If you haven’t noticed the ad over in the left column of our site for the last couple of weeks, allow us to formally announce our excitement over once again being an official media sponsor for Cultural Tourism DC’s WalkingTown weekend of free walking tours of the city. It’s a pretty natural fit for us to help support this great annual event, given that it’s entirely about exploring and learning about the city, and that…

Completely unlike your great aunt Edna, DCist is here to shower you with gifts you will actually use and enjoy. We’ve teamed up once again with our friends at Landmark’s E Street Cinema to bring a free film screening to our readers. This time around it’s God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan, a powerful new documentary by Christopher Dillon Quinn and co-director Tommy Walker, which chronicles the inspirational story…

Think nonfiction is a dish best served on celluloid? Then you’ll want to take note of a number of unique opportunities to catch these screenings of new documentary films in the area. Two Good Bets Tonight: The National Geographic Live! film series, in association with the DC Environmental Film Festival, is hosting a special screening of A Life Among Whales, winner of the 2006 Earthwatch Institute Film Award. The film, directed by Bill Haney, chronicles…

Love documentary film? If so, you’re in luck. The National Archives has teamed up with the Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film and the Academy of Motion Picture to present all of the 2005 Oscar-nominated documentaries and short films for free in their William G. McGowan Theater. The films include “The Story of the Weeping Camel,” “Tupac: Resurrection,” and “Super Size Me,” in addition to a variety of others. The screenings are scheduled for weekday…