Archive for April, 2011
Redskins, NFL Season Still In Question; Preseason Schedule Released Anyway
‘FedEx seats’
courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’
You know how we’ve talked about the whole unlikelihood of the Redskins having a 2011 season thanks to a lockout? Well, members of the NFLPA or not, the league is going forward with the idea that the season is going to happen. The first step? Releasing the schedule for the exhibition games [...]
We Love Arts: The Walworth Farce
In a dingy public housing apartment three men act out a daily routine, a twisted attempt at farce that’s rife with repeated humiliation and competition. It’s a “routine to keep the family safe,” the patriarch justifies, and it takes a bit for the audience to catch on that what they are seeing is the desperate [...]
More »Discovery Coming to Udvar-Hazy
In case you missed it, NASA announced today – the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle program and the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight by Russian Yuri Gagarin – that the space shuttle Discovery will make its final home at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center as part of the Smithsonian’s National Air and [...]
More »We Love Food: Seventh Hill Pizza
‘Seventh Hill Pizza’
courtesy of ‘kspidel’
Last summer, in a fit of humidity-induced insanity, my friends and I decided to taste test non-delivery pizzas around town. There were seven pies, and in an attempt to branch out a little, I picked up one from Seventh Hill. I figured this Eastern Market spot (which no one had heard [...]
Hot Ticket: Acid Mothers Temple @ Red Palace, 4/14/11
Do you like guitars? Do you like noise? Do you want to have your mind blown?!
Acid Mothers Temple, a Japanese “guitar freak-out” band, make their Red Palace debut on Thursday night. This is a band that’s cranked out dozens of albums over their 15-year career. Their music lies somewhere around drone and psych rock. It’s [...]
Caps vs. Rangers: What will it take to escape the first round?
For the Caps, look out for Mike Green. If he can get back to his smooth-skating, puck-moving self, it will go a long way to helping Washington establish offensive presence and wearing down Lundqvist and the Rangers’ defense.
More »The DC 41 assessed over $2,000 in fines for protest
‘2011 04 11 – 7869 – Washington DC – DC Rights Protest’courtesy of ‘thisisbossi’
The protestors who were arrested on Constitution Avenue late yesterday, who are becoming known as the “DC 41″ or the “DC 41 for 51,” were released late last night after a lengthy processing by the US Capitol Police. While several chose to [...]
Featured Photo
Paver Style Headstone by Karon
A few years ago, I was talking with my friend Brooke about cemeteries. I had strong opinions that they were places of rest to be undisturbed, and she remembers growing up and playing in them. I love what Karon did with this image, capturing the lonesome nature of the place, [...]
Early voting for special election
‘VOTE’
courtesy of ‘nevermindtheend’
The early absentee-in-person voting for the April 26th special election has begun. If you need to vote early (or just want to get your civic duty done early) you can visit the Board of Elections and Ethics office at One Judiciary Square to vote between 8:30 AM and 8:00 PM Monday-Saturday, and 12:30 [...]
Mayor, Councilmembers arrested in budget-related rally
Photo by @IMGoph
Mayor Vince Gray and several councilmembers, including Michael A. Brown and Muriel Bowser, and council candidates including Sekou Biddle, were arrested this evening by the US Capitol Police for failing to disperse in an orderly fashion after a protest outside the Senate Hart Office building spilled onto Constitution Avenue.
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Zimmerman to 15-day DL
‘Zimmerman Wins It’courtesy of ‘Max Cook’
This was not the news the Nationals needed. Ben Goessling of MASN has the full word, but yesterday’s absence in the lineup in New York appears to be the tip of the iceberg for the face of the Nationals’ franchise. Without Zim, the Nats are going with Alex Cora and [...]
What will it take for the Caps to win the Cup?
‘2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs Logo’
courtesy of ‘jpowers65′
Are you ready to rock?
The 2010-11 Washington Capitals regular season was just a long exercise in patience. It was never supposed to be a definitive statement of what the Caps are or where the franchise stands in the pantheon of almost-great NHL hockey teams.
If anything, it was an exercise [...]
We Love Music: Wire @ Black Cat, 4/7/11
all photos by author.
Wire played at the Black Cat on Thursday night for an adoring crowd of older fans and hardcore music geeks. They are touring on their excellent new album, “Red Barked Tree”. The new album was featured heavily on Thursday night, but Wire also offered up a sampler of the many phases they [...]
DC Brau ships first order, announces Friday Launch Party
The first brewery to open in the District since the 1950s shipped their first bar order this afternoon, a number of kegs bound for an area bar, as pictures above. In addition, the brewery this weekend announced a launch party at Meridian Pint this Friday afternoon, with pints of The Public running just $4. There [...]
More »Do Away Fans Really Jam Nationals Park?
‘First pitch’
courtesy of ‘BrianMKA’
When it comes to talking about the crowds at Nationals Park, there is at least one Greek Choral reminder from the masses that the majority of fans who make their way through the gates are usually rooting for the other team. This isn’t even a new phenomenon for the Mid-Atlantic, as the [...]
Snowball Fights, Cafés and Dog Parks
‘Trigger Happy’courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
This morning’s cover story on the Washington Post wasn’t Laurent Gbagbo’s struggles in Ivory Coast, or the month anniversary of the devastating tsunami in Japan, or even the recent spike in city-wide crime and homicides, it was a Marc Fisher feature on the demographic shift the city is undergoing and what that [...]
Weekend Flashback: April 9-10
11-04-01 – Cherry Blossoms – Flashback of Dad by mosley.brian
What a weekend! As we slide into our non-shutdown Monday here, take a quick pause to look at the best of our Flickr group this weekend. It sure was a great weekend for the shutterbug, that’s for certain. Anyone can join our Flickr Group, and [...]
Wizards Dominate Atlanta 115-83
‘Andray Blatche’
courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’
The Atlanta Hawks did a great job of making the Washington Wizards look real good on their home court Saturday night. Seven Wizards players posted double-digit point margins, breaking a 12 game losing streak against Atlanta. Washington last victory over Atlanta was Jan. 11, 2008.
“Rarely do you see four games in [...]
No Shutdown, but the District gets used
‘Junk’courtesy of ‘Dottie Mae’
I watched on Twitter as word of the deal first began to come in. Several of us, on a short vacation in Chicago, had tracked the negotiations on the Internet as the day wore on, hoping that a deal could be done to keep 800,000 federal workers, and the entirety of the [...]
