Posted Wee! Baltimore Trapeze School Coming This Way to DCist
Baltimore's well-loved trapeze school is moving to D.C. after failing to find a permanent home in Charm City. (Hat tip to Ryan Sharrow.) I'm typically opposed to joinerish sporting trends (bocce, kickball, Donkey Ball.) but I have to admit this looks pretty awesome. My friend Nora took some classes in Baltimore and was doing some sort of complicated catch maneuver after her first class. You can watch here. Apparently, they hook you by offering a...
Posted Viva La Competition! to DCist
Among the thrilling matches of human prowess coming soon to our city: the Scripps National Spelling Bee and the US Air Guitar Championships. The Spelling Bee got started today, with the Round One Test, in which all 293 spellers spell 50 words on computers. The onstage action stats tomorrow. The Air Guitar Championship arrives on the 29th, at the 9:30 Club. Too bad the dates don't overlap. Wouldn't it be great if the competitors spent...
Posted Forecast: Sky Falling All Day Long to DCist
Photo by angelakleis. The last 48 hours have been rather calamitous, even by D.C. standards. It started with the rain, torrential rain, many inches of it, which snarled traffic all over, and stranded three drivers in flooded roads in D.C. today and three in Beltsville last night. Flash flood warnings have been extended to tomorrow morning. This morning, a manhole fire on Harvard Street cut power for about 1,600 customers, disrupted traffic lights on...
Posted Calif. Supreme Court Upholds Prop 8: Protest Tonight in Dupont Circle to DCist
When news spread that the court would hand down its ruling today, D.C. gay rights activists made immediate plans for a gathering tonight, the flavor to be determined by how the justices ruled. Well, the court has decided to uphold the proposition, which bans gay marriage in the state. So tonight's gathering, starting at 8:30, will definitely be a protest. One positive note, though obviously bittersweet: the justices ruled that about 18,000 same-sex marriages sealed...
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