Photo by DCMatt DCist is planning on heading up to the Field School on Foxhall Road this evening to listen to a mayoral debate between Adrian Fenty, Vincent Gray and Leo Alexander hosted by the Palisades Citizens Association. Getting there, however, will require hiking through a forested ravine in severe thunderstorms. Fun! (Martin, come pick me up!) We’d tell you to go home already, but since it’s raining, you may be camped out at…

“Books,” wrote the poet Philip Larkin, “are a load of crap.” No doubt Larkin, one of the most gifted lyric poets of the 20th century and a career librarian at the University of Hull, was being ironic. But irony or no, the participants and sponsors of this Saturday’s National Book Festival vehemently disagree. Held every year for the last six years on the National Mall — rain or shine — the festival brings together marquee-name…

DCist was impressed by the Synetic Theater’s silent MacBeth, but a new production at the Studio Theater is attempting a similarly impressive feat. The stars not only remain silent, but their characters are performed with other people’s voices. Yes Washington, Lypsinka has returned, this time as Joan Crawford. Twenty-five years ago a star was born on Christopher Street as Creator/Performer John Epperson made his theatrical debut as an amalgam of the most glamorous leading ladies…

The third installment of this summer’s free Screen on the Green movies, “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”, is scheduled for tonight. HBO describes the movie like this:Jacked up on maximum suspense and dark humor, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, as aging sisters and former movie stars, engage in a fierce battle of the wills. A vivid exercise in Grand Guignol, it was the first time the legendary actresses had shared the screen.Unfortunately, the weather…