DC’s own Alma Thomas rises to new heights in the art world
Forty years after her death, DC artist Alma Thomas is becoming a museum idol, one of a hyper-select group of artists around whom institutions are building their permanent collections.
Artwork by the trailblazing African-American…
Here are the four candidates challenging Eleanor Holmes Norton in November
Four candidates are challenging incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton in the Nov. 6 midterm election as she seeks to continue her decades-long tenure as DC delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Early voting began Monday at One Judiciary…
jonetta rose barras: Undemocratic campaign finance reform in DC, Part 2
How bad is Ward 6 D.C. Council member Charles Allen’s omnibus campaign finance bill now making its way through the council? Let me count the ways.
There’s the previously discussed discriminatory prohibition on contributions to political…
Washingtonian: Meet the DC Couple Who Manage 60 Airbnb Listings
Lara Hawketts and Alejandro Fuentes Gonzalez employ five people and a constellation of contractors. A bill before the DC Council, they say, would put their business in danger
WTOP: Tenants, DC council air criticism, demand action after senior housing fire
WASHINGTON — The owner and the management company of Arthur Capper Senior Apartments declined to attend a fact-finding hearing held Thursday by D.C. officials parsing city response to a fire that displaced some 160 residents last month.
Washington Post: D.C. candidate promised a plan for paid family leave. Now she says to wait until…
Dionne Reeder launched a bid for the D.C. Council more than a year ago with harsh criticism of a law on paid family and medical leave, winning support from Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and the business community in what has become the most…
Washington Times: Metro leaders not on board with transportation council’s long-range plans
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ “Visualize 2045” transportation plan has key proposals for Metrorail, but the transit agency’s leaders are not on board. Visualize 2045, also known as the “Long-Range Regional…
DCist: This Proposed Bike Lane Near Union Station Needs An Act Of Congress
D.C. is nearly ready to build a new connection in its protected bike lane network near the U.S. Capitol. But first, Congress needs to get out of the way. The planned facility along Louisiana Avenue and Constitution Avenue would connect…
WAMU: At D.C. Council’s Urging, Zoning Commission Says It Will Consider Allowing Home-Sharing
The D.C. Zoning Commission will consider making changes to the city’s zoning code next week to permit short-term rentals through home-sharing platforms like Airbnb and VRBO, a move prompted by a letter from the D.C. Council urging they do…
Washington Times: D.C. Council grills response teams on evacuation of senior home
The D.C. Council on Thursday grilled the city’s emergency response departments over the evacuation of a Southeast senior home during a three-alarm fire last month. One the home’s resident was left behind. Council member Charles Allen…
Washington Post: Daron Wint guilty of murder in 2015 D.C. quadruple killing
A Maryland man was found guilty Thursday of murdering three members of a wealthy Northwest Washington family and their housekeeper in 2015, brutal crimes that gripped the nation’s capital. The jury’s Thursday verdict in the case against…
City Paper: Jewel Stroman Sets Her Sights on Elected Office
Formerly homeless and a fierce advocate for those who suffer the same, she's running for a Ward 7 ANC seat.
WTOP: Vespa-like scooters may join DC’s dockless program
If the vespa-like scooters — which comfortably seat two and are rented via app — come to D.C., they would be the latest addition to the District's evolving dockless bike and scooter pilot program.
City Paper: The D.C. Council Wants to Find Ways to Deal With Conflicts of Race and Religion
The D.C. Council is at a tipping point. In a time of elevated racial and economic tensions, councilmembers are searching for a constructive way forward. They’re looking to prepare for future conflicts. But they’re stumbling along the way.
Kathy Patterson on the Auditude blog: Multitasking at the Office of the D.C. Auditor
I would like to state unequivocally that the Office of the D.C. Auditor can walk and chew gum at the same time. I am compelled to make this statement by the drip-drip-drip of concerns from individuals in the District’s public education…
Washington Business Journal: Politics of craft: At Crafty Bastards, a healthy dose of activism
D.C.'s annual Crafty Bastards craft fair, entering its 15th year, may be more political than ever. Artists have always used their work as a form of expression, and, at times, protest, but Washington City Paper's long-running gathering of…
WTOP: Metro saves its Riders’ Advisory Council
WASHINGTON — Intense public pressure led the Metro Board to back down from a plan to scrap the Riders’ Advisory Council on Thursday. Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans pulled a vote to end the council from the board’s agenda at the start of…
CityLab: When D.C. Punks Take on a Drugstore Giant
Community members in the city's Mount Pleasant neighborhood organized a punk-rock benefit to support a local grocer and stop a rumored CVS takeover.
The DC Lineup for this weekend: Costumes and creativity
Whether it’s a chance to learn about bats at the U.S. Botanic Garden, celebrate the Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos in Petworth or watch Frankenstein at the Library of Congress, a full slate of pre-Halloween events will occupy the…
Capital Projections: ‘Velvet rope’ 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.
STUDIO 54
Director Matt Tyrnauer knows something about the allure of…