- A crowd of about 20,000 people are expected in D.C. this weekend for the Convention Center’s first large event since the pandemic began. [WBJ]
- D.C. students can get to school for free if they use public transit this year. [WTOP]
- A hot, humid, and possibly rainy weekend awaits. [CWG]
- Howard University is building a new center to research health disparities. [Post]
- Michael Fanone, the D.C. police officer who responded to the Capitol on Jan. 6, will be on the cover of TIME Magazine. [WUSA 9]
- What you can expect from the NEXTFest music festival in Malcom X Park this September. [WCP]
- Did you get a pandemic tattoo? These D.C. residents did. [Washingtonian]
- A plan to build two new schools in Northwest D.C. is dividing neighbors. [Post]
- Ward 3 ANC Commissioner Monika Nemeth, the city’s first transgender elected official, is running for a D.C. Council seat. [Blade]
- Fairfax County schools are now serving as vaccine clinics as infections increase. [Informer]
- ICYMI: Montgomery and Prince George’s counties will reinstate indoor mask mandates.
- ICYMI: These geologists are mapping D.C.’s faults (in the ground).
- This Day in DCist: What were the best restaurants for adventurous D.C. diners six years ago?
Colleen Grablick