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>> Dan Steinberg has some classic footage on "Bog TV' of Preakness Race fans drunk off their gourds. One guy's insistence that "this is what Maryland is all about," and by "this" he means heavy drinking, is just fun for the whole family. [D.C. Sports Bog] >> Fairfax County police locked down Willow Springs Elementary School in Centreville this morning after reports of a shooting in the nearby area. The school re-opened around noon without...

Allow us to throw out some hearty congratulations to DCist alumna Catherine Andrews, who, like others before her, has broken free of the warm DCist nest to spread her wings and soar through the brilliant skies of Big Time Professional Journalism. Or you know, hooray, DCist Catherine got a cool job at Washingtonian Magazine! Having recently graduated with a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern, Catherine has just begun as a Senior Online Editor at the magazine, and we couldn't be prouder parents.

Ah, late autumn, when we all gather around the Thanksgiving turkey in our flip-flops and cutoffs, raise our frozen drinks to friends and family, and jump in the pool. But while it may be true that this year we can swim any day in November, January's not making any promises, at least according to several teams of local weather forecasters, who've compiled their tea leaves and groundhog shadows into predictions for the coming winter. Enjoy...

Tonight is the night -- we'll be celebrating Butterstick's one-year of cuteness at Chief Ike's Mambo Room in Adams Morgan, 1725 Columbia Road, NW. And in his honor, we've gotten some good drink specials lined up -- $5 Captain Morgan drinks, $4 Paulaner Hefeweizen's, and $3 Pabst drafts. From what the zoo folks tell us, Butterstick loves his Pabst. There will also be some good music on both floors.

Good morning, D.C. Check out this lovely shot of the Capitol by Grundlepuck. The statue looks sad, or at least concerned — perhaps it's contemplating the fate of Rep. Bob Ney, the self-proclaimed "Mayor of Capitol Hill." According to the Post, Ney's just been further implicated in the Abramoff scandal. Duncan Drops Out Of Race: The Democratic field in the race for the Maryland governorship. Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan has withdrawn from the race,...

Today, DCist would like to introduce Three Stars, a feature in which three local music acts are viewed, reviewed, and interviewed. The feature will run every few weeks, for three days, until we run out of notable local musicians. Today Catherine Andrews discusses Death By Sexy. This version of Three Stars will continue Wednesday with Barakus and Thursday with Full Minute of Mercury. Death By Sexy Oh lordy, we thought, as a man leapt up...

Catherine Andrews contributed to these picks FRIDAY: >> It's your duty as a local music loving citizen: you must make it out to the Black Cat tonight to catch the line up of Washington Social Club (read our interview here), Monopoli, and Cartel. Their live shows range from frenetic to slowburning to melodious, and they're all a treat. DCist will be there with stacks of t-shirts to sell and info about the site. 9:30,...

Catherine Andrews contributed to these picks FRIDAY: >> Okay, so it's not quite as groovy as the sing-along versions that swept the country over the last few years, but if you're looking for something a little bit fun and a whole lot wholesome tonight, you could do worse than the National Symphony Orchestra accompanying "The Wizard of Oz" on the lawn at the Wolf Trap. 8:30 p.m., $18 to $38. SATURDAY: >> Chopteeth, a...

While everyone seemed to enjoy what was going on inside RFK Stadium for the Nationals opening day goings on, there was much strife outside (and we aren't talking about the stadium funding/voting rights protests). As if getting into the stadium wasn't difficult enough (as you can see from this photo from Catherine Andrews' Flickr photostream), getting to the stadium campus itself was a struggle. As has been reported by the Post, metrorail was packed to...

(Written by Kanishka Gangopadhyay and Catherine Andrews. All photos by Catherine Andrews) Just south of the convention center and north of Mt. Vernon Square is a fairly dismal block of real estate occupied by a venerable leather bar and a Morrocan restaurant. On Friday the two welcomed an unlikely new neighbor, Avenue -- the latest entry into the District's "velvet rope" scene. Tempted by the promise of an open bar, a few DCists stopped...

