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

September 20, 2008

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

Introducing Housing Complex

City Paper's New Real Estate Blog

By Ruth Samuelson

Introducing The Sexist

City Paper's New Sex & Gender Blog

By Amanda Hess

Coming of Sage

News Bites: Checking in on the old Red Sage. PLUS: Ann Cashion and drama on H Street!

Young & Hungry By Tim Carman

One Track Mind

This Week: Petworth's "Garofalo"

Music By Aaron Leitko

May the Schwartz Be With You

Carol Schwartz: The Fallout

Loose Lips By Mike DeBonis

One of the best Wilbon columns you'll ever read
The point: No one--not even a referee--can meet a standard of perfection www.washingtonpost.com

Quincy "punk episode" - Boing Boing
"Why listen to music that makes you want to hate, when you can listen to music that makes you want to love?" www.boingboing.net

Art?: Brad Paisley Visits The Saddest Playground Ever
Country's biggest male singer can't afford Photoshop, apparently. idolator.com

Turns Out Vinny Cerrato's Schedule DOES allow Him to Do Four-Hour Weekly Show
"whoever has that concern doesn't know my schedule" theredskinsblog.com

The Greatest Obituary He Could Have Hoped For
"I'm struggling with feelings of--for lack of a better concept--incongruity" www.theonion.com

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

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

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
Little Progress in Gay-Bashing Case
Hate-crime investigation held up by slam-dunk evidence
The City By Jule Banville
Buyer's Market
5310 5th St. NW
The City By Ruth Samuelson
Snakes in a Garden
Visitor to Brookside sees a snake, claims infestation.
The City By Erik Wemple

Swim, Bike, Runoff
Triathletes brave the storied waters of the Potomac.
Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna

May the Schwartz Be With You
Carol Schwartz: The Fallout
Loose Lips By Mike DeBonis

Coming of Sage
News Bites: Checking in on the old Red Sage. PLUS: Ann Cashion and drama on H Street!
Young & Hungry By Tim Carman

Emergency Hearing
Cecil give the straight dope on sirens.
The Straight Dope By Cecil Adams
Balls Can Be Totally Lolz
Dan says give in to temptation when it comes to the sack.
Savage Love By Dan Savage
Closing Time
R.I.P. Show & Tell, 2003–2008
Show & Tell By Amanda Hess
Cash Bar
In Kwame Brown, does a famed nightclub owner have a new best friend?
Loose Lips By Mike DeBonis

1500 Block of 17th Street NW (Rear), Sept. 7
Page 3 Photo By Darrow Montgomery

Council to Investigate Rent Administrator Firing
This afternoon, the D.C. Council’s Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs voted to open an investigation into the firing of the city’s...
City Desk
Competitive Pricing, Answers Revealed
3137 19TH ST NW Neighborhood
Housing Complex
Southwest Woes
A few hours ago, I was cruising across 295 near Nationals Park, checking out the skyline of new buildings, and trying to get a better view of the...
Housing Complex
New Mi Ami 12-Inch
Traditionally I wimp out during autumn. As surely as the leaves turn yellow my listening habits slip toward fey and mopey Englishmen—you know,...
Black Plastic Bag
Even More on Firefighters’ Beards
City Desk
Catania Comes Out for Mara
In this week’s column, LL reported that he saw several staffers for At-Large Councilmember David A. Catania partying at council hopeful...
City Desk
Court Orders CFSA To Do Obvious: Get A Plan
On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas F. Hogan did what no one else in the city seemed to be able to do
City Desk

This week: The Orator, the Warrior, and an Unspeakable Headline.

Eiko & Koma
Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21, at Dance Place
In the ’50s, art critic Harold Rosenberg coined the term “action painting” to describe Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning’s technique of abstractedly applying paint to a canvas. In the performance...
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...
"Martin Puryear"
To Sunday, Sept. 28, at the National Gallery of Art
Where art meets craft, you’ll find Martin Puryear. The D.C. artist blends minimalism and carpentry (with a touch of African tribal influence from years spent in Sierra Leone) to form...

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

A Girl Cut in Two and Towelhead: The Feminine Mistake
Two films portray women who turn into others' playthings.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski
Free-Trade Aggrievement
Reviewed: Battle in Seattle
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski
I Served the King of England and The Grocer's Son: Churl Interrupted
The selfish leads in two films make for familiar and unsatisfying redemption tales.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Movies Opening This Week

Coming of Sage
News Bites: Checking in on the old Red Sage. PLUS: Ann Cashion and drama on H Street!
Young & Hungry By Tim Carman
Pierogi Berra
An Arlington sports bar knows how to pick the wieners.
Young & Hungry By Tim Carman

The Feed: Restaurants, Briefly

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

The Misery Indexer
Reviewed: Tindersticks' The Hungry Saw
Music Review By David Dunlap Jr.
One Track Mind
This Week: Petworth's "Garofalo"
Music By Aaron Leitko
(Still) Looking for the Perfect Beat
Reviewed: Tussle's Cream Cuts
Music Review By Aaron Leitko

The God Allusion
Reference trumps relevance in update of Aristophanes.
Theater Review By Glen Weldon
Bout of Africa
Reviewed: The Road to Mecca at Studio Theatre
Theater Review By Bob Mondello
Revel Alliance
Carrie Fisher talks about a life that’s far, far away.
Theater Review By Trey Graham

What's Your Problem?
This Week: When They Don't Know Go-Go
What's Your Problem? By Amanda Hess
What's Your Problem?
This Week: Striking Gold During a Strike
What's Your Problem? By Amanda Hess
Closing Time
R.I.P. Show & Tell, 2003–2008
Show & Tell By Amanda Hess