MONDAY >> The wait is over! We’ve been anxiously awaiting the start of Fort Reno’s season, and the day has finally arrived. Head up to the park and hear one of DCist’s favorite local outfits, Deleted Scenes, along with Mass Movement of the Moth and The Boom Orangutangs. >> It’s movie night at Galaxy Hut, and tonight the theme is 80s Surf Films. Get your Point Break on and drink an Alagash or twelve. It…

Conventional wisdom, for many years, went that American audiences and British humour just didn’t mix. Apart from legions of cultish fans who could quote Python chapter and verse, and PBS viewers glued to re-runs of Upstairs, Downstairs and Fawlty Towers, most American audiences seemed either to not get it, or just not care. But the recent pond-crossing successes of Sacha Baron Cohen and Ricky Gervais suggests that maybe tastes are changing on this side of…

The Washington region seems to be getting its fair share of odd-ball bank robbers these days. Just a few months ago we had the cell phone bandit, who would calmly chat away on her phone as she held up area banks. And now, according to WJLA, we have a woman that uses wigs and other accessories — the “Wig Lady” — to impersonate bank customers and liberate them from the funds. To really make this…