This week's Metro Weekly reports some disturbing news that a gay couple was kicked out of a local Rite Aid pharmacy without reason. Jay Hill and Mike Browne went into the store at 13th and U streets NW last Friday to make a purchase, and they embraced as they browsed an aisle. Hill told MW the manager walked by, saw them and did a double take. The manager then asked the security guard on duty......

It’s been proven again and again: Art thrives on restriction. And kitschy art demands it the way even the most genteel of man-bat hybrids demand hot, fresh blood. So it’s no surprise that the best thing about Landless Theatre Company’s current revival of Bat Boy: The Musical is its audacious modesty. That’s not an oxymoron: Their production is low-budget, low-tech, low-brow, and high camp. One wishes it was a bit more high-efficiency: No show......

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too – two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the......

>> There's a lot going on tonight in our Weekly Music Agenda, but we'd especially recommend making the trip to Iota for Exit Clov's show with The Eames Era, who play easily digestible indie-pop without being annoying about it. Also The Beanstalk Library. 8:30 p.m. $10. >> Tickets are still available to see Skinny Puppy at the 9:30 Club tonight. It could be just like when you used to hang out with your older......

LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big -- so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart of it lays in the city's San Fernando Valley. A writer grapples with her food porn photography obsession, another gets censored on Flickr, one gets scooped by the LA......

For the last few weeks you couldn't read any D.C.-area food publication without seeing something about Robert Wiedmaier's Brasserie Beck. And all before it even opened. From Wiedmaier guest hosting Todd Kliman's chog, two pre-opening mentions in DCist's Weekly Feed, and frequent but casual mentions by The Washington Post and the blogosphere. And here Beck's is being written about yet again. Whoever the restaurant's publicist is, she's sure earning her keep. The best way to......

Last night Fairfax's Rep. Tom Davis (R) sat down with Stephen Colbert to better know Virginia's "Fighting" 11th District. While it was great to see another local politician step up to the plate, Davis seemed a little befuddled by Colbert's style. For example he likes the Doobie Brothers, but has no idea what a "doobie" is, and probably won't be participating in any program to tag and track Republicans. Whew! Maybe Davis's performance just......

Written by DCist contributor Maria Flores Sometime in the early 1970s, when the photographs in Melody Maker, NME, and Rolling Stone were no longer enough to satiate his appetite, Claude Gassian swapped his guitar for a 35mm camera and took to the road with his finger on the shutter button. So began his photographic conquest to document the lives of some of his favorite musical artists. Over three decades later, his photographs stand alone as......

The Weekly Feed was pushed back this week because its regular author was tied up with another task. Thanks to DCist Food staffer Jamie Liu for picking up the column last minute. The Proof is in the Pinot Coming up in May, wine enthusiast Mark Kuller is bringing out some fun little tricks with his wine-centric restaurant, Proof, in Gallery Place. The sexy little enomatic from Italy will be dispensing tasting and full pours of......

If we could honestly see any down side to the sudden rise of spring in Washington (and really, I sat outside last night in a friend's backyard -- is there anything better than that?), we suppose the sudden return of parking tickets for three hour intervals on alternate sides of the street would be it. And obviously, regarding the accompanying photo, it's not that kind of sweeping. But it's tough not to have a cheery......

We try to keep the Weekly Feed focused pretty intensely at food happenings here in Washington, but there is one item that is too good to pass up. We wanted to make sure we touched on the knockdown-dragout between New York Times critic Frank Bruni and restaurateur Jeffery Chodorow (who you might remember from NBC's The Restaurant with Rocco Dispirito). Here's the short version of the story: Bruni reviews Chodorow's Kobe Club, pans it with......

Remember that tingling sensation running rampant in the city this time last year? No, not that one. It was the anticipation of Washington getting an honest-to-goodness A-list power couple. Well, those halcyon days are officially over with the news that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt won't be moving to town any time soon. Washingtonians dying to bump into Brangelina in the baby formula aisle of Whole Foods will have to look about 1,000 miles southwest.......

FRIDAY: >> Seems like it's an unofficial Film Noir Week all over town. The National Film Registry is rolling out all their classic Noir prints at the Library of Congress' Mary Pickford Theater — we'd recommend the chance to catch a free screening of Blake Edwards' 1967 feature film version of the classic television detective, Gunn, at 7 p.m., preceded by a 30-minute episode of the show it's based on, ABC's Peter Gunn, from 1959......

They'll Kick You Out If You Give Butterstick an IPA Normally, the Feed saves its activity-related post for "after the jump," but given the popularity of last year's event, as well as the sheer number of great brews available, we're bumping this one up to front-page status. Tickets are on sale now for the Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) 2nd annual Brew at the Zoo mixer/fundraiser/drunkfest. For $60, or $45 if you're a......

By DCist contributor Amy Monroe There’s no disputing the fierce and even patriotic love of zinfandel among certain members of the American wine-drinking public. Indeed, Carole Migden, a California state senator from San Francisco, introduced a bill in February to make zinfandel California’s official state wine. But following objections from some of the state's makers of chardonnay, merlot, and cabernet sauvignon (all of which earn more sales dollars than zin), lawmakers instead proclaimed zinfandel a......

