I was taken aback by an email I received this morning, alerting me to a newly-created hoax website that offers T-shirts, coffee mugs, and buttons inscribed with a simple Metro logo and the phrase “Metrobus Kills.” This is not funny, and I will not post a link to the site. However, it puts a very fine point on a problem that has been simmering for a dangerously long time. This past Saturday, Metrobus claimed…

Last week, I recommended the final production of Washington National Opera’s season to you. Monday night, DCist was in the audience for the second performance of Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri, and I can now say confidently that this production is a “smashing success” (as Tim Page described it for the Post). While not perfect as I heard it, the voices and musical performance are all of high quality and the wacky story is likely to…

Well, now that you’ve (hopefully) finished your tax return, you can clear your mind with some classical music. Blogger Drew McManus, at Adaptistration, has dubbed April Take a Friend to the Orchestra Month. If you like the symphony, buy a ticket for a friend who has never heard an orchestral concert. Drew is running articles by music critics and other readers who have done just that. Here are some concerts to which you can take…

Yesterday, it finally came to a head. The issue everyone kept putting on the backburner finally rushed to the forefront of the Washington Nationals’ spring training season. Alfonso Soriano, the highest paid player of the club, refused to take the field in his assigned role of left fielder against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Fla. Brandon Watson eventually took the field in Soriano’s place, playing centerfield while moving Ryan Church…

Every Sunday, DCist runs first person editorial pieces about life in this city of ours. If you’ve got something to say, we’d be happy to listen. This week, Ian Manheimer contributes his thoughts about living in DC. A couple weeks ago DCist asked blogger Matthew Yglesias a question that speaks to the way so many residents build conceptual framework for living in DC. From the interview: You’re a New Yorker, and some people in D.C….

WMATA is going to seek more money from local governments to cover a giant $41.7 million “spending gap” in order to avoid raising train and bus fares for a third year in a row. All the members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s board have indicated that they do not want to increase the burden on the commuters, the AP reports via the Post. Covering the entire shortfall would mean a 10.4 percent increase…