June 2012
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Jun 29th
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“The entire world is going to kick our ass.”
– Sentiments from the steps of the Supreme Court following yesterday’s Affordable Care Act ruling.
Jun 29th
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Jun 28th
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Jun 28th
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Jun 28th
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Jun 28th
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Pour One Out for the Pub Quiz at Ireland’s Four... →
Cleveland Park’s Ireland’s Four Fields held a wake for itself last night; The pub’s been operating for 34 years. But the bar’s not the only thing that’s shuttered. Its pub quiz, probably the most hardcore in the city (about 85 questions on a sheet of paper that players have to answer within 90 minutes), held its last round last night, too. Didn’t make it?...
Jun 28th
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WatchWatch
“Heart” is the last installment in America Hearts’ monthly digital singles series (for maximum sadness, stream all the singles on SoundCloud). Read Ramon Ramirez’s take on the above clip for “Heart,” and catch America Hearts tonight at Black Cat with Olivia Mancini & The Mates,The Mean Season, and We Fought the Big One DJs (8 p.m., $8).
Jun 27th
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“Jim Graham wants to redefine D.C.’s definition of “nude performance” to change...”
– District Line Daily: Private Streetcars - City Desk That’s my Councilmember! (via chrisafer) Re: this.
Jun 27th
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Jun 27th
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Jun 26th
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From the archives: "Loco in MoCo" →
Read Michael Schaffer go all Franzen in November 1998 (way before anybody even thought about Freedom) in “Loco in MoCo: D.C.’s smug suburban neighbor has hijacked yet another local industry: high-profile scandal.” Golf! Geese! The U.S. Migratory Bird Protection Act! With a cameo by Kurt L. Schmoke! No one else may buy it, but I’m sticking to the single-goose theory. It all goes back to 1979....
Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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ListenAwthentik and Ethan Spalding - “So...
Jun 26th
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7. Dev Patel's Master's Degree in Petroleum... →
Read staff writer Will Sommer’s nine other reasons to love The Newsroom (which most of our staff, for the record, found tremendously, tremendously bad).
Jun 26th
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ToDo ToDay: Whither the DIY Space? →
Looking for something to do tonight? Watch National Building Museum panelists ponder the state of DIY spaces in D.C.; get sweaty at Fort Reno with NV, Musicband, and The Torches; order a bucket of Tsingtao at Ping Pong Dim Sum. More details here.
Jun 25th
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Jun 25th
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Jun 21st
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