Well fine, summer is here for real this time. The calendar and the thermometer say so. Try to stay hydrated and cool as you take part in some of these exciting weekend activities! Tonight Step Afrika! opens its annual Home Performance Series at the Atlas. The only professional company dedicated to the art and tradition of stepping, Step […]
I remember as a tyke wanting to ride on a street sweeper. I didn’t really want to clean the streets, I just wanted to command the odd-looking, loud vehicle with giant brushes that also shoots water sort of like an international spy’s car. At least, that’s how it appeared to me when I was eight […]
Today is the last day of school for DC Public Schools. As you read this, kids all over the Hill are rejoicing and singing Alice Cooper’s cherished ode to the end of the academic year while they look forward to lazy summer days. Of course most kids on the Hill will be engaged in a […]
We’ve got outdoor movies galore in DC, and some projected right onto the edges of our Hill neighborhood, but the granddaddy of summer outdoor cinema has to be Screen on the Green. For years this summer tradition occupied the grassy expanses of the National Mall and brought folks together under the stars on Monday nights […]
Never a dull moment here in your nation’s capital. After we are done rolling our eyes, shaking our heads and burying our faces in our hands at our beloved city government’s inability to go a month with embarrassing us all how will we take our minds off of our troubles this weekend? Maria gave us a joyous […]