DCist’s team spent 10 hours sloshing through the Merriweather Post Pavilion mud at this year’s Sweetlife Festival to bring you the day’s highlights, and its rainy, muddy dregs.
May 09, 2013
Song of the Day: Phoenix – ‘Entertainment’
Phoenix are coming back to the area for a headlining gig at Sweetlife Festival. Check out their track “Entertainment”
The salad chain Sweetgreen announced the primary lineup for its annual Sweetlife Festival up at Merriweather Post Pavilion, led by Phoenix, Kendrick Lamar, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Passion Pit.
Jun 22, 2009
Phoenix @ Rock and Roll Hotel
To start, this was a record-breaking show. First, for temperature. It was, bafflingly, the hottest show I’ve ever attended by far. And second, for decibels achieved, by both the band and the audience.
Nov 19, 2007
Caps Briefing: Bryz on By
This weekend the Capitals decided not to add a great goalie to pull them up from the dregs of the standings. After losing seven of eight games, the Caps were in last place. This gave them the first chance to pick up Ilya Bryzgalov, a goalie placed on waivers because he didn’t enjoy playing backup on the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks. Two years ago, Bryzgalov posted one of the greatest playoff shutout streaks in…
Nov 16, 2007
Out and About: Weekend Picks
FRIDAY: >> Local comic book store Fantom Comics is celebrating the grand opening of their new Union Station store tonight with a party from 6 to 10:30 p.m. They’ll be serving up free pizza on the early side and the comedy stylings of the Geek Comedy Tour during the second half of the night. There will also be a trivia contest with $500 gift certificates up for grabs. The party is inside the Union…
Nov 08, 2007
Wizards Not Ready To Rule Yet
.354 from the field .203 from three point land 91.7 points per game No matter how you look at the numbers, it’s clear the Washington Wizards struggled in the opening week of the NBA season, a fact reflected in their 0-3 record. The team looks disjointed on offense, taking bad shots and turning the ball over with impunity. And by giving up 105+ points per game – good for 26th in the league -…
Oct 23, 2007
Preview: Fall Festival of Indian Arts
This Thursday marks the start of the Fall Festival of Indian Arts, a program that is now in its fourth installment. This year’s festival is entitled Celebrating Freedom, in honor of the 60th anniversary of Indian and Pakistani independence. Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh & Co., a local dance company, is staging the event and its mission is to mirror the modern South Asian experience by presenting traditional Indian dance forms in tandem with modern stylings. The…
Aug 08, 2007
Preview: Can a Sista Rock a Mic? Music Festival
The depictions and roles of women in hip-hop debate has raged on and off for several years now with varying degrees of depth. Most of the arguments posit that the relationship between women and hip-hop isn’t positive by using lyrical content and music videos by male artists as exhibits A and B. After the requisite freedom of speech assertions made during the rebuttal, the talk dies down again and the status quo remains. Often lacking…