Good morning Washington. Today will be a hot and sticky one: mostly cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms likely all day, and temps in the 80s. Capital Weather says we should expect to “stay in the soup for the next couple of days.” Patrick from DCBlogs posted this photo to DCist photos. National Zoo Critiqued: The Post has conducted a review of documents obtained from the National Zoo on five high-profile animal deaths in recent years,…

(From DCist contributor Zoe Mitchell) Things are mighty fiesty inside the Wilson Building again today and it has nothing to do with baseball. According to an inside source, three activists from MayDay DC have already been arrested, while another activist is occupying the building’s ledge again. The activists are upset at the closure of the Randall Shelter, which is up for final vote today during the last regularly scheduled D.C. Council hearing this session. Also,…

(From DCist contributor Zoe Mitchell) More buildings in D.C. are coming down soon. However, unlike the convention center implosion which briefly affected traffic in the area, the upcoming closure of the Anacostia, Benning, Tenley-Friendship and Watha T. Daniel/Shaw branches of the DC Library will directly impact D.C. residents for months. According to the Common Denominator, the four community libraries will be closing on Dec. 30 “in preparation for tearing them down to make way for…

(By DCist contributor Zoe Mitchell) According to a press release we’ve received, the activists who briefly occupied the Randall Shelter over Thanksgiving weekend are planning to drop by the Wilson Building today to listen in on a subcommittee’s vote on the fate of the building, and perhaps take action. The Subcommittee on Human Rights, Latino Affairs and Property Management is scheduled to vote today at 3 p.m. on declaring the Randall Shelter surplus property. If…

(From DCist contributor Zoe Mitchell) U Street’s long jazz tradition continues this weekend with the world premiere of the Suite for Human Nature with renowned jazz musician Wynton Marsalis (right), the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and The Boys Choir of Harlem at the Lincoln Theatre this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. According to an email circulated on the U Street News listserv, an uplifting satirical fable for the entire family, Suite for Human Nature chronicles the…

(From DCist contributor Zoe Mitchell) Yeah, yeah, we know flash mobs were, like, so 2003, but DCist is intrigued by a posting on a local blog about a ‘First DC Flash Mob’. Technically, it isn’t really the first in D.C., but this flash mob excites us because: Traditionally, flash mobs have had no political connotations, however, this one will be different. While flash mobs in other cities have been politicized, in protest-happy D.C., flash mobs…

The primary for November District of Columbia elections will be held next Tuesday, Sept. 14. The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics can provide voting information, and has a full list of candidates running. Meanwhile, blogger Zoe Mitchell reports at a recent candidate’s forum most attention focused on current councilmember Jack Evans, who is running unopposed, and no less than three candidates showed up late. Also, there’s a candidate forum tomorrow organized by a tenants’…