It’s a restaurant, bar, bookstore and performance space, brought to you by Andy Shallal, owner of Luna Grill and Diner and Mimi’s American Bistro. It would seem that such an ambitious project would have to fall flat on its face, but in the month since its opening, Busboys and Poets is not only packed, it’s likable. The space is at once comfortable and chic, with many non-generic touches like hand-appliquéd mirrors in the bathrooms and…

After a somewhat chaotic anti-war march that clogged downtown streets for hours today, the free Operation Ceasefire concert at the Washington Monument is underway. If you hurry you may still be able to catch The Evens, Ted Leo, Head Roc, Thievery Corporation, Pure Belly Dance, The Bouncing Souls, and Le Tigre before the show ends at 1 a.m. Feel free to send us your photos if you attended either event today. We took the…

What a weekend to be in Washington. No doubt we’ll be seeing a whole lot of you around the Mall for one event or another this weekend. DCist would like to take this opportunity to recommend sunscreen with a high SPF. We just can’t have all our readers looking like lobsters come Monday morning. Not a sexy look. FRIDAY: >> The D.C. music scene says farewell to Q and Not U tonight at Black Cat….

Thievery Corporation, one of the District’s most eclectic musical outfits, takes to the stage this weekend as part of Operation Ceasefire, an anti-war musical event featuring the likes of the Bouncing Souls, Joan Baez, Le Tigre, The Coup, Head Roc, Ted Leo + The Pharmacists, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and others. In anticipation of the show, which may well match the last time we ran into Thievery Corporation, DCist was able to exchange…

For the sake of not having to write separate posts for all these different yet interesting events, here is a list of some things you may not want to miss in the area this week. TUESDAY >> Has your commute on public transit been especially bad recently? Or is there something you’ve just had to get out, something you’ve wanted to scream at a WMATA executive for the longest time? Tonight is your chance. WMATA…

For those out there who hate Thievery Corporation and Ted Leo but love freedom, the Pentagon is offering an alternative to Operation Ceasefire. None other than country music legend Clint Black will headline a concert in support of the military and Sept. 11 victims on the four-year anniversary of the attacks. The concert, named “America Supports You,” will follow up the Department of Defense’s two-mile Freedom Walk from the Pentagon to Arlington National Cemetery to…

Remember how Live 8 eradicated starvation and poverty in Africa? Well, our boys and girls overseas better start packing up their gear, because the anti-war movement has an impending activism concert of its own. As part of a large anti-war mobilization in DC between September 23rd – 26th, “Operation Ceasefire” will bring several music acts to the mall, including Thievery Corporation, Le Tigre, Anti-Flag, Bouncing Souls, and Head Roc, most likely with more to be…