There’s more below the surface of the circle, in a few cases quite literally.

Want to learn more about Scientology? The man who wrote the book on the history of the 9/11 attacks has now his turned its attention to the widely criticized religion.

“The Master” has been known as a project about Scientology, but it’s not simply about any specific movement. The film is critical of cults, but is at the same time more ambivalent about the power they wield.

The Fraser Mansion in Dupont Circle has been owned by the Church of Scientology since 1994, but yesterday it became the church’s national affairs office.

The Church of Scientology Religious Trust’s building at 16th and P Streets NW is the site of a barricaded celebration of some sort today — one which is blocking a sizable section of one of the District’s major arteries. (Obviously, I wasn’t invited behind the curtain. I mean, you should have seen my last audit: whew!) Police are out in full force around the humongous 50,000-square foot building, and security is tight — a ten-foot…

Supporters of Anonymous, the loosely organized group of internet activists who have attacked the Church of Scientology recently with videos and server hacks, appeared outside D.C.’s Founding Church of Scientology center on Sunday. The protest was part of a planned “global day of action” with the stated purpose of setting off a government investigation into how Scientology got tax-exempt status. The Feb. 10 protests, which took place in dozens of cities, were initially announced…

>> Yesterday we profiled Five Four, the hardest working all girl band in the city, with the cutest shoes, in a Three Stars piece. Tonight you can see those shoes up close and personal at DC9, $8. If that’s not the dose of local music you were hoping for tonight, how about Meredith Bragg at the Black Cat, or Gist at Iota? >> Ever thought, I’d like to get a new perspective on Scientology. A…

Good news in time for Christmas this year; the Warehouse Theater will continue to operate through next summer, according to the institution. The venue is currently hosting Scena Theater’s The Maids and will have new shows in February and March. That also means it remains a venue for next year’s Fringe Festival. The Warehouse is still looking for a new home. Despite the usual winter doldrums that December brings, there are still a number of…

SFist witnessed a new apartment building tszuj the skyline with spectacular, gaudy turquoise aplomb, the (informal) renaming of the Mission/SOMA neighborhood border, the return of the Maltese Falcon, the Mayor Gavin Newsom mea culpa-ing over his Hawaiian getaway during the oil spill, and double-decker buses hitting the streets of San Francisco. Oh, and some baseball player named Barry Bonds is a liar whose pants, it seems, are totally on fire. LAist continues to cover the…

Download the original attachment Chicagoist is gearing up for this weekend’s annual Air & Water Show along the lakefront. In what’s becoming an annual tradition around there, staff member Todd McClamroch even got to fly with one of the participants. Chicagoist’s decidedly opinionated readership was also appalled that one of their staffers found a popular local brewpub to be a great place to bring a kid. They also think that an unlikely activist for immigration…