One of the true American couples is no more.

Artist Kathryn Cornelius gets married and divorce seven times on one day in her Save the Date

Maryland may not yet allow same-sex marriage, but it has to grant divorces to same-sex couples.

Same-sex marriage doesn’t take effect in Maryland until next year, but a case today in the state’s top court is considering whether the state should grant a divorce to a same-sex couple married in California.

The latest lifestyle ranking bestowed on Washington seems so improbable, it’s almost seems worth blowing a gasket and punching a wall over. But calm down. Turns out, the D.C. area is a low-stress place.

Marylanders may be hoping to get same-sex marriage this year, but one member of the D.C. Council wants to make it easier for same-sex marriages performed here to be ended.

Recess of a Journey #4, 12 inches by 10 inches, mixed media, 2005″ src=”http://dcist.com/attachments/John James Anderson/2007_0717_RahmanRecess.jpg” width=”209″ height=”300″ class=”left”/> The most recent show at the Ellipse Arts Center in Arlington, titled Transform/Nation: Contemporary Art of Iran and Its Diaspora, explores the themes of identity, tradition, stereotype, and society that Iranian artists confront within their works. It is a show that is not about to divorce the work on the wall with the history of Iran;…

Apparently traumatized by the memory of his long lost pants, administrative law Judge Roy Pearson began to cry while testifying in D.C. Superior Court yesterday afternoon. After calling several witnesses who testified that they stopped going to Custom Cleaners after having unsatisfactory business dealings with the shop, Pearson took the stand himself, and as he recounted the story of having the Chung family try to give him a pair of pants that were not his,…

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we’ve all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we’ve been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried…

>> If you didn’t make it to any of the screenings of this year’s 48 Hour Film Festival entries, tonight is your best, and last, bet to check out some of the highlights. At 7 and 9:30 p.m., the AFI Silver Theater will screen the “Best Of” the festival, a good way to take in the fun of the project (which asks filmmakers to create a short in only 48 hours) without too much…