In 1983, Team America took up residence at RFK Stadium. 32 years later, previously unseen images bring them back to life.
It’s hardly the nicest stadium, but RFK Stadium holds a venerable place in Washington sports history. Open since 1962, when it was called District of Columbia Stadium, the venue has hosted two MLB franchises, the Washington Redskins during their glory years, the most successful MLS club ever, international soccer tournaments, concerts, and on and on. It even hosted Team America! Sunday’s final Nats home game, a 5-3 win over the Phillies, isn’t the last…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Greetings from the capital of the Buckeye State. Thanks for all your input on our “Team America: World Police”-themed journey. We’re continuing to head west. This photo, taken from Third Street near the Nationwide Arena District shows one of Columbus’ more controversial advertisements. Like the giant H&M advertisement on the Flatiron Building in New York that has graced the landmark building and pissed off most everyone, the three-part ad seen here…
WOODLEY PARK, D.C. — This DCist is going to Wallyworld, no matter what! We’re going to go pick up Aunt Edna and retrace the Griswold family’s 1983 cross-country roadtrip. Since there isn’t a real Wallyworld (actually there is online … via a Google search, there is a “Wally” World, but it is NOT safe for work), we guess we’ll have to settle for where ever the open road takes us. Living and working inside the…
After a one year hiatus, Artomatic begins again, this time at the former location of the National Capitol Childrens Museum at the end of the culture-starved H Street corridor. The three-week long event begins at 7 PM tomorrow evening for an opening party with six music performances, a dance performance, and thousands of unique art displays. Though the event calendar on the website is still incomplete, planned during the event are numerous performances and showings…
There’s lots going on this weekend. What are you up to? FRIDAY: — “Team America: World Police” opens tonight at theaters everywhere. Reviews from the NYT, Post, Rotten Tomatoes — Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at Iota in Arlington, $12 — Grand opening of Eclipse, an “electro, industrial, darkwave, alternative” dance night slated for the second Friday of the month at Between Friends (11th and U St). Resident DJs include Dirty B, MindCage, MissGuided, and Ras…
What do Abingdon, Md., and Pyongyang, North Korea, have in common? Well nothing, really, but if you saw an advanced viewing of “Team America” this weekend, you may have been able to make a connection. When DCist stopped off at a Wawa off Interstate 95 in Abingdon, we noticed that a nearby shopping plaza was called “Constant Friendship.” In a nation where suburban developers seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel in…