DC Office of Nightlife and Culture

Shawn Townsend steps into the 'nightlife mayor' role just as the city turns up the volume on cultural preservation.

It was nearly 8 p.m. when D.C.’s new director of nightlife and culture dashed into a Starbucks south of Dupont Circle.

Applications to become the District’s first nightlife director came in from across the country and around the world, but Mayor Muriel E. Bowser selected a lead investigator from her own liquor board to take on the city’s “after-hours…

None of the bartenders with political ambitions got the "Nightlife Mayor" gig. No surprise there. Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser named Shawn Townsend to the position, whose official title is "Director of The Mayor's Office of Nightlife and…

Bartender Zac Hoffman spent a recent Wednesday filling out his application to become D.C.’s first director of nightlife and culture. More than 100 people have applied to be the city’s so-called “night mayor,” a full-time job that will pay…

Dear Mayor Bowser, While you may be considering hipsters or partiers or fashion divas of the dark to be your new night mayor, that’s all wrong. Because besides Dracula, you know who works hardest after the sun sets? That’s right — moms.

Applications from people vying to become D.C.’s first-ever nightlife director have been pouring into Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s office from across the country and around the world. Just weeks into the search, the mayor’s office said it has…

Night mayor, night manager, night czar: The job has many names, but the idea is similar. Last week, the District of Columbia joined a small but growing number of cities worldwide when it posted a hiring notice for someone to run its new…