At a time when we feel especially powerless to change a world that seems to have gone mad, maybe a bulked-up hero that performs death-defying feats is just what we need?

With Restaurant Week over, we need another excuse to celebrate. And why not Clinton’s big 6-0? Since he’s not too keen on turning the “new 40,” we have a duty to live it up for him. DCist proposes a Bill Clinton restaurant crawl on which we’ll visit his regular D.C. haunts. Lucky for us, his taste for greasy, down-home grub means we won’t need to book many reservations through Open Table. Of course there’s…

(Interview conducted by DCist contributor Jeff Simmermon) Djakarta is the artist behind the “Niggaz4Life” pieces, currently on display as part of the E2: Carving a Path exhibition, previously mentioned on DCist. Her work derives its title from NWA’s classic rap album and song “Niggaz4Life,” released in 1991. Djakarta’s video work is a montage of film clips from popular Hollywood films that portray black people singing, dancing, and mugging for the camera with the exhibit’s namesake…

From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews: The Post’s Reliable Source alerts us to what they call the “mother of all casting calls” in D.C. today: Producers of the sequel to “XXX”, “XXX: State of the Union,” need 1,600 extras. No, we don’t remember “XXX” either, so here’s a refresher: Vin Diesel stars as Xander “XXX” Cage, the notorious underground thrill seeker who until now has been deemed untouchable by the law. NSA Agent Gibbons (Samuel L….