Good Thursday, D.C. The rain is expected hold off until this afternoon.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• A view of the District through the lens of City Paper’s photoman, Darrow Montgomery

• At least six charter schools are sending special education students to an unmarked house in Southeast D.C. for school. The home is host of an unlicensed business known as the Future Family Enrichment Center and acts as a kind of temporary program. Now D.C. agencies have taken notice.

• Gerald Watson, the 15-year-old Anacostia student asked a tenant, “are they coming?” before he was shot shot 17 times in an apartment building stairwell by masked assailants over a neighborhood feud, new court documents show.

• Why opioid related deaths among African Americans in D.C. have spiked in the past four years. And how the government failed them with millions of misspent federal grant dollars. Part two in The Post’s two-part series on opioid overdose deaths.

  • But if you’ve been reading City Paper, you already know:

  • The District’s Opioid Crisis Has Endured Since the 1960s (Oct. 2017, by Candace Y.A. Montague)

  • One-Hit Wonder: Why Doesn’t D.C. Have Enough of the Overdose Drug Narcan? (Jul. 2016, by Andrew Giambrone)

• As the District’s immigration population increases, so do the challenges.

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

• Councilmember Vince Gray is getting hitched. There surely will be hand dancing. [WCP]

• Public school reform, firearms, climate change, campaign finance, and the death of a voter-approved initiative, among other measures, mark the end of the Council’s 2018 legislative session. [Post]

• D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing the crap out of Facebook. [DCist]

• D.C.’s population climbs past 700,000 for the first time in decades. [Census]

• Two pedestrians were hit by a tour bus yesterday and were taken to the hospital in serious condition. [Post]

• The District government is considering new LED streetlights that could save taxpayers millions. [DC Line]

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

• How a D.C. couple came to open a restaurant in Argentina. [WCP]

• Head to Suns Cinema tonight for Lazy Omakase featuring Mario Kart and a three-cocktail tasting menu. [WCP]

• Ivy City Smokehouse is adding a petite, first-floor raw bar this spring. [WCP]

• Evening Star Cafe is serving pasta made from foraged acorns. [WCP]

• And now that story about Salvadoran restaurants, in Spanish! [Washingtonian]

• Dig into the most scathing restaurant reviews of 2018. [Eater]

• Fresh picks for the best family-friendly restaurants. [DC Refined]

ARTS LINKS, by Matt Cohen (tips? mcohen@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• The U.S. Botanic Garden created models of famous train stations out of bark, and they’re delightful. [WCP]

• Local actor Paul Scanlan learned all of his lines, music, and blocking for National Theatre’s Beautiful: The Carole King Story in six days (!). [DC Theatre Scene]

• Film review: Aquaman is a typhoon of superhero insanity. [WCP]

• No Way Out is a bad ’80s political thriller, with one exception: The D.C.-shot scenes are pretty good. [BYT]

• Second film review: Robert Zemeckis misses all his marks with Welcome to Marwen. [WCP]

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

• Maintenance issues plague Ward 4’s new homeless shelter. [WCP]

• Plans to redevelop RFK Stadium face headwinds. [NYT]

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

• The Mystics will begin their 2019 season on the road on May 25 and host their home opener on June 1 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena. [Bullets Forever]

• Jay Gruden said that safety Montae Nicholson will not play Saturday against the Titans a day after he was arrested and charged with assault and battery and being drunk in public. In a video released by TMZ, Nicholson can be seen hitting a man and knocking him out. [Deadspin]

• Four-star wide receiver Isaiah Hazel out of Upper Marlboro has signed with Maryland, becoming the first to do so for new head coach and D.C. native Michael Locksley. [Baltimore Sun]

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

• Rambunctious rapper CupcakKe performs at the Fillmore Silver Spring. 8 p.m. at 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $12.50–$25.

• Cult filmmaker John Waters brings holiday tunes with A John Waters Christmas to the Birchmere. 7:30 p.m. at 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. $55.

• Country singer Chely Wrightperforms at City Winery. 8:30 p.m. at 1350 Okie St. NE. $24–$28.

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