A reader sent us these two photos the other day, taken at 14th and Columbia Road NW late Saturday night. A pair of police officers appear to have been watching Family Guy via Hulu.com on the squad car's computer. They had paused the video to enter a nearby store when the photo was taken. Now hopefully these officers were on a break or off-duty. And we guess it's good they weren't watching World's Wildest Police......

There are more ways to take in our local arts scene than strolling the quiet museums on a Saturday afternoon or gulping some free wine at a gallery reception. Checking out events and lectures around the city is a great way to get exposed to not only the current exhibitions, but new ideas and theories you might not come upon while browsing the canvases by yourself. >> Patrick Swayze probably won't be there to perform,......

>> Your major opening this weekend is brought to you by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The nearly 120 piece Saul Steinberg retrospective, Illuminations, features the artist's witty and deeply observant take on world events throughout his 60 year history with The New Yorker, as well as the many other sculpture, painting, and various artworks that get a little meta in their parsing of creative methods. DCist is going to check out the show this......