District Line Daily: Hear Ye

Happy Friday, D.C. Here’s to hoping your week wasn’t as bad as Mary Cheh’s.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• A D.C. statehood bill will get a hearing in the House Oversight and Reform Committee for the first time in decades.

• As federal prosecutors push for the release of notorious drug kingpin Rayful Edmond, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is seeking the public’s input.

• The Monument Quilt, made of over 3,000 squares representing experiences of sexual assault survivors, will be on display this weekend at the National Mall. The quilt has traveled to nearly a dozen cities and is expected to stretch the length of four football fields.

• Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration favored affordable housing developers ranked in the bottom half of 20 applicants. In doing so, D.C. missed out on an extra 353 affordable housing units, according to an audit by D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson. Records show the favored developers or their executives all donated to Bowser’s campaigns.

• A scooter caught on fire.

• Gear Prudence: Why does bicycling turn some people into car-hating complainers? And how to deal with it.

• ICYMI: Male bartenders dish on the D.C. dating scene, where vomit might not ruin a date, but politics certainly can.

LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Mitch Ryals (tips? mryals@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• A third challenger for Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans. [WCP]

• Critics wonder what the hell the D.C. government is spending its money on. [Post]

• D.C. Council’s funding for early childhood education falls short of advocates’ wishes. [WAMU]

YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Laura Hayes (tips? lhayes@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• A restaurant specializing in paella with Michelin ambitions will open in Glover Park this summer. [WCP]

• D.C. has a members-only dining club that specializes in six-course meals. [Washingtonian]

• Look at this itty bitty mayonnaise that’s driving a reporter mad. [Post]

ARTS LINKS, by Kayla Randall(tips? krandall@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• The National Museum of Women in the Arts explores massive sculptures and multiples. [WCP]

• Dane Figueroa Ediditells a timeless story in Theater Alliance’s Klytmnestra. [WCP]

• The Kennedy Center will unveil its first major expansion, THE REACH, with a free fall festival. [WAMU]

• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra cancels its summer programming. [Post]

• Check out 21 summer concerts and festivals in the D.C. area. [Washingtonian]

HOUSING COMPLEX LINKS, by Morgan Baskin (tips? mbaskin@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• These Ward 7 and 8 residents like the name “East of the River” just fine. [Urban Turf]

• German grocer Lidl will open in the Skyland Town Center. [Curbed]

• ICYMI: The attorney general can only do so much to prevent slumlords from letting apartments fall into miserable condition. [WCP]

SPORTS LINKS, by Kelyn Soong (tips? ksoong@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• From 2 to 6:30 p.m. this Saturday, the Mystics will host a block party outside their new arena prior to the home opener. [DCist]

• Maryland’s Megan Taylor is the first goalie to become a Tewaaraton Award winner given to the best player in college lacrosse. [Lacrosse Magazine]

• Sun-Maid has pulled it sponsorship from the Fresno Grizzlies, the Nats’ Triple-A affiliate, after the team aired a video likening Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Kim Jong Un and Fidel Castro. [Newsweek]

• Anthony Cowan Jr. is coming back to the Terps for his senior season. [NBC Sports Washington]

HAPPENING TODAY, by Kayla Randall (tips? krandall@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• The Kennedy Center Opera House hosts Ballet Across America with performances from Dance Theatre of Harlem and Miami City Ballet.7:30 p.m. at 2700 F St. NW. $29–$119.

• Reggae icons Toots and the Maytals perform at The Fillmore Silver Spring. 8 p.m. at 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $36.

• Comedian and Curb Your Enthusiasmlegend J.B. Smoove performs at The Warner Theatre. 8 p.m. at 513 13th St. NW. $33.

OFFICE OF FUTURE PLANNING

• Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. for indie pop-rock vocalist Molly Burch, performing at Songbyrd Music House on Aug. 6. 8 p.m. at 2477 18th St. NW. $13–$16.

• Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. for Chilean pop singer-songwriter Mon Laferte, performing at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Aug. 29. 8:30 p.m. at 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Prices to be released at the time of sale.

• Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. for comedian Preacher Lawson, performing at The Warner Theatre on Sept. 14. 8 p.m. at 513 13th St. NW. Prices to be released at the time of sale.

• Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. for comedian Anjelah Johnson, performing at The Warner Theatre on Sept. 21. 7 p.m. at 513 13th St. NW. Prices to be released at the time of sale.

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