>> The Blow, Saturday Looks Good to Me and Karl Blau are all at the Black Cat. 8 p.m., $12. >> The songs of Neil Young will be honored by the collective of local musicians known as Ragged Glory at the Velvet Lounge. Check out our full preview here. >> The aforementioned DieYuppieKickball.com is hosting its first initiation meeting tonight at Cosmos, the upstairs of Chief Ike's, at 7 p.m. Reads the email: "What?!... more ›

You know what they say -- better one scandal too late than never at all. We've received word from the office of Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) that tomorrow afternoon he'll be hosting a public roundtable on the Water and Sewer Agency, which has had something of a rough year so far. Reads an email from Graham: I will be holding a public roundtable on the status of the public water main system in... more ›

Just when we'd started to forget the entire rigamarole about getting the new stadium for the Nationals, we get today's Post article on the lucrative sale of its naming rights. It's not so much that we should be surprised that the stadium may be named after a corporation — it's that the District won't see a penny of the money that the chosen corporation splashes all over the publicly financed $611 million project. Reads the... more ›

After last week, and especially yesterday and today, probably the busiest weekend in October for classical music, things slow down a little this week. Not to worry, there are concerts for you to hear and some good ones at that. TOP PICKS: >> A week from today (October 22, 7 p.m.), there are still tickets for the recital by Croatian piano virtuoso Ivo Pogorelich at the George Mason University Center for the Arts, way out... more ›

On Aug. 10, Mendelson’s office e-mailed his August newsletter to roughly 1,000 District residents, said Beverly Wheeler, his chief of staff. The “At-Large Update” included descriptions of 10 bills Mendelson moved during the July 11 Council meeting and a paragraph about Mendelson receiving an award from the American Cancer Society. more ›

Ah yes, the double-parking churchgoers are once again the news. But this time, it looks like they may have their way. The Washington Times is reporting that a taskforce appointed by D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams to consider solutions to the controversial problem may just end up legalizing the practice. Reads the article: A D.C. task force is considering a plan that would make double parking legal at churches on Sundays. "One of the things they... more ›

If there is one thing that the U.S. can learn from Europe, it's how to best balance urban living, transportation needs, and environmental consciousness. If there is one car that can best make that point, it's the Smart Car. more ›

And it was just beginning to look like the hopes and dreams of District bloggers and commenters everywhere were going to come true. Yesterday, the Examiner reported that the D.C. Taxicab Commission would release a report in the next few weeks expected to support ditching D.C.'s zone system in favor of regular old meters. The six-month study was conducted by George Washington University and pulls data from over 30,000 cab rides, comparing metered and zoned fares along similar routes. more ›

Well, not really. But the former Playboy model and current gold digger could probably find a wealthy and willing suitor if she wanted to. According to an article in the Washington Business Journal, the Washington region ranks fourth in the nation in terms of the number of wealthy residents it has. Reads the article: Metropolitan Washington has 247,219 residents with a net worth of more than $1 million, and 356,430 folks with a net worth... more ›

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams seems to have been taken aback by "An Inconvenient Truth," the new movie detailing Al Gore's tireless fight against global warming. In a press release dated June 2, Williams mentions the movie alongside a plea for residents to do whatever they can to prevent global warming. Reads the release: “The best time to act is now,” said Mayor Williams. “Global warming is one of the most dire threats we face. Everyone... more ›

Here at DCist, we do not normally concern ourselves much with Baltimore, for obvious reasons contained in the name of this site. However, I do go up to Charm City regularly to hear concerts, and I mention things to hear there if they are exceptional. So, as I advised you all in last week's Classical Music Agenda, on Friday night DCist Got In On It and heard the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Departing music director Yuri Temirkanov did indeed return from St. Petersburg for his final series of concerts in The City That Reads. With him this week was the extraordinary 22-year-old Munich-born violinist Julia Fischer, a sensation on recordings (her refined CD of Bach solo violin works has charmed many reviewers, including me). Nothing prepared me, however, for the joy and excitement that hearing her live would bring. more ›

Large Sewage Spill Sours Potomac River: Some 17 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River on Saturday, reports NBC 4. The spill was caused by a three-hour power failure at the Blue Plains sewage treatment plant on the eastern back of the river. And though 17 million gallons sounds like a lot, the EPA has predicted that the spill won't have a major impact, a claim countered by the Anacostia Watershed... more ›

Word to the wise -- if you're skimming some company money off the top for personal expenses, spread some of the love around. If not, well, it's going to come back and bite you in the ass. That's exactly what happened with former American University president Ben Ladner, who was fired from his $875,000-a-year job last October after news emerged that he had been too liberally spending university funds on personal expenses and opulent parties... more ›

If you're a fan of sushi, it may come as a bit of a surprise to know that your eating habits may directly be propping up the Washington Times and the rest of Rev. Sun Myung Moon's quirky religious empire. A reader recently tipped us off to an article in the Chicago Tribune outlining how Moon -- a self-proclaimed messiah and leader of the Unification Church -- has all but cornered the sushi market, using... more ›

DCist sees jury duty as an excuse to get the hell out of the office, and maybe, just maybe, actually get to sit in judgment on an O.J. Simpson-like courtroom drama (well, spare that whole murder and being sequestered forever thing). Most District residents see otherwise, apparently. more ›