The DC Lineup for this weekend: holiday markets, Montessori and a giant maze
The holiday season is in full swing this pre-Thanksgiving weekend with ice skating and Christmas light displays getting underway — plus multiple markets for getting started on seasonal shopping. Other options for the next few days, Nov. 22…
Washington Business Journal: Work at the Parks at Walter Reed is gaining steam. Here’s a look at…
Buildings are rising, retailers are circling and plans are coalescing at the Parks at Walter Reed, the massive mixed-use redevelopment transforming the old Army medical center campus in Northwest D.C.
DCist: After Police Confront Teen Selling Food On The Sidewalk, Activists Demand Protections For…
Tuesday afternoon started out more or less like any other for 15-year-old Genesis Lemus and her family. While her mother Ana finished up chores and errands, Genesis decided to walk to 14th Street with her 10-year-old brother and spend a…
Washington Post: D.C. ethics board may reopen case into D.C. Council member Jack Evans
The District’s top ethics investigator said he may reopen a dormant investigation into D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), the target of multiple probes into the overlap between his public service and his private consulting…
WAMU: Bowser and Arts Commission Reach Cease-Fire Agreement Over Art Bank
After months of jousting over control of the city’s arts office and arts programming, the Bowser administration and the newly independent Commission on Arts and Humanities have come to an agreement over one aspect of their dispute: the…
UrbanTurf: DC Greens Plans Urban Farm in Ward 8
As efforts continue to expand food access east of the Anacostia River, a nonprofit is working on a solution.
Press Release: DPW explains Thanksgiving Day schedule changes for trash, recycling and leaf…
News Release — DC Department of Public Works
CONTACT: Reggie Sanders
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Thanksgiving Day observance means most services will be closed or suspended.
(Washington, DC) The Department of Public…
Capital Projections: Ridiculous, silly, hilarious edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
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This semi-autobiographical film from writer-director Nadav Lapid…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
November 21, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced nominations to the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Cora…
District Links: Big Biz for statehood? New org to study statehood’s benefits for business;…
Happy Thursday. How do you win over the business community on DC statehood?
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Owner of Park 7 Apartments Will Return $450K+ to Hundreds of…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
November 21, 2019
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
OAG Settlement Holds District Landlord Accountable for Violating Lease Agreements with 470+ Low-Income and Vulnerable…
Washingtonian: A New Book Examines Black Political Power in Pre-Home Rule DC
Lauren Pearlman's "Democracy's Capital" is out November 25.
WTOP: DC bars, restaurants hope to take bets by Super Bowl
D.C. bars and restaurants could be ready to take your bets by Super Bowl Sunday, even though plans for citywide sports betting have been tied up in the city’s bureaucracy as well as the courts.
City Paper: Mental Health Agency Director Finally Answers For the Water Crisis At St. Elizabeths…
That was one of several tragic crises the Department of Behavioral Health tried to explain last night.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser, Residents, and Organizations Pledge Support to Protect and Help…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Human Services
November 21, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted a…
Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Bowser has high approval rating, with 52 percent saying she should seek…
Two-thirds of D.C. residents approve of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) job performance and a slight majority wants her to run for a third term in 2022, a Washington Post poll finds.
Press Release: The Bowser Administration Launches DC African American Civil Rights Trail
News Release — DC Office of Planning
November 21, 2019
CONTACT:
Jessica Carroll
Web-based trail features photographs, historical details dedicated to 20th century African American Civil Rights in DC
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The…
UrbanTurf: The DC Opportunity Zones That Saw Home Prices Pop Over the Last Year
Last April, 25 Opportunity Zones (OZs) were identified in Washington, DC, and earlier this year, a study showed an inconsistent, but measurable uptick in housing prices in OZs nationwide. Now, a new report takes a more granular look at how…
WAMU: New Musical About Suffrage Aims To Be ‘Hamilton’ Of Women’s History
The cast of “19: The Musical” is in the middle of a weeknight rehearsal at an Arlington community theater. It’s crunch time: They’re performing in the show’s premiere next week at D.C.’s National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Washington Post: Nationals are D.C.’s favorite team, Post poll finds, as Redskins’ popularity…
A World Series title coupled with years of on- and off-field blunders by the local football team has reshuffled the sports hierarchy in Washington, and the Nationals are now clearly the city’s favorite sports franchise, according to a poll…