Blog Profile / DCist
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| Filed Under: | United States / Washington D.C. | |
| Posts on Regator: | 26013 | |
| Posts / Week: | 95 | |
| Archived Since: | March 20, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
About Tonight: June 11, 2013
Tonight: 10-minute plays, a free outdoor concert from the United States Navy Band, a greener D.C., and more. [ more › ]
Marion Barry Criticizes Gray's Scaled-Back Summer Jobs Program
During a D.C. Council meeting Monday, Ward 8 Councilmember and Mayor-for-Life Marion Barry criticized Mayor Vincent Gray for reducing funding for the D.C. summer jobs program. [ more › ]
U Street Movie Series Releases Tentative 2013 Lineup
The 2013 U Street Movie Series features D.C. flicks and animation on the outdoor screen. [ more › ]
Snakes Are Now Falling Out of Trees in Cleveland Park
A snake fell out of a tree on Porter Street NW. Everybody panic. [ more › ]
Spirit They've Vanished: Power Outage at 9:30 Club Preemptively Ends Animal Collective Show
The power went off fifteen minutes before the projected start of Animal Collective's sold out 9:30 Club show. After an hour of waiting, they finally called the show, urging patrons to keep their tickets. [ more › ]
Oprah Donates $12 Million to Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
Oprah Winfrey, the television mogul who makes dreams come true, has donated $12 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. [ more › ]
Cyclist Struck By Charter Bus Near Union Station
The cyclist suffered non-life threatening injuries. [ more › ]
Photo: Mysterious Gallery Place-Chinatown Rider Took Scooter on Train
The man who drove his scooter through the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station at least twice last weekend also took his vehicle for a ride on a Metro train. [ more › ]
Morning Roundup: Bus Stop Edition
In the news: Tornadoes reported in Maryland, Michael A. Brown photo will live in infamy, public pool makes people blue. [ more › ]
Pharmakon @ Black Cat
While D.C. music's notoriety lies in genres such as hardcore and go-go, noise has started to gain more of a foothold in the past decade and even the past year. Five years ago, an artist like Pharmakon would not have drawn more than a skeleton crew of diehards and might have skipped the area entirely for a proposed date on a Sunday night. Show More Summary
Go Home Already: Wet
Howard University Board of Trustees chairman Addison Barry Rand denies reports of the university's financial weakness. [City Paper]
A former D.C. charter school employee pleaded guilty today to embezzling $75,000. [Post]
Taan Noodles in Adams Morgan is getting a new chef, not closing. [City Paper] [ more › ]
Michael A. Brown Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charge
As part of a plea agreement, Brown agreed to serve up to 37 months in prison. Judge Robert L. Wilkins will have the final say on the sentence. [ more › ]
James Cameron to Show Off His Submarine Tomorrow
Cameron and his specially built submarine, dubbed The Deepsea Challenger,are stopping in D.C. tomorrow. [ more › ]
Wells Visits 911 Call Center, Doesn't Like What He Finds
According to a press release, the mayoral hopeful visited the Office of Unified Communications at 10:30 a.m. this morning to find that only three ambulances were available to be dispatched. [ more › ]
Logan Circle Remains D.C.'s Top Gay Neighborhood
Borderstan readers say Logan Circle is still the top gay neighborhood in D.C. [ more › ]
Mitt Romney is Last Man Who Can Challenge Obama's Birth Certificate, Says Birther
In a letter, Sibley informs Romney he is "the last and only man in these presently-United States who can stop the return to the yoke of tyranny which our Framers and their progeny fought so hard to throw off." [ more › ]
Open Wide For Some Soccer: Episode 4
OWFSS is back this week, and the guys are discussing the US National Team's drive to the World Cup & DC United's drive towards.... wherever. [ more › ]
Different Strokes: Man Caught Masturbating During Megabus Trip from D.C. to New York City
A Megabus representative did not have any immediate information about the arrest. [ more › ]
About Tonight: June 10, 2013
Tonight: an outdoor movie, indoor movie shorts, a peculiar movie, and more. Plus our picks for later this week. [ more › ]
Second &pizza Location to Open on U St. Wednesday, Third Coming to Brookland
U&pizza will offer the same assembly line pizza as the original &pizza on H Street. [ more › ]