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The Pershing Park Case
Everything you ever wanted to know about the ongoing controversy.
By Jason Cherkis

Dish of the Week: Gaulati Kebab at Masala Art
A dish so different, it's not clear how to eat it.
By Tim Carman

My Laundromat Closed—Will My Landlord Buy Me a Washer?
All your housing questions, answered.
By Ruth Samuelson

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

City Desk

Breaking: Washington Post to Close Bureaus in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles

Erik Wemple, 4:57 pm

According to an informed source, the Washington Post will soon announce that it will close its news bureaus in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, as part of a cost-saving measure. It's unclear just when the closings will take place; however, the source says that the Post will not be laying off correspondents in those bureaus, ... Read More

City Desk

11 Questions about Abe Pollin

Erik Wemple, 4:46 pm

Did his MCI/Verizon Center revitalize Chinatown? Did he coddle Wes Unseld for too long? Did he err in changing the name of the Bullets to the Wizards? Did he treat Michael Jordan too harshly? Should he have re-signed an injured Gilbert Arenas? Should he have sold the Wizards to Ted Leonsis instead of the Capitals? Did he put Landover ... Read More

Arts Desk

Dirt Farm #236: Fappy the Seal Comic Contest!

Ben Claassen, 4:19 pm

City Desk

Abe Pollin Dies at 85

Mike DeBonis, 3:56 pm

Abe Pollin, real estate developer, philanthropist, and owner of the Washington Wizards and other sports teams, has died at 85, WRC-TV is reporting Pollin today is remembered most fondly as a sports team owner---the man who bought the Baltimore Bullets to Washington, brought NHL hockry to the city, women's pro basketball, and other sporting endeavors. He presided ... Read More

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Arts & Events Picks

Jonathan Safran Foer speaks at 6th & I Historic Synagogue

Tuesday, November 1

The first question my parents asked each other when considering the health of their unborn son was, “Should we stop smoking two packs a day?” (Morning sickness helped my mother decide.) Not so with novelist Jonathan Safron Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close....

Sonny Rollins at the Kennedy Center

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Laurel Lukazewski's "Once" at Project 4

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Tom Wolff at Hillyer Art Space

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The Shining at the American City Diner and Cafe

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Young & Hungry

D.C. Dish Hall of Fame Leaderboard: High-End Dining Lurks in the Background

Tim Carman, Tuesday, November 24, 2009

With only three weeks of voting left in the D.C. Dish Hall of Fame, the leaderboard remains virtually unchanged from last week’s, save for a little jockeying at the bottom and 2Amys‘ suddenly move into a fourth-place tie with the falafel sandwich at Amsterdam. Remember, only the top five dishes will be part of the Hall’s ... Read More

Taco: The Rules of Engagement

A look at D.C.'s new purveyors of authentic tacos

By Tim Carman

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Reviewed: The Road and Fantastic Mr. Fox
Viggo Mortensen outwits cannibals, grimaces; Mr. Fox steals chickens, has a lot more fun.
Film review By Tricia Olszewski

Justice Beleaguers: Bad Lieutenant and William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Two films about the side effects of law and order.
Film review By Tricia Olszewski

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Theater

Reviewed: Disco Pigs
At Solas Nua, a manic heartbreaker about a friendship gone awry.
Theater review By Maura Judkis

Reviewed: Show Boat
A chamber-size production of one of America's grandest musicals.
Theater review By Trey Graham

Music

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How to Chart Idolator’s Decline: Look at Its Revisions

Aaron Leitko, Tuesday, November 24, 2009

If you were a fan of the pop music blog Idolator, it’s been a disheartening couple of weeks. On Monday, November 9, Maura Johnston—who edited and contributed to the site for more than three years—announced that she would be stepping down, effective immediately. The next morning readers were greeted by her replacements, Robbie Daw and ... Read More