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Written by DCist Contributor Eric Denman On U street NW between 13th and 14th, nestled between Polly's and a nail salon, Axis is settling into a rhythm and starting to be a very solid contender in an increasingly crowded strip. The wine list, which averages $12 $8 by the glass, is respectable, but the real reason to come here is for the tap list. Although it doesn't boast a huge variety of obscure seasonals, the...

On Monday morning at a little after 11 a.m., we noticed a pair of beat cops walking along U Street NW near 12th Street. In many other cities, this would certainly be nothing to take note of, but in D.C., the cries from neighborhood associations and individual residents for more officers to patrol on foot have been heard for years. Police Chief Cathy Lanier thus rightly made a big deal out of increasing the number...

By now it is Chamber of Commerce cliché to write of "U Street’s revitalization." Most residents have read the historical postings along U Street NW and know, by way of slogan at least, that "before Harlem, there was U Street." At the height of Washington’s segregated past, a few decades after segregation was imposed by Congress against the will of a vocal many white and black District residents, U Street NW was the city’s celebrated...

>> Artists Virgil Marti and Pae White, whose new conceptual piece has recently been installed in the lobby of the Hirshhorn, will give a Meet the Artists talk in the museum's Ring Auditorium. [7th St. and Independence Ave. SW, Free, 7 p.m.]

>> The Corcoran is the place to be for art this weekend when they open the mammoth exhibit Modernism: Designing a New World, 1914-1939 on Saturday. The show will appeal to more than straight-up art lovers — wannabe urban planners (we know we've got some of those around here) will find a survey of industrial architecture; politicos can engage in an examination of the era's struggle for national identity; fashionistas can check out the styles...

With its upper floors now dedicated to live entertainment – in the former Erico Café – we thought we might be able to dine downstairs at Café Nema in peace, away from the bustle. We were wrong. Before the expansion, you got food and great jazz at Nema, but you also had to fight for tables, play musical chairs to get your party seated together and step over an amp to get to the restroom.

The last time we discussed a citizen-led campaign to convince a certain specialty grocer to open in D.C., we discovered our readers have a lot of opinions about their grocery store options. Well recently DCist met with Lydia Charles, the organizer of another similar effort to convince her favorite grocery store to open a store in the U Street NW neighborhood. Charles has just launched WeWantTraderJoes.com, the online arm of the petition she began circulating around MidCity at the beginning of this month. After abruptly losing access to a car, Charles said she became more aware of how limited shopping options are in her neighborhood, and believes the addition of a Trader Joe's would be the best option for the rapidly growing area.

The Union Row development project on 14th and V streets has yet to confirm what retail stores will occupy the ground floor. Opening a Trader Joe's grocery store in one of the two available spaces would not only provide another shopping option in the neighborhood, but one that's mission is to offer quality products at everyday affordable prices. Such a store would meet the diverse tastes and incomes of the Greater U Street community.

MONDAY >> "It" band of the month Arctic Monkeys are headlining a sold-out show at the 9:30 Club with Delaware’s eccentric pop ensemble http://www.crackerbox.net/audio/spintoband/">Spinto Band. Fear not, though. NPR.org is webcasting the show starting at 8:30 p.m. as part of its ever growing and always impressive concert series. So gather around the laptop with the kids, and listen to the latest "greatest U.K. rock band of all time" play in our very own backyard. >>...

In this oppressive heat, DCist has found it difficult to leave the house even for work, much less shopping. But this evening’s U Street Shopper Social, with area stores boasting savings on everything from designer denim to 19th century farm tables, might be incentive enough for us to leave our artificially-cooled abodes. Plus, there’s free cupcakes!

The morning after the United States celebrated 229 years of independence, the General Assembly of the 55-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) voted to endorse a resolution calling on the U.S. Congress to pass the legislation necessary to granting District residents full voting rights.

DCist considers ourselves fortunate enough to have been part of the 1,200 invite-only crowd at the Lincoln Theatre on U Street NW last night, where D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams delivered his the annual State of the District address. Part policy proposals and part campaign stump speech, the address clearly identified a city on the up-and-up but with still much to do. Williams listed problems and solutions, yet the genius was more in the underlying message...

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams will deliver the annual "State of the District" speech next Monday at 7 p.m. from the Lincoln Theatre on U Street NW. In District politics, this is about as big as it gets, and DCist only naturally wants in on the action. There has been a lively debate in recent months over what, if anything, bloggers do. Are they journalists? Should they be granted similar access to media events? Can they...