Back in the days when this DCist was a lowly art history grad student at American University, we were relegated to a few rooms in a dank basement with a couple of antiquated slide projectors. But now there is a fabulous, 130,000-square-foot facility that sits atop Ward Circle. Art history can come out from underground. The new Katzen Arts Center, which encompasses all the arts, opens this Saturday. Performing arts events will begin this…

One of our more favorite nicknames for D.C. that we’ve heard over the years is Capital of Potholes. In the normal course of the freeze and thaw cycle, roads can take a beating. And the District wants you to tell them where they are. (And they say they’ll fill them within three days.) Indicate the pothole location (i.e. address, intersection) and describe the severity of the pothole problem (i.e. depth, width, number of potholes in…