“Fuck you, you dirty bitch,” reads a quote attributed to Taunya Martin, one of the candidates for an advisory neighborhood commissioner post in Ward 4, on a flyer distributed by a political action ...

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Martin is a longtime reporter and editor in D.C. He formerly worked for WAMU 88.5 and DCist.com, and has contributed to the Washington City Paper and other publications. He's been in D.C. for 25 years ...

As eating out gets more and more expensive in D.C. (from July 2025 to July 2026, local food prices went up 5%), our concept of a “cheap meal” has remained remarkably stable. Washingtonian magazine ...

The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting colder, and we’re firmly in the grip of spooky season, with events lined up to match. There’s a dark and eerie opera at Wonderland, the annual dog ...

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After a raucous Democratic primary, the impending general election may feel a bit anticlimactic in D.C., especially with the rest of the country set to decide control of Congress. But that’s no reason ...

Since President Donald Trump began his pursuit of a full-scale overhaul of the Kennedy Center, musician Yasmin Williams has ...