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Shovel Patrol
Have David Catania, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and other D.C. luminaries fulfilled their civic duty? Find out!
By Mike DeBonis

In Petworth, Snow Plows You!
Electrical fire, Snowpocalypse defeat DPW at 5th and Kennedy NW.
By Mike Riggs

DPW: “We Are Collecting Today”
By Jason Cherkis

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

City Desk

Our Morning Roundup: So Who’s Ready For More Snow?

Jason Cherkis, 7:26 am

Is it me or has snow fatigue completely set in? I don't even have energy to panic. I haven't left my apartment in days. Showering has become a victory. But I do have energy to bitch about drivers still getting themselves stuck in the snow. All I hear out my window are cars revving in ... Read More

Monday, February 8, 2010

City Desk

Shovel Patrol: Dorothy Brizill & Gary Imhoff

Mike DeBonis, 5:25 pm

Washington City Paper embarked yesterday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended? Dorothy Brizill & Gary Imhoff Position: proprietors, DC Watch Address: 1327 Girard St. NW (Columbia Heights) Observations: LL has criticized the First Couple of ... Read More

Arts Desk

A Flurry (Ahem) of Local Releases: New Albums from Title Tracks, Outputmessage, Bluebrain

Jonathan L. Fischer, 4:40 pm

We got pounded with snow this weekend, and tomorrow it looks like we’ll be pounded again. That’s frankly OK: Now you can forget about digging out your car today and resume your normal schedule of consuming things via the Internet. Cue Title Tracks, Bluebrain, and Outputmessage, three D.C. acts who are releasing new—and ... Read More

City Desk

Shovel Patrol: Robert Allbritton

Mike DeBonis, 4:39 pm

Washington City Paper embarked yesterday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended? Robert L. Allbritton Position: chairman and CEO, Allbritton Communications Inc. Address: 3124 Q St. NW (Georgetown) Observations: Allbritton---owner of Politico, WJLA-TV, and NewsChannel 8, ... Read More

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7:17 am on Tuesday, February 9

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5:45 pm on Monday, February 8

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4:53 pm on Monday, February 8

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4:44 pm on Monday, February 8

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4:21 pm on Monday, February 8

Special Feature

The Pershing Park Case

More than seven years ago—on Sept. 27, 2002—D.C. police officers under the command of Charles H. Ramsey rounded up hundreds of people at Pershing Park and arrested them all. The city is still paying the price.

Read City Paper's ongoing coverage.

Arts & Events Picks

"Call + Response" at Hamiltonian Gallery

Through February 13

Anyone who talks about a picture being worth a thousand words can stuff it. For “Call + Response,” Hamiltonian Gallery asked 16 visual artists to create responses to the poetry and prose of 16 writers. In many instances, the words surpass the visuals—as in Christian Howard’s...

Joanna Smith Rakoff and Dylan Landis at the Arts Club of Washington

Wednesday, February 10

B.B. King and Buddy Guy at DAR Constitution Hall

Thursday, February 11

"Portraiture Now: Communities" at the National Portrait Gallery

To July 5

George Jenne: "Don't Look Now" at Civilian Art Projects

Through Feb. 13

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Young & Hungry

This Week: Brickskeller Strong Ales and 1905 Mardi Gras Delayed, ChurchKey Fills the Gap

Tammy Tuck and Bruce Falconer, Monday, February 8, 2010

Dry off those snowboots and get ready to head back out there. Although the Brickskeller has postponed their second night of strong ales, there is still plenty to do beerwise in DC this week. Tonight 21st Amendment founder Nico Freccia will be taking a winter holiday from his San Francisco can brewery to hang out at ChurchKey. ... Read More