As far as dive bar bathrooms go, The Raven’s is a secret success.

Though you might not realize it upon entering the poster-decked bar which probably would be right at home next to Don’t Tell Mama on Restaurant Row, the tiny back room of the Playbill Café has its very own puppet show going on. These puppets have a weightier task ahead of them than the jovial characters on Sesame Street, or even the dysfunctional lot over on Avenue Q. Puppets, and various other props, are what drive…

Sure, you can make pumpkin soup, buy some fall-spiced candles or purchase some candy for the imminent trick-or-treaters, but nothing really puts you in the Halloween spirit like a little Edgar Allan Poe. And a simple but clever little production over at the Playbill Café on 14th Street serves up just the right dose of humor, horror and just plain creepiness to put you in a sufficiently macabre mood for October. Poe 2000, staged by…

The City Paper has an enjoyable cover story about the slow disappearance of jukeboxes in D.C., and how jukebox junkies are reacting.Today, D.C. Vending operates about 125 jukeboxes, about half of them in bodegas and other Latin-music joints. “They stopped playing music like they used to,” Tom says. “There’s not as many ‘Cheers’ around….That’s given way to the T.G.I. Friday’s, the big places.” The big places like to supply the music for free, via a…

DCFüd points us to rumors on eGullet that Red Bean, the postage-stamp sized eatery in Mt. Pleasant that DCist has been known to enjoy will be closing after tonight. After the trials and tribulations chronicled in the Post, DCist isn’t exactly surprised. Assuming all the rumors are true, we’re surprised the restaurant, which featured great Cajun/Tex-Mex cuisine at low prices, has lasted this long. Neighbor Tonic has bar clientele supplementing its restaurant income, while The…