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Real World DC to Film June 20
‘Bar Dupont’ courtesy of ‘sdean8 The Twitterphere’s a-twitter this morning with news that the Real World DC will begin filming on June 20th. Their Location? … Dupont Circle. I guess this was to be expected. With plenty of places to eat and bars to destroy frequent, the general Dupont Area is an unshocking choice for [...]
More »The Real World: DC, It’s Real
‘Hawk ‘n’ Dove’ courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’ Oh it’s coming! That’s right, it is now said to be likely that DC will be home to the latest and possibly greatest season of The Real World. (I mean, come on, Brooklyn was a bit of a bust. ) The production company of the show, Bunim-Murray, is seeking [...]
More »This Weekend: Folk Music Fest
‘A step back in time’ courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’ Tomorrow and Sunday, come rain or shine (and its looking like shine – 80* and sunny!) The Folklore Society of Greater Washington will present its 29th Annual Washington Folk Festival. The event, which features dozens of performers on 7 stages, will take place from noon to 7 [...]
More »Banjo Insanity at SOVA tonight
‘Sova Menu’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ Sitting in the Library of Congress listening to some sweet lunchtime fiddle music, reminded me that tonight is one of my other favorite fiddle-related events: weekly bluegrass at SOVA espresso and wine tonight. SOVA is a gem of a coffee shop on the eastern end of H [...]
More »Indian Food, in a Truck, with Moustaches
‘fojol’ courtesy of ‘a loves dc’ I’m immensely intrigued and amused by the newly discovered Fojol Brothers of Merlindia, a “travelling culinary carnival.” The Fojol Brothers are dudes wearing strange get-ups and (fake?) handlebar moustaches in an ice cream truck tricked out to serve preservative-free Indian food. There’s a variety of veggie and meaty options [...]
More »Openings: H Street Country Club
The time has come: the newest and very long-anticipated Joe Englert H Street hot spot opens its doors today, and bar-goers will like what they find there. H Street Country Club has a lot going on– its a well-developed concept bar with impeccable attention to detail as well as a sporty hang-out and Mexican restaurant. [...]
More »We Love Arts: Arcadia
Entrancing. Captivating. Charming. Search as I might in my mental dictionary, the attempt is futile: none of these words can adequately capture Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia as presented by the Folger Theatre Consort. The play takes place in an English country house, oscillating between two centuries as characters try to reconcile past and present. They grapple with [...]
More »Jazz in the Sculpture Garden is Back
‘mr cube cubes’ courtesy of ‘dret’ Start flexing your booze-disguising muscles and port-a-picnic over to the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden tonight for Free Jazz nights. Starting tonight, from 5-8:30 p.m. you can enjoy live jazz music and the company of far too many strangers. Put this on your weekly calendar, but maybe [...]
More »Celebrate! We Need a Holiday
‘Michael Jackson’s star’ courtesy of ‘[MC]‘ Black Cat just wants your extra time and your…THRILLERRRRR. You’re confused, I can see it in your face. Let me explain: Black Cat hosts DJ Dredd on Sunday night, spinning an 80s showdown: ”PRINCE vs. MICHAEL JACKSON vs. MADONNA Dance Party.” This means a battle of Final Countdown-epic proportions [...]
More »A League of Their Own, Here in DC
More likely than not, for girls who grew up with a glove on one hand, sliding to makeshift bases and picking at knee-scabs, at some point there was a shift. It went something like this: around the time you started liking boys, you stopped playing ball side-by-side with them. They put the awkwardly hefty softball [...]
More »OMG Shoes.
‘OMG, Shoes!’ courtesy of ‘meggle’ Shoe Woo, the new shoe store owned by Jones Company (of Jones New York) enjoyed its grand opening today in Union Station, replacing what once held Nine West. Though Shoe Woo will offer Nine West soles, along with other Jones offerings Anne Klein, Bandolino, Enzo Angiolini etc., the space [...]
More »Pepco Tried to Sponsor Screen on the Green
‘DSC_1551.jpg’ courtesy of ‘Spodie Odie’ It was no avail, however. Turns out that the event was not really supported by a sponsorship effort in the traditional sense — Screen on the Green wasn’t set up as a collaborative effort between the local government with HBO footing the bill or providing the hardware. According to Pepco [...]
More »Monumental: West Potomac Park
‘Tidal Basin path’ courtesy of ‘brianmka’ Don’t laugh, but it could be that Nirvana is something like sitting in West Potomac Park on a beautiful day in spring. This past Sunday was one of those near-perfect days in DC: Bright warm sun, low humidity, slight breeze. I sat facing the river, the encouraging cheers of [...]
More »The Buzz on Free Ice Cream Noms
‘Green Tea?’ courtesy of ‘Ben+Sam’ Häagen-Dazs loves Honey Bees, apparently. I guess that’s only fair, since the little guys pollinate one-third of the foods we eat. In honor of those hard-working little deliciousness enablers, H-D is offering a free scoop of any “bee-built” ice cream flavor today from 4-8 p.m. You will find these noms [...]
More »PEN Award Given to Author Whose Book is Being Read By Me, No-one Else Important
‘Little Black Dress Book Collection’ courtesy of ‘scholastica ees’ The literati will descend upon DC this weekend, having just wrapped up the PEN World Voices festival in New York City. We of course don’t get the week-long celebration of international literature in culture, we get the fancy one-night-only $80 ticket presentation of the prestigious PEN/Faulkner [...]
More »Art Spiegelman: Comics From Mickey Mouse to Manga
On a large screen behind legendary comic artist Art Spiegelman is an image of a page from the dictionary. A fat red loop lassoes the definition of “comic strip.” “comic strip. A narrative series of cartoons.” The comic strip, Spiegelman explains is an inherently narrative form and their story-telling capability puts them at the heart [...]
More »I Would Do Anything For 80s
‘Danny Wright, cover of “Time WIndows” LP – 1986′ courtesy of ‘| El Caganer’ …But I won’t do that (see above). You don’t need to put on a tuxe to treat yourself to back-to-back 80s nights. Why? Ummm why NOT? You missed last week’s “Sunglasses at Night” installment at Polyester Wednesdays, but don’t despair, tomorrow night [...]
More »DC Rollergirl Tickets: And the Winners Are…
” courtesy of ‘erin m’ Last week, we offered up two tickets to the May 9th DC Rollergirls Roller Derby Championships (courtesy of DC Rollergirls) to the reader who could come up with the best roller derby name. I’m happy to announce the winners: Maester_LUke: “Hellinor Rollsevelt“ and akaRuthie: “Ruthless Bader Ginsberg” Hellinor and Ruthless, [...]
More »First Fridays: Artsy Dupont
May day! May day! Tonight art galleries across the city are hosting spring openings and receptions in conjunction with ye ole First Friday. The most exciting of these are within a 3 block radius in Dupont, with the opening of “Post Secret: Confessions on Death, Life and God” headlining the bunch. Be the first to [...]
More »Poetry, Bicycling and Love
‘Saturday on East Capitol Street’ courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’ Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the 5th and K Busboys & Poets, grammy-award winning nominated poet and activist Nikki Giovanni will discuss her newest collection of works “Bicycles: Love Poems.” In “Bicycles,” the 65-year-old Giovanni chronicles her rediscovery of love in a volume that is is ernest, [...]
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