DCist: Shakespeare Theatre Is Welcoming Audiences Back With A Sound Installation About … A Pandemic?
Why would someone want to sit in a dark room full of strangers right now? What would possess someone to attend a production about a pandemic during a pandemic?
WTOP: Georgetown University to bring more students back to campus this spring
Georgetown University in D.C. announced that it is doubling the number of students on campus for the spring semester.
District Links: DC has plans to bring students into school buildings — for virtual learning; MPD…
Happy Monday. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson dismissed a bill aimed at bringing more transparency to school reopening plans.
City Paper: D.C. Still Doesn’t Discern Between Indoor and Outdoor Dining in Contact-Tracing Calls
The D.C. Health Department says it has to balance shortening calls with requests to add more questions.
DCist: Metro May Be Able To Add Back Hours And More Service, But Won’t Avoid Buyouts Or Layoffs
Metro is revising its budget to avoid reduced hours and service, but employee buyouts and layoffs are still likely.
Washington Post: Charges from Saturday’s pro-Trump protests and counterprotests include gun charges,…
D.C. police recovered eight unregistered firearms from people arrested during Saturday demonstrations that included violent clashes between supporters of President Trump and counterprotesters.
Associated Press: After Trump march: Arrests, accusations and COVID-19 fines
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a weekend with dozens of arrests and scattered clashes between supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump, both sides took to social media to accuse the other of instigating violence. Meanwhile, a…
Local theater company to release its first audio play this week
DC theater company Edge of the Universe Players 2 will release on Wednesday its first-ever audio play — a production of Anton Chekhov’s comedy short, The Marriage Proposal.
Adapting a stage performance to an auditory-only experience,…
DCist: 349 Locals Have Helped Researchers Discover A Lot About COVID-19 Vaccine
As the world reacted to news Monday that a second vaccine was found to be very effective in preventing illness from COVID-19, hundreds of locals can take credit for helping researchers discover some very important details about the new…
ABC7: ‘I’m speechless:’ DC restaurant will soon feed homeless again after…
Washington, D.C. (ABC7) — A Pakistani D.C. restaurant owner, Kazi Mannan, says he is speechless after worldwide support of his mission to continue feeding the homeless.
City Paper: Mendelson Dismisses Silverman’s Bill on School Reopening
"I'm not interested in spending an hour fixing a bill," the chairman says.
Washington Post: Georgetown University to offer more housing, in-person classes for seniors in…
Georgetown University will offer in-person teaching and on-campus housing to seniors next semester, the school’s president said Monday.
DCist: Local Activists Plan To Replace Artwork Trump Supporters Tore Down At BLM Plaza
When crowds of pro-Trump demonstrators congregated in downtown D.C. this weekend, some of them flocked to Black Lives Matter Plaza, tearing down signs and artwork that hung from the fence surrounding the White House.
DCist: D.C. Researchers Spent The Last Two Years Taking Photos For The Cat Census
Imagine having 6 million photos of animals — including thousands of cat photos — sitting on memory cards and computer hard drives. Your task: sort through them all, and count each individual cat.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. Police did their job at Trump’s rally. Too bad the president…
“GET GOING — do your job and don’t hold back!!!” So tweeted the president of the United States as violent encounters between his supporters and opponents broke out Saturday night on the streets of downtown D.C. Police did do their job, and…
WTOP: As cases rise, DC will ‘look to the metrics’ before making reopening changes
D.C. will not issue any rollbacks on its Phase Two reopening guidelines at this time, and will allow the science of the coronavirus to guide any decisions going forward, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday afternoon.
Washington Post: A new book paddles through the history of canoeing in Washington
Chris Brown tries to paddle three times a week. He does not row. This is an important distinction.
UrbanTurf: A Commercial Kitchen in the Works for Adams Morgan Alley Garage
A commercial kitchen is in the works just off 18th Street.
DCist: Public Defenders In D.C. Say The U.S. Parole Commission Is Keeping Too Many People Jailed…
Dominique Davis has spent the last eight months in the D.C. Jail—the site of a large coronavirus outbreak in the spring—despite not being charged with a crime.
DCist: D.C. Bar Hit With $2,000 In Fines For Phase Two Violations Amid Pro-Trump Rally
Harry’s, a downtown D.C. bar that saw scores of pro-Trump rally-goers this weekend, has been slapped with $2,000 in fines for violating coronavirus business restrictions.