Mia Feuer‘s planned gas-station sculpture in the Anacostia River is no more. [Arts Desk]

National Geographic installed a temporary “no cellphones” lane on a Dupont-area sidewalk to promote a new show. [DCist]

Margot MacDonald on breaking free from a band with a loop pedal [Washingtonian]

Meet the understudies who finally get their moments onstage in Signature Theatre’s Revenge of the Understudies. [Post] 

Comedian Chelsea Shorte on corruption, bowties, and Blood Pizza Content [BYT]

The as-yet-unbuilt Museum of Science Fiction is evaluating potential sites for a preview museum. [DCist]

A look at the finances of military bands, some of the largest employers of musicians in the D.C. area [Post]