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Bad Air Postpones Today’s DC Dyke March
The grassroots 30th anniversary march was supposed to take place this evening, June 9, but the region’s poor air quality prompted organizers to reschedule for June 16.
News
DC Transgender Oral History Project Joins Existing Storytelling Initiatives
Created by Cooper Joslin, this new project will share and preserve unfiltered trans voices via DC Public Library and provide a streamlined website for transitioning support.
Despite Controversy, a Rent Cap Compromise Is Coming Together for Rent-Controlled Tenants
Three councilmembers advancing competing proposals to limit rent increases have found some common ground.
D.C. Firefighters Claim the City Is Refusing to Pay Their Pension Benefits
Five current and former Black firefighters were promised pension funds. Decades later they’re ready to retire, but where’s the money?
Food
Good Taste: Rooster & Owl’s Fledgling Ellie Bird Flies High in Falls Church
The slightly more casual outlet delivers serious fun and flavor.
Activists Heartened by Revisions to City Plan for Eden Center Area
Among the demanded revisions are renaming the area Little Saigon East, prioritizing anti-displacement, increasing parking, and commissioning Vietnamese public art.
Good Taste: Petite Cerise Offers a Grand Tour of French Cuisine
The new restaurant from Dabney chef Jeremiah Langhorne is serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Shaw.
Arts
Flamin’ Hot Leaves an Unsavory Aftertaste
Charming Chicano humor and charismatic performances can’t save this phony origin story from feeling, well, phony.
The Humours of Bandon Moves by Connecting the Familiar With the Unfamiliar
Margaret Mc Auliffe’s one-woman Irish import is a dancer’s coming-of-age tale that’s packed with humor in its lean 60 minutes.
The NGA’s Latest Exhibition Considers the Art of Dante’s Divine Comedy
On view at the National Gallery of Art through July 16, Going through Hell: The Divine Dante is an introspective journey home.
Across the Spider-Verse: Every Spider-Man Everywhere All at Once
More Power, More Responsibility, More Everything. And it all works in the Into the Spider-Verse sequel.
