This morning’s big entertainment news was the death of actress Elizabeth Taylor, who died due to heart failure at the age of 79. The actress, who will be well-remembered for her roles in classic films like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, her passion for jewelry and her eight marriages, was also a tireless advocate for AIDS-related causes. In fact, you’ve likely walked past one part of Taylor’s charitable legacy several times — the Whitman-Walker Clinic named their treatment facility at 1701 14th Street NW in Taylor’s honor in 1993.

>> At the the Guy Mason Recreation Center tonight there will be an open house to discuss DDOT’s Glover Park Transportation Study. 6:30 to 8 p.m. [via FreeRide] >> Trippy Japanese instrumentalists Mono stop by the Rock and Roll Hotel with Grails and World’s End Girlfriend. $10/$12, 8 p.m. doors. >> The American City Diner & Cafe hosts a special screening of the still great Mike Nichols film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, starring…

A vigilant reader pointed out to us that the website of the ever-popular Screen on the Green film series has been updated. The series, organized by AOL and HBO, is in its seventh year, and is seen here in a photo from this blog. This year’s films are “The Way We Were” (July 18), “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (July 25), “Suspicion” (Aug. 1), “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” (Aug. 8) and “The Big…