This year marks 39 years since the comedy group’s first performance at an office holiday party.

A new report from an education advocacy group says that reforms instituted by Michelle Rhee in D.C. public schools haven’t done much to improve outcomes.

How well are D.C. agencies serving you? Five of them have been graded on their performance over the last two months – and they better improve if they ever want to get dessert again.

On Friday night the performers from Project Bandaloop brought their “perspective-bending dance” to the Old Post Office Tower, dangling more than 200 feet over the street.

Wilmer Wilson’s a busy man. Today he’ll be channeling Henry Box Brown in a performance that’s part of the city-wide public art extravaganza called the Five by Five Project.

A wise man once told me that if you lower your expectations enough, you’ll rarely be disappointed. It appears that philosophy has found a home at WMATA, where a new report shows that Metrorail trains are now meeting agency goals for on-time performance — but only because the transit agency lowered its standards.

Did you believe that incessantly cranky neighbors were a breed found only inside the confines of the District of Columbia? Think again!

The title says it all — well, maybe the “fabulous” is open to interpretation. Solo performer Brent Standstell set out to document his sexual adventures in the city as a young gay man. He proves an engaging host for the evening, and involves his audience as well, through methods such as an anonymous sex quiz (where’s the weirdest place you’ve done it?) and vocabulary questions related to sexually-explicit terms (if you know what a…

Photo by Emile Benjamin, courtesy Banished? Productions. A Tactile Dinner, produced by Banished? Productions and running as part of the Capital Fringe Festival, which kicks off today, offers up seven courses from Polyrhythmic Salad to Magic Food, but don’t expect to leave with a full stomach. Inspired by the Futurists, these courses feed the senses in a fun and sometimes silly and quirky participatory production, all guided by the “Marvolous Marinetti” himself, the author…

Comedian, writer, and actor Patton Oswalt, shielding his eyes from the horror of it all. Photo by Ryan Russell / Courtesy Sub Pop. Patton Oswalt’s career as a writer and actor has been on an ascending curve over the last couple of years, most notably since he provided the voice (and inspired much of the character) of Remy, the rat who dreams of becoming a gourmet chef, in Brad Bird’s terrific 2007 PIXAR film,…