As we reported last month, this city seems to be buying Tommy’s Scientific schtick whether or not he is still feeling indigestion pains after placenta consumption. In the hometown of Scientology (is it really allowed to share a suffix with Microbiology and Physiology?), L. Ron’s people are revving up to open their new location on 16th St. in NW, and as of today, go-time is set for the fall. With so much more space, they......

Another D.C.-based, political show bites the dust. We here at DCist (admittedly, somewhat apathetically) mourn the passing of "Commander In Chief", which will air its last episode tonight on ABC. Born out of The Contender like "The West Wing" was inspired by The American President, "Commander In Chief" followed the battles faced by the first female president, played with class, style and authority by Geena Davis. Capturing a wide audience early in its run and......

The weeks starts out right when a sucker punch on the field lands Chicagoist in the middle of a Sox/Cubs throwdown and the fists continue to fly in the comments. Despite suburban resident Ms. Pinney's best little try no books will be banned anytime soon and the El is really really gross. Houstonist is there to start compiling the punditry when when the guilty, guilty Enron verdict comes down. This guy seems to be able......

FEMA announced at a news conference this morning that it is fully prepared to handle the traffic disaster expected to begin mid-afternoon today as a result of heavy holiday weekend travel. "With more than half a million people potentially caught in traffic this Memorial Day Weekend, we are standing by and ready to assist in every way we can," said a spokesman yesterday.Relief workers will be stationed along area highways with MREs and bottled......

Metro Weekly brings us news of the latest development in the ongoing battle between Shaw's churches and new businesses moving into the area. Yesterday the ABC board voted unanimously to decline to recognize two groups of potential protestants to the liquor license for Be Bar, a new establishment opening near the intersection of 9th and O Street, N.W., leaving ANC 2F as the only official protestant still standing. It's become a largely standard procedure for......

I recently moved here from Chicago, and despite my best efforts to wait it out until I return home for a visit, it's becoming quite clear that I am due for a new haircut and color. Like many women, I tend to have very strong "stylist allegiances" and am nervous about trying a new one. I want a young, hip style with a great color job but haven't really come across any places that seem......

Although the advent of the real-time Gawker Stalker map has freaked out certain celebrities who would prefer that their Us Weekly-devouring public not know that they're dining at New York's Tao or taking their fruit-monikered babies out for walks on Fifth Avenue, DCist has no qualms about letting its readers know where local celebs hang out. And there's no area celeb more freshly minted than George Mason University basketball coach Jim Larranaga, who just yesterday......

FRIDAY: The snow isn't supposed to hit until Saturday, but Fox has the perfect excuse to stay in tonight and avoid the hordes descending on Safeway for bread, milk, and toilet paper. Fox is burning off the final four episodes of the brilliant, but tragically low-rated and now cancelled Arrested Development. Fans can start their vigil now, as Entertainment Weekly's Popwatch commenters discuss their favorite episodes. It all starts at 8 p.m. Oh, and if......

We're sorry for the unscheduled hiatus of the Weekly Feed last week. We would like to take responsibility for it, truly, but instead we must give an excuse. You see, the Feed was nowhere to be found when the curtain went up. It turns out it went on a weeklong bender with Eating In. They tried to take a road trip to Las Vegas, but turned around in Chillicothe when they ran out of ether......

MONDAY Reader, meet jazzbo! David Yaffe comes to the Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library on a mission to blend bookworms and music lovers into a creamy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of cultural appreciation as he reads from Fascinating Rhythm: Reading Jazz in American Writing. 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. Mon., 1/23, 6:30 p.m. Free TUESDAY Todd Gitlin picks up where he left off in Letters to a Young Activist, beseeching the American left to reconsider their wheezing......

FRIDAY >> Start the night off right at the DCist Happy Hour at 51st State. We'll all be there to celebrate our nation's veterans in the traditional manner: by drinking heavily. >> Who doesn't love a DJ who posts iPod playlists on the Internet so you can recreate a great night of dancing anytime, anywhere (especially when those playlists include choice selections like Kaiser Chiefs, The Rapture and James White and the Blacks)? Come celebrate......

Good morning, Washington. We hope you had a pleasant weekend — and that you didn't have to go anywhere. The street closures put in place for the Millions More March made getting in and out of the city harder than usual. The participants quoted by the Post seem to regard the event as a success. The two attendees in this picture by EXB-WDC certainly seem to be having a pleasant time. But not everyone......

Attention all you political scientist groupies (we know you're out there!): head over to the Wardman Park Marriott with your cameras and copies of the latest Nation or National Review right away. Because on a weekend where, traditionally, most involved in politics take off for one last weekend away from Swamp City, 6000+ political scientists from the worlds of academia, media, and government are descending on Woodley Park for the annual convention of the American......

Last Week's Rumor, Confirmed In the last Weekly Feed, we mentioned the rumors about a New Haven style pizza joint opening up next to Buck's Fishing and Camping. We have to credit Buck's owner James Alefantis for having a healthy share of whimsy; Tom Sietsema confirmed yesterday that a new pizza spot is indeed on the way -- with a ping pong theme, of all things. We hope this will include actually having ping pong......

We are moving the Classical Music Agenda so that it appears on Sundays instead of Mondays, when it was giving you all information overload by appearing too close to the more popular Weekly Music Agenda. This makes much more sense in planning your classical week, so we have moved the more complete Classical Week in Washington feature at Ionarts to Sundays, too. The change makes little difference in the month of July, when the Washington......