Fringe Q&A: Sabrina Mandell of Handbook for Hosts"Film-noir meets radio in a comic cocktail collage ignited by Esquire's 1949 Handbook for Hosts. Consummate recipes from a time when men were men, dames wore gloves, and sloe gin fizzed." That's the official description of Handbook for Hosts, the Happenstance Theater production at this year's Fringe festival. The... continue reading on DCist
Classical Mystery Tour: The Beatles Invade the Kennedy CenterWell, obviously, not the actual Beatles. As you know, because you live in the world, The Beatles broke up in 1969, and two of them are no longer living; and if the actual Beatles had played somewhere on this planet, the Internet, your cell phone and all of your... continue reading on DCist
Go Home Already: It's A Stretchby sally henny penny » Speaking as someone who experienced the full force of food-born-illness' wrath at the hands of the last round of poison spinach, I hope everyone out there steers clear of Krisp-Pak Ready to Eat Hydro-Cooled Fresh Spinach. The product has been recalled by Lancaster Foods... continue reading on DCist
Metro Approves Fare Increasesby moworld As predicted, Metro's board of directors approved a host of fare increases today, which, according to Dr. Gridlock, are the most sweeping in WMATA history. Jim Graham cast the only dissenting vote against the increases, the first of which go into effect this Sunday. The remaining increases... continue reading on DCist
Baby Animal Alert: Red Panda Cubs @ National Zoovia The National Zoo's Twitter feed brings a tiny mouthful of adorable today in the form of a one-week-old red panda cub. The cub joins the two adults already living at the Zoo's nature trail (we suppose this is how these things usually proceed). Quoth the Zoo's release on... continue reading on DCist
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