DC Area Nightlife, Entertainment and Recreation
Every May, Taste of Arlington takes over the streets of Ballston for a day-long celebration of fabulous food, great music, and all-around fun. One highlight of the festival is the Best of the Best awards, which is voted on by industry experts and recognizes the restaurant with the best appetizer, entrée, and dessert. In preparation… read more »
Washington is littered with alumni groups, industry-specific happy hours, political meetings, and other constricted communities. So how do you break out of your bubble and talk about your career with someone who isn’t competing with you? Or about your life with someone who has a new and different perspective? Or your interests with someone who… read more »
You dream of making your own film – of breaking out with an indie hit, or producing a documentary that spotlights obscure but urgently fascinating corners of the world. So you pack your bags and….stay in Washington, DC. “DC may now be the center of non-fiction filmmaking,” says Sandy Cannon-Brown, President of Women in Film… read more »
After a few diseased deliveries (and burnings), the Japanese cherry trees finally debuted in Washington, DC, on March 27, 1912. To celebrate this centennial, Washington is expanding the usually 16-day Cherry Blossom Festival into a five-week extravaganza. Kicking off March 20 with the Pink Tie Party, and closing April 27, this year’s festival will be… read more »
One night, a stand-up comedian spotted a woman in the audience taking notes. She kept turning up at performances, but never responded to his teasing from the stage, never stayed behind to chat – just scribble, scribble, scribble. “Joke thief,” he thought bitterly. But from that inauspicious beginning, comedian Wayne Manigo and scribbler Mandy Dalton… read more »
