Elliot C. Williams- The Smithsonian is collecting Brood X cicadas to add to its permanent collection. [Post]
- New Era released and then pulled a series of locally themed baseball caps — the Nationals cap featured a patch dedicated to 1776, a year when Washington, D.C. didn’t exist. [NBC Sports]
- Residents, many of them children, at Northeast D.C. apartment complex Brookland Manor set up an outdoor screening of a film about gentrification. Then, the building’s security called the police and threatened to arrest them for “trespassing.” [Post]
- Here’s where D.C. hospitals rank on a racial inclusivity scale. [Lown Institute]
- To celebrate its centennial, the Phillips Collection is displaying more than 200 pieces by artists from the 19th century to now. [NYT]
- The first D.C. Wegmans is scheduled to open next year. [PoPville]
- Max Scherzer continued his between-starts routine at Nats Park … even with Georgetown’s graduation ceremony at the stadium. [Twitter/@ByMattWeyrich]
- Memorial Day weekend events happening around town. [WJLA]
- Five senators spoke in support of D.C. statehood during a session Tuesday. [Informer]
- ICYMI: Two women opened a pop-up museum at National Harbor to celebrate the beauty of Black hair.
- ICYMI: Attorney General Karl Racine sued Amazon, accusing it of monopolizing online retail.
- This Day in DCist: The Department of Public Works announced it would hold a rat summit.
A cicada on an Amazon package.
