Slayer, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Mudhoney were all name checked during Ryan Adams’ Sunday night solo set at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore. A prolific musician, Adams’ versatility still never veers into head-thrashing territory, but it’s clear that as a fan of these cult-favorite bands, he has learned how to captivate a fan base with showmanship. more ›

Just in case you thought Major League Soccer was not-too-serious about helping to facilitate D.C. United's exit from Washington -- even though they've been surveying Baltimore residents about potentially relocating United to the city -- well, think again. more ›

Just as Capital Bikeshare added thirty-six docks to four stations this week as part of a broader expansion plan in D.C. and Arlington, Baltimore is planning its own bike-sharing system. more ›

One of our favorite live acts, Baltimore's Double Dagger is calling it quits after nine years. We talked with bassist Bruce Willen on the mark they've left and the celebratory tone of their final shows. more ›

As he did while fronting Pavement during their 2010 reunion tour, Stephen Malkmus once again passed over D.C. in favor of Maryland. But it was worth the trip. more ›

We suggest that you head to the bank today to pick up several rolls of quarters, as this weekend may be the last chance to visit The National Pinball Museum in the District. Director of Operations Tiffani Huskey announced yesterday that museum will be shutter its doors and mothball its machines after the holiday in preparation for its move to a new, undisclosed location in Baltimore. The Museum is offering free admission on Labor Day. more ›

In the District, it's the owner of the football-team-that-shall-not-be-named that's suing a local publication. But for the District's northern-most urban neighbor, though, it's an elected official that went after a journalist. more ›

"Mankind is in the house!" declared Bono at the Corporate Name Stadium Where the Baltimore Ravens Play last night. Look, you can't stop him talking like that. Larry Mullen, Jr., U2's ever-scowling drummer, has tried. And mankind was, empirically speaking, present in large part, to the tune of roughly 80,000 people. more ›

For the first time since 2006, the Maryland men's lacrosse team is heading to the Final Four. The unseeded Terps (12-4) dramatically upset top-ranked Syracuse (15-2) in a NCAA quarterfinal at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. more ›

10 D.C. metropolitan area communities making up parts of the Anacostia River watershed have earned grants from the EPA to promote the use of green infrastructure. The EPA announced the new initiative Friday, along with nine other cities around the U.S., in an effort to reduce the amount of water runoff from entering local waterways, as well as touting the program's benefits to local economies and neighborhood revitalization. The announcement is an update to a 2008 strategy called "Managing Wet Weather and Green Infrastructure." more ›

Somewhat promising news today for fans of D.C. United, who, when it comes to the team's future in Washington, have recently heard little other than "hey, Baltimore's coming on pretty strong here": the club is reportedly looking at "at least four" sites inside the District to build a new stadium, according to Jonathan O'Connell. more ›

D.C. United packing up their shin pads and moving to Baltimore has been a hot rumor for, well, years. Speculation that a move might be on the horizon picked up some more steam this week, as the City of Baltimore released a year-long study on the positive economic impact the team and a new stadium might have if they moved north. more ›

My, how things have changed since the last time Maryland and Navy met back in 2005. And no, I'm not talking about the introduction of a crab-encrusted trophy to the winner. more ›

It's a breaking news kinda Wednesday, apparently. As best we can tell, Marc Steiner was actually the first person to report that embattled Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has agreed to resign as part of a plea agreement reached with state prosecutors. The AP has since confirmed the news, noting that the mayor's resignation comes shortly after she entered an Alford plea today on a perjury charge. Dixon was convicted last month of embezzling gift cards that were supposed to go to needy Baltimore residents. The AP says the mayor's resignation is effective Feb. 4. more ›

Fifth District Citizens' Advisory Council chairman Robert Vinson Brannum sent a notice out today to the MPD-5D listserv today highlighting homicide statistics that speak for themselves: more ›

Even between the DPW fiasco, the WTOP/biking police escort kerfuffle, not being Superman, facing vital questions about crime, handling a significant legal tussle regarding policing strategies, dealing with his "all-purpose scandal-in-a-box" Sinclair Skinner, recognizing his struggles with the D.C. lottery contract, trying to rebuild OCTO after its bribery scandal, navigating the significant labor strife among teachers in our public schools, and drawing the general ire of the entire D.C. Council, it could always be worse for Adrian Fenty. After all, he could be Baltimore's Sheila Dixon, who finds herself balancing a busy Mayoral schedule with being a defendant on theft charges which could force her to leave the office. (Sorry, Baltimore, we're just looking for some perspective here.) Also on the bright side? Fenty's upcoming 39th birthday bash will feature a "a large cache of Wine, Beer & Soft Drinks." So he's got that going for him, which is nice. more ›

On Saturday, the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, acting in conjunction with Baltimore's Artscape festival, hosted an opening at the Baltimore Museum of Art to announce the Sondheim Artscape Prize -- the Mid-Atlantic region's most prestigious art awards. Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was on hand to announce the winner of the prize: the three-artist-team known as the Baltimore Development Cooperative. more ›

