got a little surprise: the homepage and all articles were from December 31, 2009. There were holiday shopping tips, a decade in review feature, and a couple newsworthy articles on ‘current’ events. The technical snafu lasted a half hour or so before the Post fixed the glitch, bringing back news [...]
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