It was 234 years ago Sunday that American colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor as part of a symbolic protest against being taxed by the British while not having a representative in the Westminster Parliament. Yesterday District voting rights activists remembered the event by holding their own tea party, this one to protest the union's last standing example of taxation without representation. Though the wind whipped across the Potomac River, about 80 activists and......

The Tony's. The Helen Hayes Awards. Opening night of just about anything, natch. The world of theater has a lot of big nights, it seems. Add one more to the list. On October 19, D.C. will celebrate a Free Night of Theater. Participating theaters — and there are many of them — will offer free tickets to some of the area's most popular shows. And we're not talking just a few tiny theaters desperate for......