Photo of the wax Marion Barry from Madame Tussaud’s by pollyestherThe legends we celebrate during Black History Month are manifold, and the District is fortunate that heroes from Frederick Douglass to Charles Drew called Washington home. But as February comes to a close, the Root examines the more notorious figures from black history, summoning a rogue’s gallery of 21 individuals that they’d just as soon forget altogether. Number one on this list? Right up…

Ralph Baer will take us on a trip in the way back machine Saturday morning at the American History Museum. DCist’s guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area While lectures would be the perfect thing to give us some air conditioned entertainment during this sweltering month of August, unfortunately there just aren’t many scheduled. Not to worry though, because Omarosa and Howard Dean are both in town on Thursday, and they’ll surely…