It's that time again! WAMU, home to many a local broadcasting treasure, is again asking its listeners for cash. As we did last time around, we thought we'd grade the crop of gifts offered to particularly generous donators. more ›

The District's NPR outlet, WAMU, is currently asking its listeners for money -- and given the frequency with which the station uses its airwaves to solicit donations, you may be considering tossing some cash their way. While helping to keep hard-working reporters at work and Diane Rehm's voice on the Washington airwaves is arguably its own reward, we were curious about this year's gifts -- you know, the knicknacks that the station hands out. Do they stand up next to the PBS golf umbrella, the unanimous champion of the pledge drive giveaway? Let's find out! more ›

FOUND Magazine has a knack for revealing the beautiful underbelly of America, the forgotten parts of our everyday lives. Highlighting things like the hateful note you left the person parked in your precious parking spot, your laundry list of to-dos, that love note you didn’t find the courage to send, or those rejection letters that you didn’t want to hold onto, FOUND is the curated hamper for everything not worth collecting. That is unless you... more ›

If you were traveling over the holiday weekend, you would have easily missed the announcement that popular local NPR affiliate WAMU 88.5 FM will be making big changes to their broadcast schedule -- most notably moving the entirety of their popular weekend bluegrass programming to an HD Radio channel, leaving many listeners upset and confused as to how the station could abandon their signature music programs on the regular FM dial. Here's what's going to happen come Sept. 17 (or check out the entire programming scheme here): more ›

The phrase “review-proof” usually denotes some property so universally recognizable and demonstrably saleable that no amount of critical huffing and puffing can possibly derail its commercial invincibility. more ›

Are you a resident of Washington, D.C. and looking for a new job? D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is hosting her 10th annual Norton Job Fair, at the Washington Convention Center's Hall C on Tuesday, July 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. You need to show proof of D.C. residency to attend (either a valid D.C. driver's license, or picture ID plus a utility bill with your address), the idea being to give D.C.... more ›

Back to the feeding trough, all. After spending a weekend in the beautiful and delicious Bay Area, it's nice to be back to the reality of dirty campaigning, impossible political prognostications, and the constant braying that the turrists are going to blow us up. I wouldn't be here if I didn't love it… Restaurants in Anacostia? Is it time to put a sit down restaurant in the middle of Anacostia? That's the question Washington Business... more ›

Two years ago, I heard an interesting piece on public radio about a one-woman play that was in the middle of a critically successful run at Manhattan Ensemble Theater. I had missed the introduction of the segment but listened raptly as the author, whose voice sounded very familiar, described how she had come to write a show about the lives of Iraqi women during the American military occupations. My jaw hit the floor at the... more ›

With a career spanning over three decades, the eclectic Kronos Quartet has covered a lot of ground. But even with their reputation as a true rock n' roll "classical" ensemble, watching violinist David Harrington growl in German was a sight to behold at GW's Lisner Auditorium on Sunday. more ›

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Author, musician and radio personality Garrison Keillor once wrote that in Lake Wobegone, Minn., the women are strong, the men are good looking and all the children are above average. Apparently at Wolf Trap, the wolves speak fluent English and raise homeless liberals to become hosts of shows on public radio – or so we are led to believe. This was one of Keillor’s many jokes on “A Prairie Home Companion” at Wolf Trap on Saturday. Keillor is a legend in public radio, and Saturday’s sold out performance/live broadcast drew in crowds from as far as Harrisburg, Pa. For those of you who have never listened to the show, which is broadcast on Washington’s WETA, it’s family-friendly, folksy fun with a message. more ›

SFist commeters pose for before and aftershocks when the mayor commemorates a 1906 earthquake...at 4:30 in the morning. A hot tip on the Chronicle vending machines comes in and the SFist war correspondent risks life and limb to post this dispatch from the frontlines. Houstonist announces their new Cops spinoff "World's Funniest Tazer Videos" and the possible cancellation of their pervs' "World's Grossest Bathroom Videos" and PBS trains cams on cows at, uhg, Mootube. Also,... more ›

DCist caught up with Bittman to find out if he is sharpening his knives and his skills to compete at the Capital Food Fight against Greggory Hill of David Greggory, Morou of Signatures, Katsuya Fukushima of Café Atlantico, and last year's winner, Ris LaCoste of DC's 1789. more ›

In an age when broadcast radio is increasingly homogenized and corporate, WAMU’s Hot Jazz Saturday Night is a refuge for those with an interest in vintage jazz, swing and big band from the '20s, '30s, and '40s. Host Rob Bamberger, whose record collection has taken over his basement and laundry room, has been laying down jazz knowledge every Saturday night from 7 to 10 p.m. since 1980. That makes 25 years — congrats to... more ›

Hey trivia fans, if you're up tomorrow morning, be sure to tune into National Public Radio's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" between 11 a.m. and noon (on 88.5/WAMU) because a DCist contributor (not your editor) will be on the air lending his authority on a certain subject to confuse the hell out of an unlucky contestant. We don't want to ruin the surprise, but it may or may not involve something in a triangular-shaped park across the street from a mansion-turned-historical society-turned-museum designed in a form of beerhouse baronial architecture where -- in a piece of personal trivia -- this DCist's great-great grandfather did all the ornate woodcarving. more ›

(Interview done by DCist contributor Amadie Hart) more ›

One interesting characteristic about Washington is the lack of outdoor advertising. Sure, there may be a smattering of bus and metrorail ads, but for the most part, it is rare to find large advertisements in the central sections of the city. (New York Avenue in Northeast is another story ...) We assume it has to do with not diluting the image of democracy through the power of neoclassical architecture. more ›

National Public Radio's beloved deposed elder statesman, Bob Edwards, has a new assignment. Edwards will leave NPR to compete against his old radio show, "Morning Edition" on XM Satellite Radio starting in October. Edwards tells the Post the he will "be a pioneer again," much like when he joined NPR in 1974 when the radio network was just three years old. Edwards has always seemed to be at the forefront of D.C. commercial development. For... more ›