
While the Zoo’s patriarch panda is showing his age, there may soon be such a thing as a free (school) lunch, Massachusetts Avenue will be seeing changes, and other news of the day over in the District.
- What comes next for the only hospital east of the river? [WAMU]
- Remembering D.C.’s poet laureate. [WCP]
- And a bit of street haiku. [Popville]
- Judge orders slumlord to negotiate with tenants of a Congress Heights building. [WCP]
- Brightwood worries about recent gun violence. [Post]
- Tian Tian is getting old. [Post]
- More on the rats. [Kojo]
- Massachusetts Avenue is getting some much needed improvements. [Current]
- Homeless advocates sleep outside. [NBC4]
- D.C. Council considers giving free lunch to all students. [WAMU]
- In the event you want to run on a day meant for sitting around on a couch. [Washingtonian]
- The latest restaurants from the owners of Compass Rose features global grandma cooking. [Washingtonian]
- D.C. music store owner sets out to fix instruments. [WJLA]
- The latest threat to Metro: disgusting quantities of human hair. [NBC$]
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Let the Arlingtones surprise your friend or sweetie this Valentine’s Day with a barbershop quartet singing love songs in four part a cappella harmony! Choose from a small selection of songs in our repertoire to surprise your special someone.
$75 for two songs delivered to a place of your choice by a live, in-person quartet. Includes a classy tin of chocolates, fresh red rose and personalized card. Small mileage surcharge for >5 miles outside Arlington VA.
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Have you noticed a striking sculpture at Monroe Street and Wilson Boulevard? It’s the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington’s newest installation, Make Your Mark, by Arlington artist, Adam Henry. This sculpture celebrates MoCA Arlington’s rebranding and brings the museum’s energy outdoors.
On February 11, come inside when the museum’s galleries reopen with two new exhibitions: Rebecca Rivas Rogers: Grey View and Crisis of Image.
Grey View, in the Wyatt Resident Artist Gallery, is an homage to “gray” and a snapshot of the artist’s process. Consisting of photographs, collage, and a site-specific installation, this show is an outgrowth of Rivas-Rogers’ visual investigations into places you see on your way to somewhere else.
On the main level, Crisis of Image features artists who seek equity in today’s saturated visual world by developing new methods related to the production of images.
Valentine Pop-Up at George Mason University
Valentine gifts for someone special or for yourself are here at George Mason University from noon -4pm on February 14, 2023. Satisfy your sweet tooth with Kingsbury Chocolates, find a handmade bag from Karina Gaull, pick up treats from Village
Standup Comedy Showcase Starring Matt Ruby (Comedy Central)
Dead Horse Comedy Productions brings together top comedians from the DMV and beyond for a live standup comedy show!
Matt Ruby, Headliner
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