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With June comes Capital Pride, and with Capital Pride comes City Paper’s annual Gay Issue. In our 2016 edition, we explore whether the District has a queer neighborhood anymore as well as one nonprofit’s efforts to combat the violence and harassment perpetrated against trans individuals. Stay tuned for more stories from the issue tomorrow.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• D.C.’s servers would see a higher tipped minimum wage under a bill advanced yesterday. [City Desk, Post]
• How are restaurants and bars preparing for Metro’s midnight weekend closures, part of SafeTrack? [Post]
• District police and churches met to discuss how to fight violent crime east of the Anacostia River. [FOX5]  
• Charging docs identify U.S. Defense Department flack as alleged license-plate thief in Capitol Hill. [Post]
• D.C. Council candidates (and one Jack Evans) talked marijuana policy at Black Cat last night. [FOX5]
• What will Busboys and Poets opening a location in Anacostia mean for the Ward 8 neighborhood? [WAMU]
• The eaglets have landed…and they’re about to leave the National Arboretum already? [NBC4, WUSA9]

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:

• Against Accolades: A very hot take from Young & Hungry: “The Michelin Guide Is Overhyped.”
• It’s a Miracle! Barracks Row gets a small cinema called Miracle Theatre that will host “special events.”
• “June Housing Bloom”: D.C. kicks off a month-long affordable housing initiative with city solicitations.

LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Will Sommer (tips? wsommer@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Council committee pushes $15 minimum wage bill. [Times, WCP, DCist, Post]
• Parking meter rate goes up. [Times]
• Deborah Simmons: Street parking costs too much! [Times]
• Another month, another Muriel Bowser initiative. [WCP]
• Post ed board: New Metro safety group would be exempt from open records laws. [Post] 

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

• This summer, WAMU will showcase local music on the airwaves. [Washingtonian]
• Listen to a new Fulton Lights track. [WCP]
• Air sex to be televised. [DCist]
• Two dozen new works to be showcased in the ninth annual Source Festival. [DCTheatreScene]
• One of D.C.’s newest movie theaters, Barracks Row’s Miracle Theatre, has a rich history. [WCP]

YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Jessica Sidman (tips? jsidman@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Did the Michelin Guide snub Los Angeles by choosing D.C.? [Post]
• Where to find trendy dishes on the cheap [Washingtonian]
• Kung Fu Tea is bringing more bubble teat to the ‘burbs. [Eater]
• Dolci Gelati wins honors at Gelato World Tour. [DCist]
• A mushroom farm and community space is headed to Park View. [Express]
• New bar to bring cocktails and fried chicken to U Street NW. [Borderstan]
• La Fourchette in Adams Morgan will be replaced by Los Cuates Mexican restaurant. [WBJ]