Posts Tagged ‘u street’

Photos: Some of That Jazz

Bohemian Caverns, December 20

Head-Roc’s Mouth: The Almaz Boycott!

An occasional feature in which esteemed D.C. rapper Head-Roc shares what’s on his mind.
Oh shit! My man Enoch 7th Prophet sent up the Bat Signal!
“Boycott Almaz Ethiopian Restaurant!” he declared recently in an online petition. Why?
The D.C. hip-hop veteran, stellar MC, and producer claim shady dealings. In an open letter he published on Facebook some weeks [...]

Washington Post‘s “Scene In” Series: News-Site Video that Isn’t Crappy

The Post's "Scene In" street-fashion video series is perpetually cheery, as if a handful of thoughtful fashionistas can make a rainbow in any neighborhood. We know better, of course: Spend 15 minutes on K Street at the end of a July workday, and style will appear to be a faint afterthought in the melted minds [...]

Roy Hargrove Takes U Street by Surprise!

Roy Hargrove is no stranger to D.C., making frequent appearances at Georgetown's Blues Alley and playing a headline engagement during 2007's Duke Ellington Jazz Festival (now the D.C. Jazz Festival). Sunday night, however, he took a surprise detour from his four-night stand at Blues Alley to hit the clubs of U Street.
Tenor saxophonist Elijah Jamal [...]