Showcasing six artists from across the region, this juried group of solo exhibits at Arlington Arts Center covers a wide range of themes including the paranormal, miniatures, sprawl and inventions. Jeremy Drummond and Jennie A. Fleming both explore sense of place as it relates to how we view our homes in the city as well as in newly constructed housing developments. Drummond highlights intersection street signs with interesting names that make for odd juxtapositions, such......

Via PreservationNation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has started a campaign to save the original Tomb of the Unknowns, or Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as it's commonly called, at Arlington National Cemetery. Who would want to mess with the tomb? According to the National Trust, it's the folks who run Arlington National Cemetery themselves, as well as Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) -- perhaps one of the senate's most famous military veterans and fathers......

It's time yet again for our weekly installment of Overheard in D.C. We've been at this for three months now, and we are grateful for all of the submissions and the positive feedback we've received on this feature. But at the risk of being repetitive, all of the kudos should go to the contributors who are our ears on the street. If it weren't for all your e-mails, we couldn't do this feature. Because, frankly,......

For those out there who hate Thievery Corporation and Ted Leo but love freedom, the Pentagon is offering an alternative to Operation Ceasefire. None other than country music legend Clint Black will headline a concert in support of the military and Sept. 11 victims on the four-year anniversary of the attacks. The concert, named "America Supports You," will follow up the Department of Defense’s two-mile Freedom Walk from the Pentagon to Arlington National Cemetery to......

We hope you had a nice weekend. This photo, posted by the Post's Keith Jenkins in DCist Photos, shows motorcyclists with a dog in the sidecar and U.S. and Marine Corps flags. Many of the memorials and monuments on both sides of the Potomac were packed with people honoring those who have fallen in current and past wars. For a transcript of President Bush's Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, click here. Now on......

FRIDAY: >> The circus has come to town! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be having an evening show tonight, 7:30 p.m. at the MCI Center. If you get there 90 minutes early, you can enjoy free entertainment, and during the pre-show Three Ring Adventure, kids can meet performers and pose for photos with the crazy clowns. Tickets can be purchased here. SATURDAY: >> If you're feeling energetic come Saturday AM, why not......

Oscars, Oscars, Oscars! That's the main event going on this weekend (care to leave your picks in the comments?) but there's tons of other fun things out there. Check out this week's Arts Agenda and Music Agenda for some suggestions, like the opening of the Modigliani exhibit at the Phillips Collection on Saturday (a portrait of his is at right), or the continuation of the Teenbeat reunion tonight (check out shesbitter.com for some pictures of......

Two weekends back, DCist took a trip to the Old Post Office Pavilion. We weren't there to mingle with tourists in the food court, we went for the view. With the Washington Monument closed for security upgrades, the tower of the Old Post Office is the next best thing. Its free access and normally low traffic is one of the best relatively low-key tourist sites in the city. (Please note that the National Park Service's......

One of the most powerful demonstrations from the protests in New York City during the 2004 Republican National Convention is coming to Washington D.C. this Saturday. A group calling themselves One Thousand Coffins plans on displaying 1,104 coffins at the Ellipse - 100 draped in U.S. flags, the rest draped in black in order to "to represent and honor each of our fallen soldiers and marines, and make a bold statement that the truth of......

Two noteworthy specials will air on WETA PBS-23 tonight related to the 9/11 attack on New York City. First will be what DCist has heard is a very good NOVA documentary about the World Trade Center attack titled "Why the Towers Fell" at 8 p.m. Second, at 9 p.m., is the premier of a new Frontline documentary titled "Sacred Ground" about the planning surrounding the site's reconstruction. Featured in the Frontline documentary is wrangling surrounding......