The recent documentary Chinatown looks at a D.C. neighborhood with an increasingly meaningless name. [WAMU]
Senior Historian David Ward talks history and controversy at the National Portrait Gallery. [Post]
Mayor Vince Gray to launch his re-election campaign at THEARC. [WTOP]
In advance of his New Year’s Eve concert at the Hamilton, Dr. John drops science and some creative lingo (“pathetical,” “slicknosity”). [Express]
A brief profile of Dave Grohl‘s favorite band from Reston, RDGLDGRN [Post]
The year in Tiny Desk concerts [NPR]
Anyone surprised that Flashdance: The Musical is an “unimaginative” rehash? [Post]