IntangibleArts uploaded this photo from a day spent at Maryland's Glen Echo Park. I could talk about the nice detail on the water droplets or the sense of longing captured in the eyes, but really, I just chose this because of the adorable puppy tongue reaching out to capture some cool drink. This photo reminds me to step up our cute furry animal coverage on DCist. EXIF. more ›

FRIDAY: >> Maybe you check in with DCist only occasionally to get a few tips on which concerts to see, but tend to stick to touring acts for the most part, and still haven't really exposed yourself to the local rock scene. If so, confess tonight and all your sins will be forgiven. Three of the best local bands are playing a show together on the Black Cat's main stage at 9 p.m. -- catch... more ›

This is one of those photos that pops up on the DCist photostream and screams, "Pick me! Pick me!" Or maybe it squealed and giggled, with the voices of all the little children whirring around at light speed. Flickr user epmd went out to Glen Echo Park to take this amusing photo at the Merry-Go-Round. EXIF. more ›

Forget the heat - DCist is ready for fall so we'll be able to see lots of new exhibits at area galleries. In the meantime, we've pulled together some highlights from the dreadfully slow month of August. >> Fine art photographer Tom Wolff and four of his former students are the focus of a new show at Spectrum Gallery in Georgetown. Wolff has taught at Glen Echo for 30 years and has picked some of... more ›

>> Capital Jazz Fest 2005 goes throughout the weekend at Merriweather Post Pavilion. The line up includes George Benson, Joe Sample, Chaka Khan (at right) Lalah Hathaway and more. Ticket information can be found here. more ›

It's military base closure and realignment time! Can't you feel the tension? A day after Northern Virginia went on alert that as many as 50,000 Defense Department workers could be leaving the area because their buildings do not meet federally mandated terrorist safeguards, a quiet corner of Bethesda might be the next area to see a Pentagon retreat. The Post reports that the Defense Department is considering consolidating agencies like the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on larger military reservations. In this case, the agency's facilities are too close to Sangamore Road. As anyone familiar with the area can tell you, the agency's campus is tightly interwoven with the surrounding leafy neighborhood, its shopping district and the Capital Crescent bike trail. more ›

The Palisades is a quiet, sleepy District neighborhood, tucked away on a high bluff above the Potomac a few miles upriver from Georgetown. Little, if anything, newsworthy comes from the neighborhood. (Unless of course you count a busload of protesters from Chicago's South Side showing up on Karl Rove's front lawn on Weaver Terrace earlier this year.) But the neighborhood is in the news. According to Sunday's Post, an abandoned house at 5136 Sherier Place... more ›