Even if today becomes the commuter apocalypse being predicted, at least the heavens won’t open up and swallow you whole. After yesterday’s violent storms, D.C. can expect a balmy 63 degrees and partly-cloudy skies to ease you into the weekend. So roll up your sleeves and get ready for some fun. Freaky (Freight) Friday: Are you one of the thousands of people are stranded this morning due to the Thursday night derailment of a freight…
TUESDAY Today’s a good day to study the landscape of war, real and imagined. For a close look at the ephemeral, literary variety, stop by the Corcoran Gallery to hear author Ron Rosenbaum discuss The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascos, Palace Coups. If you’d prefer something more current, and harrowing, Paul Rieckhoff brings first-hand experience to the task of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier’s Fight for America From Baghdad to Washington. Rosenbaum: in the Hammer…
TUESDAY Nextbook brings the hot and the hilarious to the DCJCC tonight, gathering Jonathan Ames (Wake Up, Sir), Lynn Harris (BreakupGirl.net, Miss Media) and Neal Pollack (Never Mind the Pollacks) for an “evening of erotic escapades.” The ideal way to get your J-Date in the mood. Tickets are available by calling 888-621-2230 between noon and 4 p.m., or can be purchased online at Nextbook. 1529 16th Street, NW, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY A wise man once…
DCist is happy to share news this week of area events and exhibits by our fellow bloggers. First off, Lenny Campello of DC Art News, opens a show of his recent drawings on Friday at the Georgetown Fraser Gallery. There’s a reception for the show that night from 6-9 p.m. A drawing from the exhibit is shown at right. >> Frank Warren is still sharing secrets people send him in the mail on his…
Interestingly enough, while the Rolling Stones performed to a full house at the MCI Center last night, a band that owes much of its success to its ability to swipe some of the Rolling Stones’ swagger performed to a similarly full house over at the 9:30 Club. Last night The Black Crowes began the first of a two-day stint at the club, working their way through almost three hours of soulful Southern rock from six…
FRIDAY: >> Throughout this weekend at the intimate space of Twins Jazz on U Street, enjoy some fabulous local jazz at the Alto Saxophone Summit. For $15, you can catch Charlie Young, a professor of music at Howard University, Marty Nau, a local jazz alto saxophonist, and Marshall Keys, who’s played with Lionel Hampton and Branford Marsalis. Tickets can be purchased here. 9 p.m. >> If you recently caught “Broken Flowers,” the latest film in…
This photo was taken by DCist reader Ben Bochnowski in the Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Anacostia. Check his Flickr account for more photos. The park is the “the only National Park Service site devoted to the propagation and display of aquatic plants.” Today will be partly sunny to start but become cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. With highs in the lower 90s, the National Weather Service has issued a…
A vigilant reader pointed out to us that the website of the ever-popular Screen on the Green film series has been updated. The series, organized by AOL and HBO, is in its seventh year, and is seen here in a photo from this blog. This year’s films are “The Way We Were” (July 18), “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (July 25), “Suspicion” (Aug. 1), “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” (Aug. 8) and “The Big…
Bummed that you couldn’t get tickets to the sold-out Interpol show tonight? Fear no longer, intrepid concert goers, because the D.C. scene is offering up something much more interesting. Actress-turned-rocker Juliette Lewis (yes, she’s a double threat), famous from endeavors such as “Natural Born Killers,” and “The Way of the Gun,” and “Starsky & Hutch,” brings her band the Licks to the Black Cat this evening. “I live for the sweat I drip on stage,”…