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Wale Watch: Wale Makes Videos, People Complain
D.C. rapper has lamest controversies ever.
By Andrew Noz

The Straight Dope: Ice Block Man!
Cecil considers cryogenics.
By Cecil Adams

Urban Bar-B-Que Does Chili, Too
What it lacks in presentation it makes up for in flavor.
By Tim Carman

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

City Desk

Photo: Snow Again, Act Three

Darrow Montgomery, 7:01 pm

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RAMMY Awards Announce New Format for This Year’s Ceremonies

Tim Carman, 6:11 pm

RAMMY organizers heard the public outcry and have responded in kind. This year’s ceremonies will be completely revamped when the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington hands out its industry awards on June 6 at the Marriott Wardman Park. Gone is the multi-course, sit-down dinner in which the wait staff and clattering plates competed with the award presenters ... Read More

City Desk

Are You Freaking Out Yet?

Jason Cherkis, 5:24 pm

One Shepherd Park resident just reported on the listserv that they have lost power. And long lines have been reported in grocery stores across the city. The Harris Teeter on the Hill is experiencing possibly hour-long lines! WTOP is reporting that 25 percent of the District's plows are busted and the city is now rationing ... Read More

City Desk

Shovel Patrol: Adrian Fenty

Mike DeBonis, 5:21 pm

Washington City Paper embarked Sunday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended? Adrian M. Fenty Position: mayor of the District of Columbia Address: 4712 17th St. NW (Crestwood) Observations: Fenty's come in for some listserv-driven grief ... Read More

Chicago_Reader: @WCP finds some clever amateur civil engineers dealing with DC's #snowpocalypse http://is.gd/82pbM

4:45 pm on Tuesday, February 9

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4:03 pm on Tuesday, February 9

wcp: RT @mikedebonis: If anyone knows where Rahm Emanuel _actually_ lives, please DM so LL can do due diligence

3:33 pm on Tuesday, February 9

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Special Feature

The Pershing Park Case

More than seven years ago—on Sept. 27, 2002—D.C. police officers under the command of Charles H. Ramsey rounded up hundreds of people at Pershing Park and arrested them all. The city is still paying the price.

Read City Paper's ongoing coverage.

Arts & Events Picks

"Call + Response" at Hamiltonian Gallery

Through February 13

Anyone who talks about a picture being worth a thousand words can stuff it. For “Call + Response,” Hamiltonian Gallery asked 16 visual artists to create responses to the poetry and prose of 16 writers. In many instances, the words surpass the visuals—as in Christian Howard’s...

"In the Darkroom" at the National Gallery of Art

To March 14, 2010

Paul Nicklen at National Geographic Museum

To March 25

Joanna Smith Rakoff and Dylan Landis at the Arts Club of Washington

Wednesday, February 10

"Jackie Milad: Inside Mouth" at Flashpoint

Through February 13

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RAMMY Awards Announce New Format for This Year’s Ceremonies

Tim Carman, Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The Tavernization of Wisconsin Avenue NW

Did the recession turn two upmarket restaurants into comfort-food joints?

By Tim Carman

Movies

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Throng and Dance: The Last Station and Fish Tank
Tolstoy founds a cult; a misfit teaches herself hip-hop moves.
Film review By Tricia Olszewski

Diss Affected: 44 Inch Chest and Wonderful World
A snappy Tarantino rip-off. Plus: Matthew Broderick gets moody.
Film review By Tricia Olszewski

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Theater

Reviewed: The Rivalry
At Ford's Theatre, an unexpected take on the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Theater review By Bob Mondello

Hari Scary: suicide.chat.room and Antony & Cleopatra
Two compelling takes on self-slaughter.
Theater review By Trey Graham

Music

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Wale Watch: Wale Makes Videos, People Complain

Andrew Noz, Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Wale always seems to find himself embroiled in the lamest controversies. It would seem that the cost of claiming to put an entire city on your back means you’re gonna have the entire city on your back. His latest video, “Pretty Girls,” debuted on BET earlier this week and recieved a lot of flack in blog ... Read More