Category: District of Columbia

Katrina Benefit Friday

Local singer Laura Burhenn threw together a Katrina benefit concert for this Friday that DCist is co-sponsoring. She’s lined up some of the area’s best acts, I think it will be an excellent show, and a steal with a suggested donation of $5. What: A Katrina Benefit When: Friday, Sept. 9th, 8:00 – 11:45 p.m. […]

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Moving and Carter G. Woodson

I just moved between two neighborhoods in D.C., and I have been doing some research on the two properties. I moved from a Glover Park row home constructed in 1937, where I shared the 1,332 square feet of living space with three other people. In 2006 it will be assessed by the city at $592,050. […]

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Getting Into the Roberts Hearing

Here’s how to get into the Roberts hearing: PUBLIC PASS Guidelines for the Nomination Hearing of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States … Due to limited space in the hearing room, admittance to the hearings is only for a limited period of […]

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Rally to End Street Harassment

Are you tired of being called a bitch or a ho’ cause you don’t want to talk to some dude you don’t know? Are you tired of men getting up in your face and ignoring your personal space? We are too! Rally and March to End Street Harassment Organized by your local chapter of INCITE! […]

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Citizen Workshop in D.C. Voting Rights

Thursday, September 8th: Citizen Academy Workshop DC VOTING RIGHTS “Taxation Without Representation!â€? We all know this as one of the rallying cries for advocates of American independence from Great Britain in the eighteenth century, but what is it still doing on the license plates of DC vehicles today? Some tourists may think that as the […]

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