It’s another nice day out there, Washington. Or, is it? Actually forecasters are calling for rain (but no wintry mix here) in the late part of the day, so bring your umbrella even though it doesn’t seem like you really need one right now. And while you’re searching the depths of your closet for one, consider this question: Now that the plans for a new Madame Tussauds wax museum in downtown Washington are officially coming…

The weekly Ist wrap-up is written by Seattlest editor Dan Gonsiorowski. DCist helps us make more sense of the world this week. Posts like this concert review are the reason for Scott Stapp. DCist also enumerates the reasons for playing ultimate frisbee, Condi’s tight buns, their love of a local convenience store, and their jealousy of a person in Seattle calling the city. LAist documented graf artist Banksy’s most recent visit to LA in one…

We’ve been doing some tinkering under the hood here at DCist headquarters, and we’re excited to announce some site improvements. First, we’ve added an events listing to the main page called the “Public Calendar”. It is located in the right hand column beneath the recent comments section. The events are drawn from the Washington, D.C. metro on the community events sharing website Upcoming.org. Upcoming allows users to upload information about events they are attending, post…

There’s a tiny bit of a lull this week in concerts before the end of February and the start of March absolutely slam us with great shows, but there are still a few good picks out there for the next seven days. MONDAY: >> Tonight, lo-fi spacey rockers Low take their show on the road to the Black Cat. We hear their new album, “The Great Destroyer,” was produced by Dave Fridmann, who’s worked with…

Can you? CAN YOU? No? Well, that’s OK. Neither can we. And we’ve got a doozie we’ve been dying to tell you ever since we found out about it. Our friendly in-the-know folks over at washingtonpost.com’s TWIN entertainment column were kind enough to alert us to the fact that though you might not have tickets to the 9:30 Club Arcade Fire concert this Sunday night, that doesn’t mean you can’t get your fill of adorable…