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Street Closures Today
***9:30 AM — Updated With Photo*** We’ve received a few reports that we’re unable to we’ve visually confirmed, stating that several streets will be closed on Saturday for the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre. Info we’ve received follows: Westbound lanes of Penn Ave between 10th & 13th streets, 2 pm to 9 pm 13th […]
Christo/Jeanne-Claude At NGA On Sunday
The enivronmental public art installation duo, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, are in town at the National Gallery of Art this Sunday to help publicly screen the HBO Documentary Film “The Gates.” The film chronicles the long road to creating and installing the public art piece consisting of a long series of orange fabric panel gates in Central […]
Chuck Brown’s Downtown Lotto Appearance (video)
The urge to move is undeniable when seeing and hearing Chuck Brown in the latest string of DC Lottery commercials. The godfather of go-go music and a DC original, the man can get the crowd going with his booming voice and the band’s unmistakable bass, horns and rhythm signature. This writer remembers blasting “We Need Some […]
Retail Food Update: Dunkin Donuts & Panera
Ed. Note: The Dunkin Donuts IS open as of Sunday, January 27, 2008. The Dunkin Donuts on 7th Street being finalized in the former Shimba Hills Coffee space should be open next Monday midday. We are told there will be no tables or seating so it’s grab your donuts and go (don’t forget to pay). That’s right. […]