- “It’s almost as if you have to be a major newspaper with the resources to pay attorneys to sue the government to get access to records in the public interest.” [WCP]
- What the blooming cherry blossoms look like in satellite imagery. [CWG]
- Meanwhile, cherries are apparently the official fruit of D.C. despite the fact that the cherry trees don’t bear fruit. [Washingtonian]
- Crab season is here, officially. [WJLA]
- This local food startup has some famous backers. [WBJ]
- Chelsea Manning has been imprisoned for nearly four weeks. [AP via WJLA]
- The Kennedy Center is making an opera about police brutality. [Washingtonian]
- The details of the new Metro budget. [GGW]
- The D.C. school voucher fight is playing out in Congress again. [Post]
- Rusty Powell reflects on 26 years at the helm of the National Gallery. [Washintonian]
- Fairfax County releases report on use of seclusion and restraint in schools. [WAMU]
- McDuffie wants to review street names and other symbols for offensiveness. [Post]
- How the Lyon sisters case was solved after 40 years. [Post]
- (Some) details of Amazon’s leases in “National Landing.” [UrbanTurf]
- Spike Gjerde is opening another D.C. restaurant. [WCP]
- ICYMI: The Wizards ditch Ernie Grunfeld.
- ICYMI: Why you won’t see the water on at the Malcolm X Park fountains for another few months.
- ICYMI: Capitol Hill Books co-owner Matt Wixon dies at 41.
- This Day in DCist: That time dozens of people blazed up in front of the White House.
From Open , projectionist Robin Bell’s show at the Corcoran.
Rachel Sadon