Our city, splendid and powerful as it may be, is certainly not very sexy. While DC is infused with a vibrance and energy that other cities may lack, the sights, smells and sounds of a newly opened Pottery Barn, sprung forth from the rubble of a block of Southeast row houses do not provide quite the same sensory scintillation as, say, a South Beach mambo, or a West Village table for two. Capitol Hill sexploits, raving hordes of pre-teen lesbian antichrists, and Top 5 dating status notwithstanding, DC just isn’t what pops into mind when we hear “sexy.” While this DCist’s short life has hitherto limited his experience with Washingtonian women to middle school nights loitering outside the UA theater in Bethesda and bibulous high school soirees while the ‘rents are away, we recognize that there is an entire city out there just waiting to tear off that tie, kick off those heels, and make some love.

This may never happen. But we can at least try, right? Those willing to give it a shot are cordially invited to check out a screening of the first installment of filmmaker Richard Chu’s “DC Crossing” miniseries on the 18th and 25th at the Warehouse Theater. The first chapter, entitled “Eros,” is, according to the theater’s website,

” … interwoven stories on the mores and pathos of relationships, love, and sex [that] seek to shed light on the inner-identities of three culturally diverse young couples in urban DC.”

The film is shot in Adams Morgan, so even if mores and pathos aren’t your bag, you can at least go and excitedly whisper to your friends, “Hey! I eat lunch there sometimes!” There will be two showings, one at 8:00 p.m. and another at 9:00 p.m. Tickets are distributed free of charge thirty minutes before the show, and you can email Richard Chu himself to reserve yours. Given the highly sexual subject matter of the film, no one under 18 will be admitted. We find it uplifting that Chu has set his urban love story in our town; maybe there’s hope for us after all? He certainly seems to think so:

“The intermixing of sub-cultures in urban crossings tend to break down the barrier of discrimination, and intolerance that can propagate .. perhaps it’s in the mixed breeding of humanity, as is the case with canines, that societies foster peaceful temperaments, and peace.”

Aww, Richard, did you just compare us to dogs? You are so hot right now.

Photo of young urban lovers taken by aleman