Via Silver Spring, Singular, we find this amusing/embarrassing video spoof based on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air put together by Darryl Williams, the new principal of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring. Back in October, the Washington Post ran a profile on Williams as he transitioned into his new job at Blair, taking over for popular former principal Phillip Gainous. From the looks of things, Williams is already making his mark on…

When Peter Gelb took over as the new general director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, he promised several initiatives to bring opera to broader audiences. The leading American opera company opened its season last September, and New Yorkers were able to watch the celebrity-studded performance of Madama Butterfly on large screens in the plaza of Lincoln Center and the chaos of Times Square. The Met even brought a brief scene from its production of…

FRIDAY: >> Seattle singer-songwriter Rosie Thomas is recording a new album with Sufjan Stevens, has toured with both James Mercer and Sam Bean, and we wouldn’t be shocked if she had “Sub Pop” tatooed on her butt. There’s no arguing she’s got the street cred to draw a crowd tonight at Jammin’ Java in Vienna. But Thomas also has a penchant for exploring topics (and melodies) that seem to place her more in the “sometimes…

Always looking for the D.C. slant to a story, DCist found a loose District tie, albeit a strong mid-Atlantic one, to all the Olympic action on the ice in Turin, Italy. Sixteen-year-old figure skater Kimmie Meissner hails from Bel Air, Maryland, about 21 miles outside of Baltimore. It isn’t inside the Beltway, but it’s far closer than, say, California. Meissner, who trains at the University of Delaware in Newark, will be skating her long program…