Oct 26, 2007
Out and About: Weekend Picks
FRIDAY: >> It’s raining, and you’ve got some serious partying to do tomorrow night, so we’d recommend taking in a movie and saving your strength. Don’t miss our movie picks for the weekend here, including special Halloween screenings of Nosferatu at the AFI Silver Theater. Also of note tonight, The American City Diner screens Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho at 8:30 p.m. >> If you’re more in the mood for getting your eardrums absolutely destroyed, Japanese metal…
Aug 29, 2007
About Tonight
>> The Rock and Roll Hotel welcomes the country’s first deaf hip-hop group, locals Helix Boyz. Prince Darius and Sho Roc bring an energetic following from nearby Gallaudet University and fun beats that, as you might imagine, you can feel thumping in your body through the speakers. Doors at 8 p.m., $10. >> Daniel Levitin will be at Politics and Prose to discuss his latest book This is Your Brain on Music in conversation…
Jul 30, 2007
About Tonight
>> Fort Reno’s got Garland of Hours, Aerialist, and Lady in the Radiator. 7:15 p.m., call 703-318-2197 for rain updates. >> Screen on the Green has the excellent, often overlooked thriller Wait Until Dark, which stars Audrey Hepburn as a recently blinded woman who is terrorized by a group of criminals while they try to get to a doll stuffed with heroin they believe is in her apartment. Films start at sunset, call 877-262-5866 for…
May 15, 2007
About Tonight
>> At the the Guy Mason Recreation Center tonight there will be an open house to discuss DDOT’s Glover Park Transportation Study. 6:30 to 8 p.m. [via FreeRide] >> Trippy Japanese instrumentalists Mono stop by the Rock and Roll Hotel with Grails and World’s End Girlfriend. $10/$12, 8 p.m. doors. >> The American City Diner & Cafe hosts a special screening of the still great Mike Nichols film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, starring…
Dec 16, 2005
Out and About: Weekend Picks
If you’re like us, you’ve got more holiday parties to attend this weekend than you can count with your socks off. But just in case you’re still looking for more merriment, here’s a look at this weekend’s offerings. FRIDAY: >> Charm City’s own Lake Trout has been getting stellar reviews for their sophomore effort, Them, Not You. They also spent part of the fall opening up for the Pixies, which makes us so envious, we…
Dec 08, 2005
Brooks Launches Campaign Blog
In proving that blogs are still all the rage, Sam Brooks, a candidate for the Ward 3 seat on the City Council, recently launched a blog of his own. Born on December 5 and updated for the first time today, Brooks’ “idea blog” is presented as a means for the young candidate to exchange views with the voters. Writes Brooks: The basic idea is simple: to begin a substantive discussion about public policy that will…
Jul 26, 2005
Where for Thou Art House?
Since the death of Visions, the District has been sorely lacking in genuine art house cinema fare. But a brief sweep of the summer film landscape has turned up a much more eclectic and inviting set of mid-week options than we would have guessed, from well chosen special screenings at familiar venues to intriguing, less obvious options. Get it while the gettin’s good: art houses everywhere seem to be going the way of the gray…
Jul 14, 2005
D.C. Politics Roundup: A Little Bit of This And That
Voting Rights Signs Popping Up: The movement to grant District residents full voting rights became just a little more obvious in recent days. DC Vote announced on Tuesday that a 10 foot by 20 foot banner bearing the phrases “Go Nats!” and “Taxation Without Representation” was permanently affixed to the western side of RFK Stadium in recent weeks. Similarly, a 12 foot by 24 foot billboard, pictured above, was placed atop the American City…