To celebrate the release of Electric Grace: Still more Fiction by Washington Area Women tonight, editor Richard Peabody and ten of the book’s forty-two contributors will be reading selections from their work at Politics & Prose tonight at 7 p.m. Faye Moskowitz, a memoirist, poet, short story writer and professor, will read from her story “Completo (A Triptych),” from the journal, Story Quarterly. Professor Moskowitz—or just Faye, as she would have it—grew up in Detroit......

Written by DCist Contributor Josh Kramer The Hatchet — George Washington University >>The big news at GWU this week is that Freshman Sarah Marshak, who reported six swastikas being drawn on her dorm room door's whiteboard, actually drew five of them herself, which she has now said she did to bring attention to the first incident. Marshak, who is Jewish and a former reporter for the Hatchet, was informed she will most likely be expelled.......

If you work on the Hill you might still have time to run over to the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342 for the hearing Equal Representation in Congress: Providing Voting Rights to the District of Columbia before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The hearing, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., will include testimony split into two panels, the first with Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), Mayor......

After a rocky road through the U.S. House of Representatives, legislation granting the District a voting seat in the lower chamber will get its first hearing before a Senate committee tomorrow -- and pretty much everyone and their mother is set to testify. In a hearing scheduled to start at 10 a.m. before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, eight witnesses will discuss the legislation that was passed in the House on......

The George Washington University women's basketball team is ranked #8 in the country by the AP, riding a 14-game winning streak to a 21-2 record. They're undefeated in conference play, and have only lost to then #1 Maryland and then #5/6 Tennessee, and beat then #10/11 and current #9 Georgia. The team includes the Adair twins from Anacostia - 6'4 Jessica, who leads the team in scoring, and 6'3 Jazmine. But only 661 people per......

With so many art galleries featuring recent graduate shows, we couldn't resist scouring the walls for a few of our choice picks. Today we begin a brief series featuring local artists who look prepared to make some strong waves in the art world. Growing up in Annapolis, Maryland, Brian Twilley was always pulled towards the visual arts and, particularly, photography. "Miserable" as a business major, he quickly switched to fine arts and never looked back.......

The George Washington University's most recognizable basketball player of the last four years, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, signed a two-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks yesterday. Known for his thunderous dunks and an affable personality, "The Mayor" played in the Las Vegas and Salt Lake City summer leagues. Though he was not initially expected to make the Mavericks' deep roster, Pops' play impressed team president Donnie Nelson enough that he cited Pops as "the most athletic......