Did you vote? Great, now let’s party. Tonight, Capitol Hill turns its attention from the ballot box to the bars and big screens. A number of restaurants and watering holes plan to host viewing parties, and you can either celebrate or commiserate over the end to election season. Stay Caffeinated on “Sticker Day” Pound The […]
This week a group of musicians from around the world has been roaming the halls and jamming in the theatres of the Atlas. They have been brought together through a project initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, administered by Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation. Bang on […]
Did you know that Zack Morris’ sweet phone on the show “Saved by the Bell” was a Motorola DynaTAC or that Tyrannosaurus Rex in Latin means “Tyrant Lizard King?” If so, I want you on my team! As the temperatures are on the rise here in DC, one particularly fun way to beat the heat […]
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 […]
Fear of Virginia, we barely new ya. About a year and a half ago a group of friends got together with the intentions of, in their words, just “sitting around a living room, playing cover songs and drinking Kentucky Gentlemen” (the most noble of pursuits mind you) and from those sessions a band was born. […]