Good news in time for Christmas this year; the Warehouse Theater will continue to operate through next summer, according to the institution. The venue is currently hosting Scena Theater's The Maids and will have new shows in February and March. That also means it remains a venue for next year's Fringe Festival. The Warehouse is still looking for a new home. Despite the usual winter doldrums that December brings, there are still a number of... more ›

Good morning, Washington. Even if you don't plan to do anything with your day like attending a memorial event or volunteering, it's rather difficult to forget what day it is today -- every time you see the date Sept. 11 on a credit card slip or memo, you're going to be reminded. The Post has a big interactive feature up on the creation of the Pentagon Memorial, which is scheduled to open in one... more ›

Along with ripped jeans and an appetite for destruction, a roguish stage name is a prerequisite for membership in a punk band. There’s Iggy Pop, Sid Vicious, and the frontmen for the four acts playing at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Sunday: Andy Vandal from The Riptides, not to be confused with Conley Chlamydia of The RipOuts. Then there’s Haircut (of The Heart Attacks), and Joe Queer (of The Queers). more ›

Before we get to the bad news, we'll butter you up with the weather — isn't it beautiful outside! It's going to be sunny and quite warm today, with highs reaching 85 degrees, so get some use out of those short-sleeves while you still can. There, you see, aren't you excited to be starting your day now? Well never fear, DCist is here to ruin all that for you. Yes children, we're afraid it might... more ›

Coach Joe Gibbs, despite having posted a career win-loss record that is just to die for, has never once won an opening week game on a Monday night. It makes you wonder why he’d willingly go through it again, especially after last night’s dispiriting loss to the Minnesota Vikings and their newly befuglified uniforms—squandering both a home game and a match against a very beatable team. In a game set against the backdrop of September... more ›

The lovely ladies over at The Reliable Source have the scoop that Tom Cruise, along with fiancee Katie Holmes and kids Isabella, Connor and indeed, baby Suri, are currently in Washington at the invitation of Redskins owner and new financial partner Dan Snyder. The entire Cruise fam is reportedly staying at The Danny's Potomac manse, out of which they ventured last night for a private, after-hours visit to Six Flags America, where we suppose they... more ›

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Washington has become all the rage in the Hollywood set; whether they're trying to establish their public policy bona fides or soak their late husbands for millions of bucks, the beautiful people (and Michael Douglas) have been showering the District with unprecedented favoritism. So I suppose it should come as no surprise that the strangest and most untentionally hilarious of movie star trappings, the Church of Scientology, should be doing a booming Washington business. more ›

It's here. Tourist season is officially upon us. But we're still light on clueless tourist comments. I know they're out there -- just as I'm sure there are a bunch of Parisians out there laughing about the stupid Americans who couldn't figure out where the actual Bastille was. That is, when they're not busy participating in mass demonstrations. So keep keeping your ears open, and email anything interesting, funny, or inscrutable you hear to overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com. more ›

MONDAY: >> The definite must-see show this evening is sure to be Q and Not U's performance at Fort Reno. As we reported earlier, the band is breaking up, and this concert will be one of their last. But if you can't make it tonight, don't worry too much - they're playing shows at the Black Cat September 22 and 23. Tonight, the politically-charged hip hop group Son of Nun opens, and the music gets... more ›

Thanks to DCeiver, who points out some Scientologist wackiness that doesn't involve Tom Cruise. It seems those crazy Dianetics believers are at it again, this time causing a ruckus at a local print shop. The issue? Apparently, they thought the staff was holding on to fliers for a special event. Copies of the flier had apparently been leaked to the public, and the angry Scientologists -- clearly unable to control MEST -- sent a lawyer and some investigators to search the entire store. Their actions then got weirder -- but we'll let the witness do the talking:

Then they said they wanted to buy some reams of colored paper. We said fine. They said they wanted to pick which reams they got. Odd but fine. They must have bought 100 reams of paper. They opened them up and looked at the pages. It seems they thought we were hiding documents in there. They left all of the paper in a big pile. We recycled it.

Do you fear that the District will become more dangerous if its gun laws are relaxed, as legislation moving through the Senate currently contemplates? Are you angry that a Senator from Texas is trying to impose her pro-gun beliefs on a city that did not elect her nor can remove her from office? Does your status as a District resident leave you unrepresented and disgruntled with the state American democracy? If you answered yes to... more ›

Tom Cruise may think psychiatry is bunk, but luckily for today's mentally ill defendants, one D.C. court is responsible for reminding us of its place in the law. Judge David Bazelon (at right), one of the greats of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, single-handedly reshaped the insanity defense. The old rule, a British import, simply did not fit with the state of medicine in 1954. Though Bazelon's new rule placed great faith in science, history has shown that Americans today are still not quite comfortable accepting it. more ›