After Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe Museum closed earlier this year, vandals have started defacing and stealing property from the historic site. [Baltimore Sun via Huffington Post D.C.]
Brightest Young Things is very, very sad to see Red Palace close. [BYT]
New track from Will Eastman and Ozker samples Timbaland/Aaliyah [Soundcloud]
A video interview with David Adjaye, the architect of [...]
Patrick Pho dons a "Gangnam Style" outfit and walks around D.C.'s landmarks and the Metrorail system. [We Love D.C.]
The 2013 Washington Jewish Film Festival announces its lineup [WJFF]
Drunk dudes picking fights, bottles of Corona, and possibly real pig's blood: Metal Chris reports from Saturday's kinda-unpleasant-but-still-awesome-sounding-sounding black-metal show at El Caracol in Silver Spring, Md. [D.C. [...]
In its early years, Bikini Kill survived hurled bottles and obscenities at shows across the country. When the riot-grrrl band played its first show in D.C., says singer Kathleen Hanna, "It was like they had been waiting for us." Read this history of Bikini Kill's struggles with fear, anger, and the asphyxiating force that its [...]
The District has granted a $12,000 contract to May 3rd Films for a 30-minute documentary about Ward 8. [WAMU]
Peter Marks on Whorehouse at Signature Theatre: "Let’s hope this foray into pedestrian commercial material is a short detour." [Post]
A conversation with Linda Hesh, the artist behind the "trust" and "doubt" benches on New Hampshire Avenue NW [Huffington [...]
"At its worst, the [Barbara] Kruger installation [at Hirshhorn] is simply a backdrop, wallpaper for snapshots, superficial fodder for social media or a jumble of bold color leading to the gift shop, where matching tote bags and wallets are available for purchase." [Post]
Peter Marks says Kathleen Turner shines in Arena's Molly Ivins [Post]
Where does Gwydion [...]
A reading of Go-Go Live, a new book about D.C.'s homegrown sound, at Chevy Chase's Politics & Prose last night turned into a parody of race relations in the District, according to author Natalie Hopkinson.
Hopkinson brought a mix CD of funk and go-go songs to play during the signing. But 30 seconds after the first [...]
Politics & Prose applying for a liquor license?! [Prince of Petworth]
Trouble Funk filed suit against the Beastie Boys last week—one day before Adam Yauch died. [Post]
NBC will unveil 1600 Penn, a TV show about a dysfunctional first family [Post]
Luxe movie dinner-and-a-movie venue Silverspot coming to Bethesda [Washington Business Journal]
The next owners of Politics and Prose, the Chevy Chase bookstore and local literary institution, will be former Washington Post reporter Bradley Graham and his wife Lissa Muscatine, most recently the head speechwriter at the U.S. Department of State and a confidante of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The Washington Post reports that following a lengthy search, [...]
Aaron Cohen still buys books. You know: The kind you can hold. He purchased at least two last year—Jonathan Franzen's Freedom and Howard Jacobson's The Finkler Question. But Cohen—as in his mother Carla Cohen, the co-owner of beloved D.C. bookstore Politics and Prose who died last October—bought those titles because he enjoyed reading digital versions of [...]
If you didn't attend the funeral of Politics and Prose co-owner and founder Carla Cohen but still want to pay your respects, this Sunday's your chance. Family, friends, colleagues, and customers will gather at Politics and Prose to celebrate Cohen's life and her contributions to D.C.'s literary community. Expect reminiscences by business partner Barbara Meade, [...]
