Elizabeth Askew
Heyo, here is a cherry blossom-sanctioned event that may actually be worth attending. The Cherry Blast provides a reassuring alternative to all the outdoorsy wholesome family-friendly activities you try so hard to avoid. For $10, you can get into some random SE warehouse filled with pretty much every medium of art your little heart could [...]
Tonight: British folk-rock stalwart Robyn Hitchcock, of Soft Boys “fame,” will be singing weird lyrics, lecturing his audience, and generally being awesome all over the Black Cat tonight. $20 tickets are still available here. 8PM. [Black Cat]
There were a LOT of things happening on our National Mall this weekend, most of which involved masses of people erratically circling trees or hot dog stands or monuments, pausing briefly to bump into you, and then moving on to annoy someone else. As frustrating as it was trying to beat even a moderately direct [...]
So this weekend there’s a Japanese street fair, and a parade, and these are all very interesting events except JESUS CHRIST the Naval Observatory, home of the Vice President himself, is opening its doors after eight (!) years of mystery and death and intrigue.
With the leaders of the free world having group-hugged their economies into financial stability, there’s nothing much left for the journalists to Twitter about. Instead, the Washington media elite will try to be funny, for charity. Tonight, the National Press Club is hosting Commedia dell Media, an “evening of comedy” with “DC’s most respected journalists.” [...]
In a startling case of life imitating Blingee, several characters marched straight out of Wonkette’s most recent photo contest and onto the streets of Georgetown last night. The fully furred Chewbacca and, uh, we actually aren’t sure what that other one is, explained to your intern that they were dressed up for a birthday party.
This Cherry Blossom Thing may attract tourists like flypaper, but it’s good for at least one thing: it really inflates the number of boozey free-for-alls in DC, a service we can all appreciate. The next such event is the Cherry Blossom “Soiree” tonight at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, which will provide the singular experience of [...]
Remember Guantanamo Bay, that rascally little island paradise which sorta robbed America of any remaining moral superiority it had been frittering away since World War II? Well, Obama FAILED in his promise to personally release and hump every prisoner within, so it’s still housing terrible foreigners. But after seven years, National Geographic somehow managed to [...]
Remember back in, say, 1999, when everyone you knew had suddenly become a DJ, irrespective of whatever horrific musical atrocities they committed in the pursuit? Well, those days can be yours once more, but this time to a better end than just getting free, uh, beer, or whatever. Girls Rock! DC is giving free DJ [...]
In this brave new era of impotent smokeballs and puke fountains, it’s never been more appealing to retreat into your basement, with fertile plants and sawed-off weapons, never to emerge until bond prices fall or something. But what to do when the liquor runs out? DC Snacks, a company created in god’s own image, is [...]
If you derive satisfaction from watching other people make fools of themselves, on video, then the Found Footage Film Festival in Arlington tonight is a must-see. Founders Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher have looped chicken herding machinery, interpretive line dancing, and educational penis songs together with a zillion other weird video snippets, all for your [...]
Though you may normally prefer your events shrouded in darkness and glazed in booze, it would be remiss to ignore the beginning of America’s biggest celebration ever of a Japanese tree flower. We’ve already mentioned the Kite Festival and Japanime Marathon; here are some more ways you can enjoy the Cherry Blossom Festival this weekend.
A gaggle of DJs will be descending upon Asylum tonight, courtesy of RipOFF, for the “Totally Fucked Party.” Though dance parties are not exactly a rare occurrence in DC, this one is special in that it provides to you, the dancer, free beer!
