This week we’d like to congratulate the -ist network’s Mother Hen, Gothamist’s Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine’s Wired Rave Award. If that doesn’t sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that’s right, the -ist network and Harry Potter now have something in common. Go us. Austinist has a chat with the ever-fashionable Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, and managed to catch some local fashionistas making…

Torontoist visits the site of a new Frank Gehry structure, stalks “the elusive Bahamas streetcar”, and watches Tom Green get surgery. Phillyist rejoices in the Phillies’ wild card chances, mourns the injuries sustained by Eagles defensive end Jevon Kearse, and goes pirate on our asses. SFist notes that Guns and Roses were in town, that San Franciscans are taking over reality TV, and that the San Francisco Chronicle’s skills of original nomenclature could use some…

We -ists are an eclectic bunch, but there’s a couple of things we all love: famous people, social causes, and wacky local facts. Join us as we starf**k, get virtuous, and learn across the -ist network! Austinist starts us off right by filling the famous person quota by interviewing Lewis Black, covers the social cause with a non-profit car sharing company, and gives us more wacky local facts than we can handle with Austin by…

Torontoist immediately wins our heart by using the word “Jackass” in a headline. In fact, we love their use of it so much that we’re going to use it as much as possible throughout this post. For example, it looks like there are Toronto-area jackasses besides those who misuse the sidewalk: look at the crap on sale on Toronto’s craigslist. But it looks like Toronto doesn’t contain the kind of jackasses who pee in public…

Here’s a show we couldn’t be more excited to be writing about. This coming Friday (August 5th) at the Black Cat, the lineup consists of three of our favorite local groups: Cartel (who thoroughly impressed the crowds at the Unbuckled concert last June), Monopoli, and Washington Social Club. They’re joining forces to bring you a night of excellent local rock. For only $9, you can see some of the best indie rock that the city…

Any blogger worth their salt should know that the -ist family’s executive editor, Jen Chung, loves pandas. So Jen, here you go. We know you can’t see pandas at the Bronx Zoo (but there are red pandas there — our red pandas here in D.C. died after eating rat poison buried in their enclosure), so here’s the next best thing. We’re sure pandas in their natural habitat don’t have to deal with the construction…

Welcome back from Labor Day weekend! Here’s some of what you might have missed: — Some in Dupont Circle blame an inept District government for waiter’s murder — Respects being paid at Russian Embassy in memory of Belsan school victims — Are Georgetown, Northeast bank robberies linked? — Jennifer 8. Lee joins Rock Paper Scissor “cult” — Metrobuses get advertising paint-job — New Arlington logo looks “drunk” to some — What’s your favorite District Safeway?…