Apr 13, 2007
Out and About: Weekend Picks
FRIDAY: >> It’s Friday the 13th. Scaaary? Nah. We laugh in the face of danger. Or at least, you might if you swing by HR-57 tonight for all the DC Comedy Fest events happening on their stages. We gave you the rundown on the festival yesterday, and we’d especially recommend heading over later on to catch the 11 p.m. Leno-Letterman Audition Highlights, which features some of the fest’s funnier comedians in longer sets than usual….
Jan 26, 2007
Overheard in D.C.: Parental Guidance
If this week in Washington has taught us one thing, it’s that children and adult themes just do not mix. But before we get to another debate on whether or not it’s appropriate to bring your toddler to Coyote Ugly, maybe we should take a long hard look at another societal corrosive: vague comedic sexual innuendo. We see it all the time, yet we do nothing. We believe that the subtext in Jack’s good-natured sexual…
Aug 17, 2004
D.C.s Little Addis Ababa
DCist has always thought that D.C. lacks neighborhoods with a clear ethnic identity. There is no Little Italy, no Koreatown, no Pulaski Square. There is a Chinatown, but in reality, it is a Chinablock flanked by a Hooters, an Irish pub, a Chipotle and a Coyote Ugly. And while Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights used to be a district of mainly Salvadorans, an influx of Route 42 hipsters caused Don Juan’s (corner of Lamont and…