Today will start cloudy and become partly sunny in the afternoon, with highs around 60. The photo is of the brand-new Music Center at Strathmore.
Bush Budget Mixed Bag for Region: Although Chesapeake Bay cleanup and library programs would be cut, President Bush’s budget would increase military spending in the region. See the Post article the budget’s local impact.
Whitman Remembered: Walt Whitman spent 10 years living in Washington, D.C., and the attraction to his 150-year-old Leaves of Grass remains among local poets. Marc Fisher finds excerpts from a new collection of poetry in a D.C. journal inspired by his work.
‘El Zol’ Finds Listeners: The station that replaced legendary alt-rock station WHFS (which still lives online), El Zol, is planning on hiring 8 staff after a surprisingly strong start in a city whose growing Hispanic population has reached 10% with “terrific” response from advertisers and “amazing” ratings reports that have “essentially tripled and quadrupled, in some cases, the previous WHFS ratings.”
Theater Archive Moves to U.Md.: This year the University of Maryland will take ownership of the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA), a collection of over “400 video recordings of Washington area theater performances dating back to 1993.” The transfer was planned because the creator, James J. Taylor, is ill, however the University plans to continue his life’s work.
Briefly Noted: Virginia considering banning low-riding pants … a group in Maryland wants a living wage for domestic employees … The Washington Times has launched their “Insider” feature where readers can find RSS feeds, a politics blog, and “expanded and improved content” and no pop-up ads in exchange for a free registration …
