A day after Washington’s loss to…yes—hated rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, I find myself indulging in that oft-snarked out tendency of Redskins fans: the telling of sweet little lies. At least we didn’t get run out of the stadium, as we did against the Patriots. At least we didn’t collapse stupidly, like we did against the Eagles. At least the team we struggled with was a quality team (insofar as anything the NFC produces this year…

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Repertory: The Great Punch-Out: A Hard Hitting Week of Boxing at the Pickford Theater Those of you with an interest in the pugilistic arts may want to camp out at the Library of Congress next week. The library is doing a series of boxing features, shorts, and classic fights that lasts all week long. There’s a…

Virginia’s love for wine is no secret. It dates back centuries with Thomas Jefferson’s personal endorsement of wine as a suitable beverage. However, when you mention “Virginia Wines” to anyone, you are met with one of two reactions: an overwhelming expression of excitement and testament to how fabulous they are or an exasperated eye roll that says it all. Whichever one you fall under is fine with us, but as avid wine drinkers we feel…

>> Having drawn comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel since recording their debut album in D.C. last summer, Donny Hue and the Colors, featuring members of the Carlsonics, Nethers, Washington Social Club and Meredith Bragg and the Terminals, will play for free at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage at 6 p.m. If you can’t make it there in time, the performance will also be broadcast live on the web. >> Check out our review of…

Monday >>Provided these thunderstorms pass us by in time, the place to be tonight is Fort Reno. First off, it’s free, and we know everyone’s wallets are light from all that gas you’re having to put in the car just to make a run to the beach. Second, recent Three Stars alums Garland of Hours are taking the stage, along with The Aerialist, and the excellently named Lady in the Radiator. 7:15 p.m., $0….

It’s time to dig your stakes out from under your beds, Buffy fans. Those of you who thought deep love for the series was dead should have known better. After all, Buffy creator Joss Whedon is the man who turned a beloved but hastily canceled TV sci-fi western into a feature length sci-fi film. As we learned in the fifth season, Buffy never really dies. Throughout the country, fans of the Scooby gang will…

A couple of weeks back, we found ourselves at IOTA paying $10 to see two bands we were previously unfamiliar with (Iowa City’s Death Ships and Chapel Hill’s The Old Ceremony). The experience left us feeling satisfied and slightly adventurous. We wanted to make a regular habit of checking out bands based on 30-second clips and “borrowed” tracks from elbo.ws. And that’s partly why we were at IOTA last night to see mellow Canadian folksters…

Those who thought Urinetown would be the most irreverent musical to hit the D.C. area never bargained for Cannibal! Landless Theatre Company’s latest production (clearly to some degree a satire of Oklahoma!, as its “Shpadoinkle Day” number can only be a send-up of “Oh, What A Beautiful Morning!”) follows the unassuming Alferd Packer, who leads a motley crew of gold-seekers into the mountains, where they are met with less-than-desireable circumstances, from a mythical Cyclops to,…

God, we’re so sick of Snakes on a Plane that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a “something on a something” joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can’t beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this weeks’ Gothamist network post. Austinist makes it easy for us, with Candidate on…

It’s one of those great D.C. occasions where out-of-staters turn the city into a melting pot of American tradition. It’s for a good cause. It’s sure to be a good time. And, it’s too bad Stephen Colbert couldn’t stay one more weekend in town because it’s got the one thing on which he places his highest premium: balls. We speak, naturally, of the upcoming Third Annual Testicle Festival, brought to you by the good people…