Today DCist begins a new supplement to our weekly agendas. If you still don’t have plans for tonight we’ve got an assortment of activities to get you off the couch and out enjoying all the area has to offer. >> Jumping on the cherry tree bandwagon, Black Cat hosts The Cherry Blossom Jam. Rap artists Marsha Ambrosius, of Floetry fame, Chrisette Michelle, Frestile and MN8. [1811 14th St. NW, $22, Doors open at 8…

Good morning to those of you who are working today, on a day that many set aside to honor American Presidents with HUGE SAVINGS! and ONEOFAKIND DEALS! We trust that you made the best of your unjustly short weekend, and managed to stay on your feet on the skating rink sidewalks of our fair city. We applaud our neighbors who did their best to keep their portion of sidewalks clear and dry. Unfortunately, we…

It may have been buried towards the bottom of a Post article this morning, but this little piece of news is sure to please some people: In other action, the council approved an emergency bill that allows exceptions for businesses that are within 400 feet of a school, college or District-operated recreation area applying for liquor licenses. D.C. law prohibits such proximity, but the bill will allow exceptions for businesses in commercial areas.It’s been a…

WJLA is reporting today that a new office within the District government has been created to better coordinate outreach to the growing population of African immigrants in the city and region. D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams has stated that the new office will help serve the 400,000 African immigrants that have come to the area in recent years, and will join similar offices that serve Latinos, Asians and Pacific Islanders and gay, lesbian and transgender people….

It’s a familiar sight to anyone who’s driven in D.C. on a Sunday: rows upon rows of double-parked cars. The vehicles belong to churchgoers, many of whom make the trip in from the suburbs for worship services. The spectacle lasts for the better part of the day, cutting many streets down to a single lane in each direction and occasionally trapping the cars of unprepared neighborhood residents. So far as we know, the double…

New development in the historic Shaw neighborhood has put two restaurateurs’ liquor licenses on uncertain footing and sparked a conflict about the future of the neighborhood. The restaurants are located on Ninth Street between the new Convention Center and Rhode Island Avenue, just blocks from both the Mt. Vernon Square and Shaw Metro stations and steps from where this DCist lives. They also both happen to be located a stone’s throw from Shiloh Baptist Church,…

We hope that you enjoyed Sunday’s gorgeous weather. This photo, snapped by Fur Cafe, posted on DCist Photos via Flickr, is looking southeast over Connecticut Avenue toward the Washington Monument from the heights of Kalorama. This DCist is still working our way back to full blogging speed following our recent Midwest road trip. In the meantime, here’s what you may have missed on DCist last week. — Azi’s Cafe opens on Ninth Street NW…

DCist has always thought that D.C. lacks neighborhoods with a clear ethnic identity. There is no Little Italy, no Koreatown, no Pulaski Square. There is a Chinatown, but in reality, it is a Chinablock flanked by a Hooters, an Irish pub, a Chipotle and a Coyote Ugly. And while Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights used to be a district of mainly Salvadorans, an influx of Route 42 hipsters caused Don Juan’s (corner of Lamont and…