Virginia Republicans will be gathering for an unassembled convention, and will use ranked-choice voting to pick their gubernatorial nominee from seven candidates.

DCist visited Katsucon this weekend and snapped some photos.

Rare Avengers comics, the eternal Star Wars vs. Star Trek debate, and matchmaking abounded at Awesome Con D.C. last weekend.

Last weekend, one corner of the D.C. area was taken over by more than 7,000 zealous, costumed individuals. No it wasn’t a Lady Gaga concert; it was Katsucon 18.

Hundreds of people were evacuated at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this afternoon after a fight broke out between participants at the Greater Washington National College Fair.

Yes, it’s hockey season again.

By DCist contributor Hemal Jhaveri Almost 5,000 die-hard Caps fans flocked to the Gaylord Convention Center at National Harbor this past Saturday for the first ever Capitals Fan Convention. This is a pretty big deal for the Caps organization and the Caps faithful, who only a few years ago couldn’t even generate enough enthusiasm to sell out a home game, much less attract a packed convention center full of rabid fans draped in red. Despite…

AJ Schnack returned to SILVERDOCS last night with the world premiere screening of his latest, Convention. Schnack received the festival’s Cinematic Vision Award a few years back for his About a Boy, an elegiac tribute to Kurt Cobain featuring taped interviews with the singer combined with filmed images of the places where he lived and grew up. It was an acquired taste as a film, but even its detractors couldn’t deny it’s simple beauty….

Good morning, Washington. We hope not too many of you were making your way into the city from Montgomery County this morning, as two separate water main breaks forced road closures in Takoma Park and kids to get the day off from school in Germantown. We’ll admit it — we’re pretty envious of the students at Fox Chapel Elementary School, who get to spend the day doing whatever they please while we had to show…

>> The holiday gift season is officially here, which means we’re going to start seeing a little more emphasis on the latter half of “arts and crafts” around the city, when the search for the perfect present for Aunt Sallie ends with you standing in front of a pile of handmade tea kettle cozies. You might want to start with the high quality stuff, and get to the Washington Craft Show this weekend at the…