At the sold-out and uncomfortably crowded Colin Meloy concert last Friday night at Iota, you could hear whispers of discontent make their way through the audience. "I can't even move!" or "This is ridiculous; they obviously oversold the show," or "That jerk just spilled beer on my shoe," and perhaps the most common lament: "Where's Colin?!" But when Meloy, the front man for Portland indie folk group The Decemberists, took the stage grinning mischievously and launched into acoustic versions of his notoriously quirky songs, all restlessness and disgruntlement disappeared.

An indie rock veteran who used to rest his head in the District, Ted Leo came back home last night for the first of two shows at the Black Cat. We were there, we listened, we danced, and frankly, if you want an objective review of his musical process, a thoughtful description of his showmanship style, or a detached account of his set list, well ... you’ve come to the wrong place. We were just rocked too damn hard last night by Mr. Leo & Co. to see straight today.

Welcome back from Labor Day weekend! Here's some of what you might have missed:

From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews:

Welcome to DCist, the newest metro blog from Gothamist.com. For the next week, DCist will be in a public beta testing period. So please mind the dust as we tie up all the loose ends.

From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews: What do you have going this weekend? Here's what caught our eye. FRIDAY: The director's cut of Donnie Darko is opening at Visions Cinema tonight. Check out yesterday's Live Online chat with director Richard Kelly. Neccessary reading: Salon's "Everything you were afraid to ask about Donnie Darko" Hurrah for free stuff! 9:30 Club is having a free concert, featuring Taking Back Sunday, The Honorary Title and Stars Hide Fire. 21+....

From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews: The Post's Reliable Source alerts us to what they call the "mother of all casting calls" in D.C. today: Producers of the sequel to "XXX", "XXX: State of the Union," need 1,600 extras. No, we don't remember "XXX" either, so here's a refresher: Vin Diesel stars as Xander "XXX" Cage, the notorious underground thrill seeker who until now has been deemed untouchable by the law. NSA Agent Gibbons (Samuel L....

From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews:

The results are in: The Post's 2004 Best Bets Readers' Choice Awards were decided today. And the winners are ... (drumroll, please): Pretty much all the same places that won last year! But that's OK -- by and large, DCist approves of the victors (though we'll never understand why Starbucks consistently comes in the top three of Best Coffee Shop; same with Borders for Best Bookstore. Isn't this supposed to be about D.C.'s best local and non-totally-massive-and-impersonal establishments?).

This summer's Screen on the Green series, now in its sixth year, closes out this evening on the National Mall with a showing of the classic "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Made in 1939 and starring Jimmy Stewart, the movie tells the tale of a naive freshman Senator who plays David to the Goliath of a big, evil government. HBO's description follows:

Hopelessly cynical hipster kids can get a dose of feel-good, irony-free music tonight with the Polyphonic Spree concert, going on at the 9:30 Club (815 V St. NW). Twenty-five bandmates, dressed in technicolor floor-length robes, indoctrinate audience members into their wonderful world of musical puppies and rainbows. The Texas-based group, building on the success of their first album, "The Beginning Stages of ...", has found some critical success with their second effort, "Together We're Heavy." DCist, always on the lookout for some good, clean, cultish fun, will be in attendance. It'll be just like the Sun Myung Moon bizarro crowning ceremony on the Hill, except with catchy music and fewer Congressmen. $18.

From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews:

From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews: It's a dreary Tuesday here in the District, with no end in sight to the August humidity. But fear not, fellow DCists! We've got some entertainment picks for this evening that should have you kicking up your heels and forgetting the workaday woes (and those pesky terror threats) for the night. First, you can take a walk down musical memory lane with your pick of a couple of retro...

From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews: Call them precious, call them twee, call them a second-rate Belle and Sebastian. Whatever you think of them, the Scottish pop group Camera Obscura brings its adorable act to the Iota in Arlington tonight. We really weren’t kidding about the second-rate Belle and Sebastian comparison, though. Seriously, check out the bizarre similarities between the two groups: both hail from Glasgow; each band has seven or more members; they maintain a...