For those of you who love the Warehouse Arts Complex as much as we do, some bittersweet news just came in from owners Paul and Molly Ruppert. As you’ve already heard, Warehouse will close its cafe and music venue at the end of this month, thanks to skyrocketing property tax bills. Not that we had any doubts, but we’re pleased to learn that the Rupperts are organizing a closing night gathering to say goodbye to…

Former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent writes a weekly column about neighborhood and development issues. You have to love the really idiosyncratic corners of a city. The hundred year-old oddities with rich histories and lovely faces that look wholly out of place amid more recent arrivals. The Warehouse Theater is just such a place. Sitting quiet and unassuming on a small stretch of 7th Street NW near the hulking new Washington Convention Center, the Warehouse has been…

If your lunch hour is long enough for you to duck out for a pork shoulder sandwich at a Tuesday Galileo Grill or grab a seat and a crabcake at Market Lunch, you may want to consider booking a reservation at the Warehouse Theater’s Monthly Lunch Program today. Rather than fight the crowds at the Dubliner, Fado, or any other Irish pub for that matter, you can book a seat for the $15 Traditional Irish…

FRIDAY >> Calling all horror, cult, and Italian cinema freaks. The screening of the summer is upon you. The Library of Congress is hosting an extremely rare chance to see Dario Argento’s “Four Flies on Grey Velvet” at 7 p.m. Make sure to call the Pickford Theater by 4 p.m. to reserve your seats, as this film is not available on DVD and is very difficult to find. The final episode of the so-called “Animal…