After rebuttals from a leading Muslim group, the already-provocative ads imploring Metro riders to “Defeat Jihad” are about to get a whole lot more incendiary.
The Washington Post reports today that the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon Memorial, commemorating those that died on September 11th, has been scheduled for June 15. The design includes 184 benches, each one engraved with the name and birth year of someone who perished in the Pentagon or on Flight 77, cantilevered over small reflecting pools. Located at the building’s southwest corner, the memorial will occupy 1.93 acres and cost approximately $17.5 million to build….
This is the third week of the month and that means two more gallery crawls this week. >> The first gallery crawl is on Thursday, when the galleries and art venues around the 7th Street corridor have their openings and extended hours. As always, these events are free and open to the public (see their website for more info). Of particular interest are the new artists being showcased at Zenith Gallery and the 7th Annual…
Today marks the three year anniversary of the horrible terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which turned a beautiful September morning into a day that changed the nation and the world. Flight 77, out of Dulles Airport, was hijacked, descended on the city and crashed into the northwest side of the Pentagon. Flight 93, out of Newark, N.J., turned around near Cleveland and was heading toward Washington with its eyes on the Capitol, but…
Two noteworthy specials will air on WETA PBS-23 tonight related to the 9/11 attack on New York City. First will be what DCist has heard is a very good NOVA documentary about the World Trade Center attack titled “Why the Towers Fell” at 8 p.m. Second, at 9 p.m., is the premier of a new Frontline documentary titled “Sacred Ground” about the planning surrounding the site’s reconstruction. Featured in the Frontline documentary is wrangling surrounding…
LA musical sensation Ozomatli will play the Nation Club in DC this Sunday on their Rock Prendido Tour. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $20 and available from Ticketmaster. Ozomatli’s music needed no less than eight genre categories on rollingstone.com , who raves “Every single funky note floating around L.A. has somehow found its way into Ozomatli’s heady brew of rap, Latin, funk and soul,” and “The army of east L.A. musicians known as…
