Washington City Paper: D.C. Arts, News, and Events

October 10, 2008

Washington City Paper Seeks Journalism Bankruptcy

Filing asks court for protection from readers, expectations, standards.

Football Happens Here

The hot new sport: kiddie football

Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna

Toiling in the Shadow

D.C. auditor calls Strauss' leadership "dubious."

Loose Lips By Mike DeBonis

Dropping Acids

Take that corn syrup lobby!

Young & Hungry By Tim Carman

Dispatches from the Duke Ellington Jazz Fest

As reported on our music blog, Black Plastic Bag

Music Review By Ted Scheinman, Michael J. West

Introducing Housing Complex

City Paper's New Real Estate Blog

By Ruth Samuelson

It's not Its
Aggregated with love to anybody who's freelancing. Getting this wrong is a deal-breaker, really. its-not-its.info

Bloomingdale Bus Stop Stabbing
Woman fatally stabbed while awaiting 7 a.m. bus to work www.washingtonpost.com

Haven't Read Anything by This Year's Nobel Prize Winner?
A guide to what's-his-name, some French guy... bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com

Has the Market Crashed Yet?
Easy updates without having to look at downward-pointing charts. hasthemarketcrashedyet.com

God, Chris Cooley Is Weird
Also he was at Of Montreal last night, supposedly, though I couldn't see him chriscooley47.blogspot.com

Washington City Paper Seeks Journalism Bankruptcy
Filing asks court for protection from readers, expectations, standards.
Cover Story

The Collapse of the Nationals Market
A guide to the easiest ticket in town
Cover Story By Arthur Delaney, Arin Greenwood, Mike Janssen, and Erik Wemple

Death By 91 Cuts
The brutal murder of an Afghan-American woman in Northern Virginia exposes an ethnic community’s struggle with modern life.
Cover Story By Angela Valdez

Cache and Carry
Need a “security sensitive” document from the D.C. Department of Corrections? Google it.
Cover Story By Arthur Delaney
Six Papers That Will Outlive This One
D.C.'s college rags are thriving—and not just because of sudoku.
Cover Story By Alec Mouhibian
Tome Rule
Toy Styles makes her move to rule street lit from a strip mall in Oxon Hill
Cover Story By Ruth Samuelson
State of Play
The best and worst District rec centers
Cover Story By Arthur Delaney

Football Happens Here
The hot new sport: kiddie football
Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna

Toiling in the Shadow
D.C. auditor calls Strauss' leadership "dubious."
Loose Lips By Mike DeBonis

Dick Move
Man slips off rubber duing sex. Dan can't watch.
Savage Love By Dan Savage

A Samurai's Word Is Sharper Than His Sword
Cecil gives the straight dope on cutting things in half.
The Straight Dope By Cecil Adams
Dropping Acids
Take that corn syrup lobby!
Young & Hungry By Tim Carman
Rent to Moan
Why the Nats aren't paying their rent
Loose Lips By Mike DeBonis
Radio Violence
The Skins go after their Post beat reporter. Again.
Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna

2200 Block of 18th Street NW, Sept. 28
Page 3 Photo By Don Harris

This week: A Conflict of Interest!

Shudder to Think
Friday, Oct. 10, at the 9:30 Club
From its days as a defender of the DIY faith to its final glam-rock gasps, D.C.’s Shudder to Think was one of the most intriguing acts of the ’90s. Shudder eventually ditched Dischord for a...
MacHomer
To Sunday, Oct. 12, at Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
MacHomer’s brazen, broad take on Macbeth has undergone a series of minor revisions since solo performer Rick Miller last rolled through town in 2002, but the formula—a postmodern mash-up...
ID-entity
To Oct. 18 at Transformer and the Mexican Cultural Institute
A statue at the Mexican Cultural Institute winked at me last weekend. Encased in a pedestal, artist Xavier Rodriguez was made up to look like the ceramic bust of Mexican folk hero Jesus Malverde, a...

Hoods & Services: Your Guide to D.C.'s Communities

The Pool and Mister Foe: Breaking Lad
The young men in two films get a few harsh doses of reality.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski
Religulous and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: He of Little Faith
Bill Maher vents some righteous anger at religion in his new documentary.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski
Bother Figure
Reviewed: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Movies Opening This Week

Dropping Acids
Take that corn syrup lobby!
Young & Hungry By Tim Carman
The Beerspotter
Try it with the shepherd's pie.
Beerspotter By Orr Shtuhl

The Feed: Restaurants, Briefly

Nellie's Sports Bar U Street/Shaw
Crystal City Sports Pub Crystal City/Pentagon City
ESPN Zone Downtown
More Restaurants...

Dispatches from the Duke Ellington Jazz Fest
As reported on our music blog, Black Plastic Bag
Music Review By Ted Scheinman, Michael J. West
One Track Mind
This Week: 7 Door Sedan's "Caught In Between"
Music By Justin Moyer
Retro Active
Reviewed: TV on the Radio's Dear Science
Music Review By Mike Riggs

The Way of the World and Take Me Away: Use Your Machination
Battling for position in society and at home.
Theater Review By Trey Graham
Family Roam
Reviewed: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Theater Review By Glen Weldon
Troubles in Mind
Reviewed: The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Theater Review By Bob Mondello

What's Your Problem?
This Week: Remote (Art) Control
What's Your Problem? By Amanda Hess
What's Your Problem?
This Week: Nobody Understands My Painting Robot!
What's Your Problem? By Amanda Hess
What's Your Problem?
This Week: Are a Writer's Ethics Good Enough for Government Work?
What's Your Problem? By Amanda Hess