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Jan 25, 2016

Photos: Dupont Circle Played Host To A Snowball Fight And A Silent Disco

Love them or hate them, large-scale snowball fights have become a fixture of D.C. snowstorms over the past few years.

Jan 24, 2016

Photos: Dispatches From The Snowball Fight At Malcolm X Park

Snowzilla Snowball Sunday Showdown, one of several organized battles that took place in the city today, went down at noon.

Feb 16, 2015

Of Course There’s Going To Be An Organized Snowball Fight Tomorrow

Tomorrow at Dupont Circle, at 11 a.m.

Mar 03, 2014

Final (?) Snowball Fight Of The Winter Set For 2 P.M. (UPDATE)

Between one to three inches of snow have accumulated in D.C., but the storm isn’t over yet.

Feb 13, 2014

Instead Of A Dupont Circle Snowball Fight, There Will Be A Sculpture Contest

Finish by 1:30 p.m. Be judged.

Jan 21, 2014

Obviously There’s An Organized Snowball Fight Tonight

6:30 p.m. at Dupont Circle.

Mar 06, 2013

Sorry, Kids: Snowball Fight Canceled Due to Lack of Snow

Welp, D.C. didn’t get that much snow. So much for that Dupont Circle snowball fight.

Jan 26, 2011

‘Official Dupont Circle Snowball Fight’ Scheduled For 8 p.m.

Well, you kind of knew that this news would be coming, didn’t you? In what has become somewhat of a Washington wintertime tradition, a mass snowball fight has been scheduled to take place inside Dupont Circle at 8 p.m. tonight.

Apr 05, 2010

Don’t Bring a Peep to a Snowball Fight

Choire Sicha has this exactly right. The Washington Post chose an intricate Peep diorama based on the movie Up for the winning entry in its annual Easter contest, but the paper chose the wrong entry. “Snowpeepalype” is the one to beat. This diorama captures all the sound and fury of the event upon which it is based. An honorable mention goes to the Dupont Circle snowball fight diorama (“Peepocalypse”), but, tragically, no police officers…

Feb 10, 2010

MPD’s Version of the Snowball Fight Arrest

Photo by swkaplan We just got off the phone with MPD spokesperson Sgt. Nicholas Breul, who filled in some details on the arrest of a woman involved in a snowball fight early this morning. Bruel confirmed Third District police officers responded to a call of a “disorderly snow fight” at the corner of 11th and Kenyon streets NW at a little after 2 a.m. One of the officers who responded to the call (he…

 
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