DCist and Columbia Records are joining forces this Thursday, November 30th, at Four Fields Irish Pub (formerly known as The Four P’s) in Cleveland Park for an exclusive screening of the Oasis movie Lord, Don’t Slow Me Down. This tour documentary was shot over the last two years during the band’s Don’t Believe the Truth world tour. Get there early for the your chance at some of the Oasis CD and DVD giveaways, and stay…

Sunday night, celebrated coloratura Sumi Jo gave a recital in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. This concert, which should have been a major musical event, was not publicized well — I did what I could by recommending it the previous Sunday — and therefore sadly undersold. Jo is celebrating her 20th anniversary as an opera singer with a recital tour, apparently self-funded. In true diva style, she wore three different gowns, of increasing levels of…

Does Vienna Really Look Like That? It’s one thing when out-of-town producers come into the area and screw up backdrops. We were almost willing to forgive the producers of Fox’s “Bones,” whose ignorance of the area’s geography led them to place the U.S. Capitol within eyesight of Dulles International Airport. But it’s a whole other thing when the mistake is made by locals. In an online ad for The Four Winds at Oakton, an upscale…

We at DCist, by and large, agree with Fritz Hahn’s sentiments. St. Patrick’s Day is a great day to enjoy a traditional celebration with friends and relax; it’s also strictly amateur hour at the bars, where the crowds pile in and pay cover charges to consume incorrectly poured pints of Guinness and listen to Irish music for the first (and often only) time in the year — not to mention befouling our woefully unprepared streets….