Commenter Lionel M. Hutz linked to a video yesterday in our post about the 1-year jail sentence handed down to the former Metrobus driver who struck and killed two women in February. Rusty over at why.i.hate.dc also linked to it this morning, and since then, the DCist Staff email list has been filled with a lot of phrases like “Wow”, “Holy crap!” and “That’s the single most horrific piece of video I’ve seen in a…

Being somewhat of a history buff, I remember being bummed when I first moved to D.C. to discover the National Archives were closed for renovations. A few years later, the doors opened again, and finally seeing these amazing, centuries old documents in person is something I won’t forget. Flickr user FrogMiller took this crystal clear photo (with no flash, of course) of Mr. Hancock’s famous signature. EXIF. Entrance to the Rotunda at the The…

>> The YMCA National Capital at 1711 Rhode Island Ave NW is hosting Mario Lopez and some one-named Broadway star for some dancin’, and hoping you won’t laugh. [via BrightestYoungThings] >> Salmon Try to Send Larry Craig Up the River [Wonkette] >> Mayor Fenty promised to speed up renovations on D.C.’s oldest pipelines, after low water pressure cost firefighters valuable time in last night’s four-alarm Adams Morgan blaze. [WaPo] >> October 1 Means Its…

MONDAY >> The wait is over! We’ve been anxiously awaiting the start of Fort Reno’s season, and the day has finally arrived. Head up to the park and hear one of DCist’s favorite local outfits, Deleted Scenes, along with Mass Movement of the Moth and The Boom Orangutangs. >> It’s movie night at Galaxy Hut, and tonight the theme is 80s Surf Films. Get your Point Break on and drink an Alagash or twelve. It…

Ah, a town bursting at the seams with art — just as it should be. The weekend approaches us with no excuse to stay home; in fact, you might want to finally figure out that “be in two places at the same time” trick you’ve been meaning to master. Take a deep breath: Go. Thursday: >> Warm up for the weekend at the Arlington Arts Center, where Virginia’s Poet Laureate, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, will give a…

Today DCist begins a new supplement to our weekly agendas. If you still don’t have plans for tonight we’ve got an assortment of activities to get you off the couch and out enjoying all the area has to offer. >> Jumping on the cherry tree bandwagon, Black Cat hosts The Cherry Blossom Jam. Rap artists Marsha Ambrosius, of Floetry fame, Chrisette Michelle, Frestile and MN8. [1811 14th St. NW, $22, Doors open at 8…

Without a library since 2004, the Shaw neighborhood may finally be getting a place with walls to borrow books. The neighborhood’s Watha T. Daniel library, as well as the Tenleytown, Anacostia, and Benning libraries, were supposed to have been renovated by 2006, but after a series of delays and cancelled contracts, there may be some book relief coming. We got an email from the D.C. Public Library via ANC commissioner Michael Bernardo saying a…

TUESDAY Got someone in your life who neatly fits within the Young Adult demographic? They’d be pleased as punch to meet China Mieville, whose new fantasy novel, Un Lun Dun, reads like a Pan’s Labyrinth without all the blood-spatter and heavy overtones of European fascism. And, yeah, you grown-ups will probably dig it as well. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY There was a time when “hooking up” really meant something….

DCist and Columbia Records are joining forces this Thursday, November 30th, at Four Fields Irish Pub (formerly known as The Four P’s) in Cleveland Park for an exclusive screening of the Oasis movie Lord, Don’t Slow Me Down. This tour documentary was shot over the last two years during the band’s Don’t Believe the Truth world tour. Get there early for the your chance at some of the Oasis CD and DVD giveaways, and stay…

TUESDAY We were wondering what the best way to entice you to come hear Maria Arana discuss her new book Cellophane, an alternately hilarious and disturbing tale of her native Peru, but then we remembered it was being held at the Inter-American Development Bank Conference Center Auditorium and we thought, heck, who DOESN’T spend Tuesday night at the Inter-American Development Bank Conference Center Auditorium? 1330 New York Ave. NW. at 6:30 p.m. Free. WEDNESDAY Over…