Archive for the ‘Night Life’ Category
Reminder: Rickey Month Party Tonight
You may recall from previous years that July is Rickey Month. July’s over, but tonight the DC Craft Bartenders Guild wraps things up for 2011 with its Rickey Month Party at Jack Rose. Finalists, announced via email on Friday, are after the jump, along with a few tasting notes from our team on the ones [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Marissa Nadler @ Red Palace, 7/29/2011
Head over to Red Palace Friday night for an evening of sultry, dreamy indie-folk with Boston chanteuse Marissa Nadler. Her music is melancholic and lovely, at times reminiscent of Mazzy Star. She has received a good amount of buzz lately: her self-titled album was featured on NPR’s First Listen, and she was one of SPIN’s 5 best new artists in [...]
More »We Love Music: Hayes Carll @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 7/23/11
courtesy of Hayes Carrl. Hayes Carll plays country music I can get into. Last Saturday he turned the Rock & Roll Hotel into a honky tonk for the night when he and his band The Poor Choices brought their foot-stompin’ blend of country, bar-room rock & twangy folk to the stage. Texas native Carll and his [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Hayes Carll @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 7/23/2011
Texas native Hayes Carll brings his special blend of folk-tinged, quirky, alt-country/rock to the Rock & Roll Hotel this Saturday night. Carll’s laid-back southern drawl pairs well with quick-witted lyrics and an upbeat country sound. His songs range from banjo-pickin’ twangy ballads like “Bottle in My Hand” to the quick-fire lyrical rocking assault of “KMAG [...]
More »Congratulations, Duffy’s!
‘Duffy’s’ courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’ Back in late April when I profiled publican Andy Duffy on the challenges of running your own tavern, we talked about the hope that the hours restrictions would be lifted on Duffy’s in a then-upcoming ABC Board vote. The restrictions have been a real hardship over the past five years [...]
More »The Yards Park Summer Concert Series
‘The Footbridge at Yards Park – Gorgeous Evening!’ courtesy of ‘Tony DeFilippo’ There’s not much better than when DC comes alive in the summertime and suddenly all the green lawns and open spaces are filled with people. Though it’s been running for a while now, there are two summer concert series at the Yards Park [...]
More »Lost Society Opening on U Street
‘Steak, Lost Society’ courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’ Last Thursday I was a guest at the media preview for “boutique steakhouse” Lost Society, occupying the top two floors of a classic corner building at 14th and U Streets. I’ve long awaited this building’s renovation, as it’s been a blight on a corner of what should be [...]
More »Saturday Memorial Concert for Adam Hosinski and Rory Weichbrod
On October 9th, 2010, Adam Hosinski and Rory Weichbrod, were crossing Rockville Pike in North Bethesda, when they were struck and killed by a driver who was later arrested on DUI charges and convicted of manslaughter. This Saturday, from 2-7pm, friends and family will gather at The Bullpen, across from Nationals Stadium, to celebrate the lives of these two [...]
More »DJ ReOffender: A Beat Refinery DJ
While a lot of us were off at the beach, visiting family, or at weddings this Memorial Day Weekend, Shea “DJ ReOffender” Mulcahy was busy turning a hobby into a professional freelance career. ReOffender is a self-proclaimed “Man of Music.” When he’s not at his day job, he finds himself singing or at the keyboard [...]
More »The Week in Drinks in Pictures
All photos by the author If you follow me on Twitter, you might be aware that this has been an eventful week. Literally. Friday the Social Chair and I hosted her birthday party, Sunday we hit our usual brunch, Monday I had a tasting, and Tuesday saw the launch party for Dan Searing’s new book, [...]
More »The Punch Bowl: Book Launch Tonight
Remember how I said I reached out to Dan Searing about a launch event for his book? I found out earlier today that launch event is tonight, at 6pm in the Warehouse Theater behind the Passenger. I’ve already made use of the book, as you might discern from the above picture. That’s an oleo-saccharum in [...]
More »Art Explodes at 14th & Florida
‘BYT/Vitaminwater Uncapped 9′ courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’ I’m standing in front of a beat-up industrial building whose windows are papered with notices, its imposing iron gate clanged shut. It doesn’t look like much is happening on this corner of 14th and Florida Avenue NW. But above me is a new black sign with familiar logos [...]
More »We Love Music: My Chemical Romance @ 9:30 Club, 5/10/11
All photos by Aminta S. Nieves-Candamo. Guest reviewer Alexia Kauffman of The Torches was at the show for We Love DC: My Chemical Romance brought their own special brand of supercharged power-punk-goth-pop to DC’s 9:30 Club on Tuesday night. In the middle of their World Contamination Tour, they were joined by fellow New Jersey rockers [...]
More »We Love Music: Getting to Know Flo Anito
Flo Anito‘s got a step-up when compared to her fellow singer-songwriters in the District. She has an official music video for her song “Uh Oh,” which is already getting press in the LA Examiner and DC’s On Tap Magazine. The video, shot in-town at the Capital City Diner, is just one of many bragging rights [...]
More »He Loves DC: A Q&A with Christian Hunt
Once a month, on Saturday nights, Christian Hunt can’t be missed. He’s the guy in the bright red suit hosting the Capital City Showcase at the DC Arts Center in Adams Morgan. Hunt is a District native. He was born at Georgetown Hospital and raised in Glover Park. “It’s funny because there are so many [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Chris Barylick
Chris Barylick, founder of the Geek Comedy Tour, met up with me at the very crowded Tynan coffee house in Columbia Heights this past weekend. We were fortunate to find two seats by the coffee machine. For a minute we stared at this knitting club that was hanging out right next to us. That was the first [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Awesome Thursdays Open Mic
’268|365′ courtesy of ‘Danilo.Lewis|Fotography’ Comedy is great for your wellbeing and you can get a healthy dose over at R.F.D., 801 Seventh St., in Chinatown where they are throwing Awseome Thursdays starting at 8:00 PM sharp. Ralph Cooper and and Brad Ryan will host the free event and there is no drink minimum, so enjoy the cold water [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Wayne Manigo
Two huge speakers were blasting at me and Wayne Manigo as we chatted at the bar in Ras Restaurant on Tuesday evening while the snow started sticking to the streets. It was Wayne Man’s Comedy open mic night at the restaurant and it did not seem like anyone was going to make it. This DC comic [...]
More »Town & Country Goes to the Farm
‘Town and Country’ courtesy of ‘Don Feduardo’ You might have seen this already. Tonight’s last call will truly be the last for (insert-cliché-here) bar Town & Country at the Mayflower, closing to make room for a relocated Thomas Pink store in what appears to be a complete renovation of the hotel’s ground floor. The Social [...]
More »Matchbox Rockville
If you enjoy the dining experience at Matchbox’s Capitol Hill and Chinatown locales, then the newly opened Rockville location will be to your liking as well. Situated a 5 minute walk from the Twinbrook Metro Station on the Red Line, along Rockville Pike, this latest addition to the Matchbox franchise is vast. Despite a seating [...]
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