Washington City Paper: Contents for Feb. 9

Call for Help
A young woman collapsed on the street just 200 yards from a District Þre station. It wasn't close enough.

Cover Story

I realized this morning as I was taking the bus down to work that I really do love my life down here this summer. I have been lucky, really lucky, in so many ways. The apartment here is great and I like both living on my own and living out of the whole dorm atmosphere....I also love going to the gym. It's really been just too hot to run outside here, especially since I don't feel comfortable with the shape I'm in and if I went for a run outdoors I'd honestly be worried about fainting or something. The gym is literally 2 minutes from my apartment and it makes me feel like I am part of my own neighborhood in the city. I run on the treadmill every day and I am quickly remembering everything that makes exercising the wonderfully life-giving phenomenon that it is. I might take a step class one of these days, but I worry because most of the other people in this gym strike me as seriously hard core.

--from a July 9, 1999, letter from Julia Rusinek to her friend Dina Frid--

It was clear even before she fell that the tall, slender young woman was in trouble. She had been jogging on the east sidewalk of 16th Street just below U, heading south toward the White House, when, say eyewitnesses, she suddenly slowed down and began walking unsteadily. After reaching Caroline Street, she stumbled, then dropped like a stone, not even attempting to break her fall with her hands. ... Continued

Issue of Feb. 9 - 15, 2001

News and Features

Call for Help
A young woman collapsed on the street just 200 yards from a District Þre station. It wasn't close enough.
Cover Story By Jonathan Agronsky
Why I Can't Live in the 'Hood No More
Feature By Herbert A. Sample
Snatched
The City By Ayesha Morris
First Wives Club
A Middle East peace agreement? Hah! Try throwing a state dinner without a full set of china.
The City By Annys Shin
Condemnation Without Representation
The Mail By Tawanna Martin
All for Some and None for All
The Mail By Joe Hawkins
Same Shit, Different Day
The Mail By Larry Martin
Coming to America
The Mail By Obie Diener
A Word From Our Sponsors...
The Mail By Walter Albano

Columns

Doc, Give Me a Shot
Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna
The Jones Jones
Loose Lips By Jonetta Rose Barras
Fairy Tales
City Desk By Elissa Silverman
Columbia Depths
City Desk By Elissa Silverman

Eats

Movies

A Wild Bore
Film Review By Virginia Vitzthum
Head Over Heels
Film Review By Mark Jenkins
Valentine
Film Review By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Saving Silverman
Film Review By Elissa Silverman

Music

African Studies
Music Review By John Murph
Starry Eyes
Acts Locally By Dan Gilgoff
Dancing With the Elders
Music Review By Shannon Zimmerman
Noise Enjoys
InDC By Mark Jenkins

Theater

Devil's Advocates
Theater Review By Trey Graham
One Man's Trash
Theater Review By Bob Mondello

Arts and Events

Mama Africa
Through her family of students, Kadiatou Conté nurtures the dance traditions of her homeland.
Arts By Maori Karmael Holmes
Bitter Lotus
Books By Virginia Vitzthum
Dreams Really Do Cost Money
Artifacts By Bradford McKee
Air Supply
Artifacts By Louis Jacobson