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News
Black Female MPD Cops Are Seeking to Bring Their Claims of Discrimination and Retaliation to the 2022 Elections
Suits allege MPD leadership has discriminated and retaliated against Black female officers.
Council Approves Greater COVID Protections for Public Schools
The bill also includes a requirement to notify families of positive cases in classrooms.
New Bill Would Improve Workers’ Experience with DOES
Elissa Silverman’s bill aims to remove barriers to help with unemployment claims.
Food
How Perseverance Landed D’Angelo Mobley His First Executive Chef Job
Once a budding cook preoccupied with burying his past and googling French words, the D.C. chef is now a calm and confident leader.
The Carry-Out Food Critic is Sweet on Southern Peach BBQ’s Soul Food
Go to Hillcrest Heights for an enormous loaded potato, wings, soul food sides, pulled pork, and dessert egg rolls.
A Comfort Food Pop-Up Starring Spuds Launches Today in Shaw
Chef Mykie Moll is serving potatoes five ways, plus an array of sandwiches and soups for breakfast and lunch.
Arts
City Lights: Making Guy Branum a Household Name
The Chelsea Lately comic headlines back to back shows at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse this weekend.
Lightmare Reimagine Power
On their second album, the local sextet find new confidence in their ever-expanding soul-punk sound.
All Roads Lead to the Birchmere
Gary Oelze and Stephen Moore’s new book captures the magic of Alexandria’s musical landmark over five decades of history.
Sports
Sidwell Friends Girls’ Basketball Is the Latest Local Team to be Ranked No. 1 in the Nation
The D.C. area is home to some of the country’s best girls’ basketball talent.
Desmond Dunham Reflects on His Unlikely Path to Cross-Country Success
In his memoir, Running Against the Odds, the running coach details how cross-country changed his life for the better and how he hopes to pass on that passion to kids who may not be exposed to the sport otherwise.
More Local News
My Whole Life I Have Wanted to Be Spanked by Older Men
Does this make any sense?
City Lights: Novelist Sadeqa Johnson and Jamise Harper Talk Yellow Wife
For the novel’s paperback release, Johnson will discuss how antebellum Virginia influenced her latest work.
City Lights: Transient: Impermanent Painting
On display until March, ARTECHOUSE DC’s latest immersive exhibit with artist Quayola intermixes visual art and music.
A Schmuck Stole a Sign at Jane Jane. Now You Can Win a $200 Bar Tab.
Come up with a cheeky replacement for, “Please don’t do coke in the bathroom,” and it’ll be embroidered.
City Lights: James Van Der Zee’s Mastery at the National Gallery of Art
The retrospective chronicle’s the photographer’s skill, while capturing Harlem during its renaissance.
Scream: Take Five
25 years later, the fifth installment of the franchise, a “requel,” remains self-aware, but lacks the creativity that made the original Scream scary.
Cielo Rojo is Growing and Spinning Off a San Fran-Style Burrito Shop
The Takoma Park Mexican restaurant is moving down the street to make way for San Pancho Burritos.
DC Nurses Association Protests Staff Shortages During Onset of Public Health Emergency
Not all medical staff are happy with all parts of the limited emergency order.
City Lights: D.C. Remembers Stephen Sondheim
Signature Theatre streams a pre-recorded concert of the late composer’s most-loved work performed by local actors.
Why Pizzeria Paradiso Is Done With Tipping After 30 Years in Business
Customers now see a 20 percent service charge for dine-in and a 12 percent service charge for takeout.
The 26th Festival of Films From Iran Looks at the Country Today
A sneak peek into the annual fest before it returns to D.C. from Jan. 14 to April 27 for both virtual and in-person screenings
April Is for Music Festivals: Project GLOW and Wiz Khalifa
RFK Festival Grounds will host the inaugural electronic music festival and the return of the National Cannabis Festival on back-to-back weekends this spring.
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