It may be cold and rainy, but there’s still plenty of reasons to smile on this fine Friday morning. Maryland and Georgetown won, VCU triumphed over Duke in one of those only-in-March exciting final two minutes, and … oooh, right. Sorry about that GWU. Ouch. How are your brackets doing this morning, Washington? More of course will be coming later from our crack team of sportsologists. Voting Rights That Much Closer: DCist already reported on…

>> Despite what we hear is a serious rash of over-dressed staffers at the Corcoran Gallery of Art running off to “dentist appointments” with updated résumés in hand after several high profile dismissals were announced earlier this month, there appear to be several good reasons to head down to the beleaguered museum. The first major retrospective of the work of Robert Bechtle, the San Francisco-based painter known for his photorealistic streetscapes, is up through June…

It was another busy week in the world of DCist. We checked up on the mayoral war chests, looked at the design for the new stadium, found out that the District has two of the country’s billionaires, and put a new District anthem to a vote. DCist’s own Scott Reitz gave being a vegetarian a shot, we reported on new parking regulations for churchgoers and found out that the Heurich House will be staying…

“I find the most willing kinky geeks.” DCist talked with Samantha Wolov, American University’s own queen of “dirty pictures” Sunday night, and found that despite the erotic stuff, all the blow jobs and the cum shots, Wolov is by all measures not your standard, wild 21-year-old. She doesn’t do drugs. She is entirely monogamous. She doesn’t drink at all. “OK, I had a cocktail once. But I got buzzed after a few sips, so I…

Man, after last night’s DCist Happy Hour, we’re not sure we want to do anything for the rest of the weekend except curl up in our beds and pound Advil. But for the rest of you folks, here are some events we think are worth dropping by. FRIDAY: >>In this week’s Art Agenda, we erroneously reported that photographer Samantha Wolov’s exhibit opened Saturday evening; the opening actually takes place tonight from 6 p.m. to 9…