>> Should you expect crappy service at the Black Cat tonight, when they’re advertising a party celebrating their 14th anniversary tonight as an event where staffers “will be hanging out?” Maybe. But it’s a free night of noisy rock bands, and you know the guys and gals who pour your drinks night in and night out deserve some appreciation. Backstage, 8 p.m. >> Def Jux artist Aesop Rock has been redefining hip-hop since the…

This post will probably get DCist on some sort of Internet no-no list in the People’s Republic of China … Oh well. It’s no Tiananmen Square, but the small public park in front of the Chinese Embassy at Connecticut Avenue and Kalorama Road, has been an important venue for protesters over the years. When this DCist was still in elementary school, we saw the first protest we can ever remember. Around the time of the…