This past Friday night and with little fanfare, Alberto’s in Dupont Circle restarted its ovens and pizza-making operations, less than four months after a fire seriously damaged the P street location and left a pizza shaped hole in many pizza lovers’ hearts. The same fire also forced the closure of the DJ Hut located above Alberto’s and the Subway next door, both of which remain closed. According to Alberto’s staff, renovations to reopen the…

The first thing of note at the Earth on Stone on Earth is Naturally So exhibit, now at Flashpoint gallery, is the smell. A musky, damp, soil smell envelops you immediately and is a soothing contrast to the hot concrete outside. It’s the equivalent of getting out of the city, finding that perfect hiking trail in the early morning, and breathing in the damp cool earth; exhaling the stale city air. The smell emanates from…

It must be a mixed-blessing for Tortoise that they are often labeled as the “godfather of Post-Rock” in the press. They certainly are one of the first bands to be known for purely instrumental, arranged rock pieces. They most certainly transcend “rock” genres, moving freely between standard rock power chords, jazz arrangements and electronic soundscapes, with a bit of dub thrown in for good measure. It would be an injustice, however, to simply throw Tortoise…

Chances are, if you live in or near the city and are not fantastically wealthy, you probably have roommates. Maybe you live with friends, maybe with some folks you randomly found on craigslist and barely talk to, but sharing your living space with other people is a fact of life for most people under 30 in D.C. And in this kind of heat, any sort of odd personal odors emanating from your roommates’ bedrooms might…

Living in a city comes with benefits and annoyances. Though many a city-dweller may be within walking distance of nightlife and urban excitement, they’re also subject to any number of rules and regulations that are part and parcel of living close together — lot occupancy limits, historic codes, etc. And since summer is upon us, so too are the rules governing how District residents must maintain their lawns. From a press release from the Department…

MONDAY: Tony Kushner will discuss the plays of Arthur Miller with Jeffrey Brown at the Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave NW. Topics may or may not include who the baddest Jewish playwright of our time really is, and whether anyone who convinced the likes of Marilyn Monroe to convert has any competition in that category to begin wtih. Tickets are $13 each; two tickets are included with the purchase of a book. 8:15 p.m. WEDNESDAY:…

Good morning, Washington. Today will be cloudy and cool with a 60 percent chance of rain in the afternoon. Today the National Zoo is releasing the first tickets to the general public to catch a glimpse of the baby panda – go to their website and get yours, if you can. If you work on the hill the AP is reporting the smoke which caused an evacuation of the Rayburn House Office Building this morning…

It wasn’t long ago that D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams and police chief Charles Ramsey were celebrating a murder rate that looked to be falling relative to years past. Oh, how they must be pining for those optimistic days now. Yesterday marked the unceremonious day during which the District’s murder rate came to match that of the same time last year — 156 dead. And it came after a spate of killings that left four dead…

Good morning Washington. With all the Supreme Court news this morning (no, Rehnquist hasn’t announced his retirement yet, but here’s Linda Greenhouse’s piece in the NYT about the Ten Commandments ruling and Carol D. Leonnig’s piece in the Post about what the next step is for Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper since the high court refused to intervene in their cases) we thought it fitting to feature Olivia Leigh’s photo of the Supreme Court she…

DCist readers might be surprised to know that coming up with catchy headlines for the Morning Roundup is no walk in the park. They have to be timely, witty, incisive, and well-worded. Today is just not one of those days. There’s just something about the rain and grey skies that doesn’t bode well for the creative spirit. The picture above comes via furcafe. How it ties into the news or theme of the day this…