In this week’s City Paper, you’ll find:

• Frank Schneider on a trio of Kentucky natives who moved to Shaw and struck alternately hilarious, frightening, and bizarre relationship with a neighborhood hustler.
• Amanda S. Miller on the latest developments in the Leroy Thorpe chronicles. Here’s a taste.
• In Loose Lips: James Jones on Adrian Fenty’s big trip to New York with D.C. councilmembers to hobnob with Mike Bloomberg and talk school takeovers.
• In Show & Tell: Jessica Gould on what was behind the demise of Apex’s Liquid Ladies lesbian dance night. A D.C. cop says a rash of fights may have been to blame
• In Cheap Seats: Dave McKenna is the first to get the Wizznutzz on the record! The occasion: the triumph of “Agent Zero.”
• Plus film, theater, food, and more