Pretty great news for those of you who regularly travel between D.C. and Baltimore: transportation officials say they've reached an agreement that will allow SmarTrip users to use the cards seamlessly on the Maryland Transit Administration system in and around Baltimore, WTOP reports. more ›

With the holidays and Obamauguration solidly behind us, it's time to ditch the gimmicky and focus on the delicious. Winter is typically my favorite beer season of the year, but the overspiced and generic "winter" ales can tend to wear on a beer lover after only a few weeks. Now is the time when the good stuff really comes out. more ›

Via the Baltimore Sun, it appears as though an unfortunate confluence of scheduling and NFL rules could lead to you missing the start of this Sunday's Washington Redskins game against the Browns. The NFL mandates that local CBS affiliate WUSA must show the Ravens-Dolphins game in its entirety if the game remains close -- which could mean that it would cut into the 4:15 p.m. kickoff of the 'Skins game. It seems crazy that a team as popular as the Redskins could be preempted in their own television market, but apparently WUSA has no way to get out of its contractual agreement with the NFL on this matter. Pray for a Ravens blowout? more ›

Ah, summer festival season. In years past, those of us in the D.C./Baltimore region had to either consider an expensive trip to a faraway locale or jealously eye the lineups of Coachella, Sasquatch, Lollapalooza, Intonation, Pitchfork, Bumbershoot and countless other fests, hoping that the festival gods would someday smile upon our little patch of the Mid-Atlantic. Luckily, that all changed with the introduction of Virgin Fest in 2006 (now known as the Virgin Mobile Festival) and since then, the folks at Virgin and I.M.P. have worked to outdo themselves with each year’s lineup. more ›

UPDATE: Local new outlets have the story that Poke was captured just before 4 p.m. in Prince George's County and is in police custody, while CNN.com says he was shot dead during a shoot-out with police. more ›

Just a few days from now, the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire will kick off its fifth and final season. Considered one of the best and most realistic portrayals of crime and corruption in a struggling city (Baltimore, in this case), the show traces the thin line that divides the good guys from the bad. Whether cops stealing stacks of cash during drug busts or thieving dockworkers pooling together money for a stained-glass window at their local church, the distinction between law and lawlessness is often hard to find. more ›

Good morning, Washington. With the Christmas holiday looming, things are slowing down in workplaces around the region. Well, most workplaces, anyway — D.C.'s firefighters seem to be keeping plenty busy. Yesterday, of course, there was the fire at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Since then there's been a two alarm fire at the Chinatown Red Roof Inn, and this impressive gathering of firefighters just south of Logan around 6 p.m. last night. Here's hoping their holiday season calms down. More On The D.C. Quarter: The Post follows up yesterday's news with a longer article on the District's inclusion in the Treasury's state quarter program. First, the good news: the city government gets to decide on the design, and Mayor Fenty is promising that the process will involve "maximum resident input" — so it sounds like "No Taxation Without Representation" has a real shot at appearing on U.S. currency. The bad news: state flags aren't allowed in the designs, making the other half of the winning choice from yesterday's poll a no-go. Also, it turns out that we're only getting a quarter because Puerto Rico is. That stings a little, but I suppose we'll take what we can get. Maryland Gives Seventeen Year-Olds The Vote: Well, in the state's primary, anyway. WTOP reports that Maryland's Attorney General has issued an opinion that will ensure citizens can vote in the state's presidential primary on February 12, provided that they will be eighteen by the time of the general election. Both parties had requested such a measure. Briefly Noted: "Capitol Steps" creator passes away... Long-awaited "Stop Snitchin'" sequel nears release in Baltimore... Car crashes into Reston home... Surveillance photos of robbery suspects released... This Day In DCist: One year ago we chatted with Nethers and suggested some last minute gift ideas. Two years ago we checked out some new shopping options. Image posted to DCist Photos by Flickr user Nivad more ›

>> The Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. this evening on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. >> Washington-area writers Michelle Brafman, Merle Collins, T. Greenwood, Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Faye Moskowitz, Barbara Mujica, Jessica Neely, Amy Stolls, Hananah Zaheer, and Christy J. Zink will be at Politics and Prose to read from their contributions to the latest anthology, Electric Grace: Still More Fiction by Washington Area Women.... more ›

To say D.C. is not known for its fashion sense is an understatement. The people in our fine city get slammed again and again for their inability to dress themselves in anything other than career wear. Luckily this holiday shopping season offers a little incentive in the form of trunk shows for those of us who'd like to look better and help us score some spiffy new duds. As gifts, of course. more ›

It's December, which means that much of the classical music concert schedule is devoted to some holiday that apparently occurs near the end of the month. Consult our Holiday Concert Agenda and our Handel's Messiah Agenda, if that is the sort of thing that interests you. Let's try to keep the regular agenda free of that stuff. There is plenty to talk about without it. VOICES: >> The annual residency of the Kirov Opera, the... more ›

After yesterday's preview of the endless list of holiday concerts in the area in December, it is time to discuss the piece that must not be named, Georg Friedrich Händel's Messiah (1742). Yes, it is a masterpiece of music history, but the lamentable annual round of weary performances at Christmas time (in spite of the fact that Messiah is an Easter work), makes me want to run screaming for anything else this time of... more ›