Jennifer Ortiz
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18 Things to Do in DC This October
You don't want to miss W. Kamau Belll, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, or the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival. → Read More
A Bedazzled Beard and a Sailboat Centerpiece are Just the Start of the Creativity at Dîner en Blanc 2016
2016's Dîner en Blanc guests brought their A game. → Read More
How to Absolutely Crush Rock Creek Park From Top to Bottom In One Day
Your guide to cramming the best of Rock Creek Park into a single hike on a single day. → Read More
The Children's National Health System Loves Katie Ledecky
When she returned from Rio, the Olympic swimmer visited children at the hospital. → Read More
3 Bars With Misting Fans to Keep You Cool While You Drink Outside During the Heat Wave
With temperatures reaching the 90s, drinking outside begins to feel more like punishment than relaxation. Luckily, a few local spots are a step ahead. → Read More
NPS Needs Volunteers to Form “Living Emblem” to Celebrate 100th Anniversary
The National Park Service is looking for more than 1,000 people to help it celebrate its 100th anniversary on the Mall. Free T-shirts, too! → Read More
A Boulder Crushing a Car Will Soon Take Up Residence Outside the Hirshhorn Museum
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will install a new piece to its entrance on Independence Avenue—a 9,000 pound boulder (wearing a smiling face) cr → Read More
Here's a Map of Every Public Pool and Sprayground in the DC Area
It's hot out there, and temperatures are only getting hotter and hotter as we're expected to reach triple digits this weekend. It's the perfect weather to → Read More
An Old Pepco Substation Will Host DC's First JFK Murals
Pepco is allowing a local artist to paint murals of the 35th President while it upgrades a 1940s-era substation in Friendship Heights. → Read More
National Museum of African Art Shows Its Very First Documentary
"Arts of the Monsoon" looks at how art travels. → Read More
Magician Michael Carbonaro Will Perform Live in DC
The "Carbonaro Effect" TV star loves doing live shows. → Read More
Fight Waste in Washington! Feast on Food That Would Have Been Discarded Wednesday
Local foodies will prepare 5,000 free meals out of food that would've been considered unusable. → Read More
You Can Get Therapy on the Sidewalk This Weekend
"Sidewalk Talks" brings mobile therapy from California to Washington. → Read More
Who Is Painting Over the Trail Blazes in Rock Creek Park?
Whoever it is had better cut it out, though! → Read More
This Outdoor Refrigerator in Petworth Might Reduce Food Waste
Since April, an extension cord plugged into Eric Yen‘s basement has kept an industrial fridge from an antique shop in Maryland running outside of his Petworth rowhouse. Yen first added onions and bread, food he wasn’t going to use, to kick off DC’s first installation of the “freedge,” a community refrigerator. “You buy vegetables or anything else and three weeks later you go back and realize, ‘I… → Read More
18 Things to Do in DC This May
New exhibits, shows, concerts and other cool things to do in DC this May. → Read More
Arlington Gun Shop Sues 64 People Who Protested Its Opening
NOVA Armory says protesters were a "criminal gang." → Read More
Things to Do In DC This April
Consider this your bucket list for the month. → Read More
Here Are Six Other Songs About Gentrification in DC
PJ Harvey is not alone on this one. → Read More
Arlington Residents Don't Want a Gun Shop. A Lawyer for the Store Doesn't Understand Why
Arlingtonians "have a morbid, neurotic fascination or obsession with guns," Daniel Hawes says. → Read More