Thanks to DCist Flickr contributor AnyaLogic for sending in this shot of actor Chloë Sevigny on the set of the HBO drama Big Love, which was spotted shooting exterior scenes for its fourth season around Washington, D.C.’s Union Station over the weekend. There’s a lot of Big Love fans on the DCist staff, so we’re as excited as anyone to find out more about the show’s upcoming story lines in the District. All we…

As Sommer mentioned earlier this week, I was fortunate enough to have been invited to speak on a panel on D.C. voting rights at the YearlyKos Convention, a huge gathering of progressive activists and bloggers in Chicago. This morning I will be sitting alongside D.C. Shadow Rep. Mike Panetta, Danny Rose from DC Vote and Kesh Luddewhetty of DC for Democracy, all of whom will detail the current fight for voting rights, where it stands…

Good morning, Washington, and happy Cinco de Mayo. We understand that with all the recent furor over immigration, some folks might suddenly find themselves adopting an anti-Cinco stance. But to our xenophobic, er, friends we say: remember, this holiday is really about a military victory against the French. Surely that’s something that both Minutemen and Mexican immigrants can agree to celebrate. Day Labor Center’s Fate Unknown: Immigration opponents in Herndon have been quick to claim…

TUESDAY: Unfortunately, the new book My Father’s Houses: Memoir of a Family is not Steve Roberts’ attempt to capitalize on all the buzz surrounding HBO’s new polygamy series Big Love by coming out with shocking revelations. Instead, Roberts recounts the story of his own life as a young man growing up in New Jersey, attending Harvard, and courting and marrying Cokie Boggs. Just when we though Steve Roberts might have actually written something interesting. At…