News
An Imposter Is Trolling the Bowser Administration by Posing as DDOT’s Director on Social Media
A series of slip-ups has allowed an anonymous trickster to impersonate the agency head online for the past six months.
D.C. Area Students Set Up an Anti-Genocide Encampment at George Washington University Yard
The protest enters its second day as GW threatens those who remain with suspension and banishment from campus.
D.C. Police Officer Fired for an Invasive Search Could Get His Job Back, With Back Pay
An arbitrator overturned MPD’s termination of Officer Sean Lojacono, whose invasive search of a man in Southeast went viral and resulted in a lawsuit.
Food
Foxtrot Hastily Shutters Stores in D.C. and Elsewhere
The high-end grocery store has abruptly pulled the plug on all of its locations in D.C., Chicago, Austin, and Dallas.
Employees at The Wydown Are Forming a Union to Address Concerns with Management
Wydown Workers United is drawing attention to alleged workplace mismanagement and under-resourcing at their coffee bar locations on H Street NE and 14th Street NW.
Mt. Pleasant’s Joia Burger Adds Filipino Flourishes To Fast Food Faves
Don’t sleep on the ube soft serve.
Arts
An Unbuilt Life: A Too Polite Drama About Art Looting
Elizabeth DeSchryver’s play, making its world premiere at Washington Stage Guild, captures the corrupt underside of the arts world, but doesn’t let its characters evolve.
Folie a trois: Challengers Is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts, But What Parts!
The latest film by reigning auteur of horndog art-house cinema, starring magnetic performers Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor, is titillating, lurid, and shallow.
Code Breaker: 1959’s Anatomy of a Murder Was Designed to Push Boundaries
Taking a stand against Hollywood’s Production Code, director Otto Preminger waged a battle for creative freedom while challenging audiences with this courtroom drama.