For the past year, we’ve had the pleasure of adding surprise and delight to your calendar by showcasing the sights, sounds, and stories of the those who bring DC’s DNA to life. While the few of us behind this here blog … Continue reading
April 24, 2012
Thanks For Tuning In, DC
For the past year, we’ve had the pleasure of adding surprise and delight to your calendar by showcasing the sights, sounds, and stories of the those who bring DC’s DNA to life. While the few of us behind this here blog … Continue reading
8 RepliesApril 23, 2012
(VIDEO) Danny Harris on Feastly
In the latest segment of our Danny Harris on Danny Harris series, the man behind a Peoples District and Fatback DJ #19 sits down to ask himself about his latest venture, Feastly.
Leave a replyTonight: Wu Lyf @ Rock & Roll Hotel
Sometimes our Monday needs a little dose of music rather than the usual routine of heading home post-work and lamenting the fact that it’s just Monday. If you’re on the same page, head for the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight to check out Wu Lyf, a spunky British quartet that mingles anthemic rock sounds with electronic, angsty pop. Starting things off before them is Willis Earl Beal, a Chicago-based singer-songwriter with plenty to sing about … Continue reading
Leave a replyToday: I Spy @ NGA
In the same strain as the Hidden DC photos we highlighted a few weeks back, a new exhibit at the National Gallery of Art shines the spotlight on the day-to-day, urban photography that has become increasingly popular over the past 30 years or so as the hand-held camera has become more and more advanced. “I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the Street, 1938-2010,” which opened yesterday … Continue reading
Leave a replyNews Bytes: A Sudsy Success
Huge H/T to @LSAdventures for pulling off one of the cooler local festivals DC has seen recently: 25 craft breweries poured… Continue reading
1 ReplyApril 20, 2012
Semper Fi-ed
What’s more fun than learning about DC’s history in textbooks? Seeing some of the city’s most-interesting facts illustrated in cartoons. Continue reading
Leave a replyYour Weekend, Aggregated
Each Friday we sift through the city’s full schedule of shows, exhibits, and happenings to tell you the one thing you shouldn’t (and should) miss each day of the weekend.
Leave a replyToday: Smithsonian Craft Show & Bethesda Books
If you have any empty nooks in your apartment or any walls you’ve always wanted to adorn with handmade art, then head over to the Smithsonian Craft Show at the National Building Museum … And for the word nerds among you, this weekend also marks the 13th annual Bethesda Literary Festival, which will spotlight an array of local and national authors including Walter Isaacson (author of Steve Jobs’s memoir) … Continue reading
Leave a replyNews Bytes: Wake Up Edition
The creepy, weird, kinda funny story of how a Secret Service supervisor appeared to have a crush on Sarah Palin… Continue reading
Leave a replyApril 19, 2012
To Do Tonight: Alex Winston @ U Street Music Hall
Begin your weekend (tomorrow is technically a holiday, right?) with a pop. Artist Alex Winston shows off the diversity of her Opera-trained pipes and alternative sound at the U Street Music Hall tonight … Continue reading
Leave a replyUnknown Soldier
What’s more fun than learning about DC’s history in textbooks? Seeing some of the city’s most-interesting facts illustrated in cartoons. Continue reading
Leave a replyNews Bytes: LS Tax Break + Dick Clark Dies
Dick Clark died at age 82 yesterday … Gray offers LivingSocial multi-million dollar tax break to stay in the District, and DC school day may get longer … Continue reading
Leave a replyTo Do Today: Welcome Discovery Celebration
It’s worth the trek this morning to Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA for the official celebration. At 11 a.m., the Discovery arrives to a grand welcome with music by the US Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and an appearance by Discovery crew members … Continue reading
Leave a replyApril 18, 2012
Show Me The Green…
What’s more fun than learning about DC’s history in textbooks? Seeing some of the city’s most-interesting facts illustrated in cartoons. Continue reading
Leave a replyTonight: Stuffed and Unstrung Muppets
Although the Muppets were recently tapped as New York City’s new “family ambassadors,” the “Stuffed and Unstrung” show at the Howard Theatre tonight will prove they have a less-than-kid-appropriate side as well … Continue reading
Leave a replyToday: Archives’ Genealogy Fair
To get a more hands-on look at the science of genealogy, head over to the National Archives today and tomorrow for the eighth annual Genealogy Fair … Continue reading
Leave a replyNews Bytes: Hey Kids, Keep it Down
More GSA shenanigans … Bickering over the DC budget surplus … and DC’s bar curfew to get later? Oh, and Ryan Gosling’s dead? Continue reading
Leave a replyApril 17, 2012
(FREE) Tickets to The Wombats @ 9:30 Club
For your chance at two tickets to see The Wombats at the 9:30 Club April 23, follow us on Twitter and tweet at us with the DC-based British pub/resto/hangout you’ll be frequenting for watching the London Olympics this summer. Continue reading
1 ReplyGet Him to the Greek
What’s more fun than learning about DC’s history in textbooks? Seeing some of the city’s most-interesting facts illustrated in cartoons. Continue reading
Leave a replyTonight: Blossoms & Baseball @ Nats Park
We couldn’t ask for a more beautiful day to head for the ballpark, where the Nats are hosting the Houston Astros tonight at 7:05 p.m. And the reason tonight’s special: As part of the “Blossoms and Baseball” event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the cherry blossoms, $2 of every ticket sold … Continue reading
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