Bao Bao took her last few tumbles in the yard this morning, once again blissfully unaware of the media circus surrounding her.

The National Zoo is hosting a series of online and on-site events from February 11 through 20.

At Joint Base Myer in Arlington.

DCist Editor-In-Chief Matt Cohen reflects on his time on the job.

Hundreds of movies later, our intrepid film critic Ian Buckwalter bids farewell.

Photo by cstein A little over three years ago, when the fine folks at Gothamist were first considering shifting DCist away from its old committee-run volunteer model to employing a full-time editor, I sat down with some of the blog’s old-timers over beers to talk it over. It was going to be a big change for the site, which back then was averaging maybe 300,000 pageviews a month and publishing, if we were lucky,…

Venerable WRC/NBC4 weatherman Bob Ryan bid a low key but still emotional farewell to his viewers on Friday night. The rumors are that he may soon resurface at rival WJLA/ABC7, but the man has been with NBC for 30 years. His departure is without a doubt the end of an era. View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video….

Photo by dcJohn Woe is us! News that the National Zoo has scheduled a farewell gathering for Tai Shan only means one thing: Butterstick is really leaving. And soon. Details are still forthcoming on the goodbye bash, but this message appeared on the Zoo’s web site this morning: Friends of the National Zoo will be hosting a Farewell to Tai Shan event on Saturday, January 30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Details will…