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Bring On The Botanicals! D.C. Distillery Aims To Make Gin By Summer
Fans of D.C.'s own Gin Rickey could have a hometown spirit on hand for their native cocktails this summer. Y&H colleague Lydia DePillis over at...
Chris Shott • 34 minutes ago. • Young & Hungry
More Life for Old Warehouses: Distillery Coming to Ivy City
I got pretty excited about the idea of a biodiesel plant and medical marijuana cultivation centers coming to the city's dwindling industrial areas. Much has...
Lydia DePillis • 2 hours ago. • Housing Complex
This Could Be Funny: Erik Myers
Your next seven days should be filled with laughter. The following could help. Friday, Jan. 6: Anything Goes! at Red Palace The Gilded Lily Burlesque troupe is...
Brandon Wetherbee • 2 hours ago. • Arts Desk
The Locavore’s Dilemma: Theater J Begins Its Festival of Local Plays
It's 45 minutes before the pay-what-you-can preview of Renee Calarco's The Religion Thing, and I'm exchanging niceties with Ari Roth, Theater J's artistic director. We're chatting...
Sophia Bushong • 3 hours ago. • Arts Desk
Harry Thomas Jr.: “Guilty As Charged, Your Honor”
The newly-former Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. just pleaded guilty to two federal felonies as part of a plea deal that could have him...
Alan Suderman • 3 hours ago. • Loose Lips
Peter Nickles: Told Ya So!
No one likes a sore winner. On the other hand, no one likes to be told that their investigation of a crooked councilmember is politically...
Michael Schaffer • 3 hours ago. • Loose Lips
William “Whop” Frazier, 1943-2011
Bassist and singer William "Whop" Frazier spent years backing up other blues players before stepping out on his own. The singer—who for decades was a prominent...
Ryan Little • 3 hours ago. • Arts Desk
Wearing Chuck Taylors Doesn’t Make You Special
Look. I love Chuck Taylors as much as the next person who went to high school in the '90s. There's a beat-up, 11-year-old pair of...
Shani Hilton • 4 hours ago. • City Desk
Coming Up: ‘Chowda Day,’ Restaurant Week, Food Meets Art
Prix-fixe yourself: next week is D.C. Restaurant Week. Some 166 restaurants in the District are participating (that's roughly 49 percent of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan...
Chris Shott • 4 hours ago. • Young & Hungry
Photo: L’Enfant Plaza
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Mike Hicks • 4 hours ago. • City Desk
Don’t Be Bored: Diogo Nogueira and Kill All Redneck Pricks
Diogo Nogueira wanted a career as a professional soccer player. But when he hurt his knee after two years with the Cruzeiro team, it was...
Ally Schweitzer • 4 hours ago. • Arts Desk
Circulator Website: Way Better
As I noted in Washington City Paper's Annotated Guide to 2011, Circulators are better than buses. Almost everything about them—the low fare, the timetable, the...
Shani Hilton • 5 hours ago. • City Desk
Love Café, R.I.P. (2003-2012)
The lingering cupcake craze appears to have suffered its first major casualty: Love Café, the lounge-y across-the-street counterpart to Warren Brown's pioneering U Street bakery...
Chris Shott • 5 hours ago. • Young & Hungry
What’s Up With This Ghostface Beat Tape?
The world's Wu-nerds can sort out the particulars of The Ghostface Beat Tape Project, a 28-track collection of high-quality instrumentals "inspired by the Wally Champ"...
Joe Warminsky • 5 hours ago. • Arts Desk
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