News and Features

• From Here to Paternity
  Robert Jones has a sales pitch for D.C.’s marginalized fathers. First, he has to find them. Then, he has to get them to buy it.
  Cover Story By Amanda S. Miller
• The Thin Blue Wall
  D.C. cops aren’t cooperating with city misconduct investigations.
  The City By Jason Cherkis
• Conventional Wisdom
  Taking You Behind the Scenes of America's Industry Confabs
  The City By Rob Tierney
• Service Industry
  Rating D.C.'s Houses of Worship
  The City By Aaron Leitko
• Pleading the Filth
  The City By Jason Cherkis
• thingpart
  Comics By Joe Sayers
• The City
  Comics By Derf
• Ernie Pook's Comeek
  Comics By Lynda Barry
• Lulu Eightball
  Comics By Emily Flake
• Red Meat
  Comics By Max Cannon
• Government Cheese
  Comics By R. Jelani
• Dirt Farm
  Comics By Ben Claassen
• Found Art
  Distractions By J DeArmon
• Post Secret
  Distractions
• The Brand Wagon
  Distractions
• James Jones: Legendary Sucker
  The Mail

Columns

• Geography Lesson
  Ward 8 activist Sandra Seegars doesn’t mince words when it comes to the court decision striking down D.C.’s handgun ban. “I’m thrilled,” she says.
  Loose Lips By James Jones
• The Long "Goodbye"
  The decades-long feud behind a classic stadium tune
  Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna
• What Do Women Not Want?
  Savage Love By Dan Savage

Eats

• Comp and Circumstance
  At Il Mulino New York, the servers giveth, the till taketh away
  Young & Hungry By Anne Marson

Movies

• Escape Mechanisms
  Reviewed: Beyond the Gates and Two Weeks
  Film Review By Tricia Olszewski
• Strangers in Strange Homelands
  Reviewed: The Namesake and Mafioso
  Film Review By Mark Jenkins
• Reviewed: Puccini for Beginners
  Reviewed: Puccini for Beginners
  Film Review By Mark Jenkins
• Reviewed: 300
  Reviewed: 300
  Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Music

• The Pop Quiz: Starryville
  The new hometown of melodic rock.
  InDC
• Reviewed: Person Pitch by Panda Bear
  Panda Bear’s lyrics aren’t clear, but his fascination with orch pop is.
  Music Review By Jason Cherkis
• One Track Mind
  What's New in the Local Music Scene, a Few Minutes at a Time. This week: hollAnd's The Paris Hilton Mujahideen
  Music By Joe Warminsky
• Rhythm Methods
  Music Review By Aaron Leitko
• Top 40 or Bust
  Reviewed: Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
  Music Review By Mark Richardson
• Spot the Drummer
  It's not that easy, Ringo
  InDC

Theater

• In & Out: Theater
  Theater
• Pict to Clique
  Reviewed: Writer’s Cramp and Family Secrets
  Theater By Trey Graham
• Come the Evolution
  Theater By Glen Weldon

Arts and Events

• A Crawl for Help?
  The Idiotarod’s charity race may have violated Adams Morgan’s liquor laws.
  Show & Tell By Jessica Gould
• In & Out: Museums
  Arts
• Reviewed: Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
  If there’s a better man in America, I’ll wash his feet, but talk like this will have even sympathetic wage slaves grasping for the remote.
  Book Reviews By Alex Halperin
• Casual Tees of War
  For an artist who learned his chops drawing signs for barbershops in Nigeria, gallery shows are irrelevant.
  Artifacts By Justin Moyer
• Glad Religion
  Bobby Ferrando is many things: a former restaurateur, a motorcycle enthusiast, and—above all—a natural storyteller. But he is not a writer.
  Artifacts By Matthew Borlik

City Lights

This week's best in Arts and Entertainment.

• Andy Moon Wilson: Business
  Andy Moon Wilson's solo show at Curator’s Office is an OCD aversion to blank space.
  Arts & Events By Kriston Capps
• Kenji Mizoguchi Masterworks
  To Thursday, April 26, at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
  Arts & Events By Mark Jenkins
• Liam Callanan discusses his book All Saints
  Callanan is trying to identify the point where religious faith and romantic need can peacefully coexist.
  Arts & Events By Mark Athitakis
• Mark Bennett: New Drawings
  Mark Bennett knows a thing or two about unreal places.
  Arts & Events By Jeffry Cudlin
• CityDance Ensemble: Dust Bowl Ballads
  Tom Joad and modern dance are an odd pair, but Maslow’s dance should touch many people.
  Arts & Events By Kim Gooden
• Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
  Performs its degenerate profundity with Secret Chiefs 3 at 9 p.m. at the Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW. $13.
  Arts & Events By Sean McArdle
• Tim Flannery discusses his book The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
  Flannery has an ability to make inconvenient truths look inarguable.
  Arts & Events By Mike DeBonis
• Music: Gilberto Gil
  Sunday, March 18, at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium
  Arts & Events By Steve Kiviat
• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
  A jangly collection of endearing-but-unassuming melodies
  Arts & Events By Joe Warminsky
• Tom Bissell discusses his book The Father of All Things
  Bissell shows how the country has changed since his dad crept through Vietnam.
  Arts & Events By Jonathan York
• Sally Mann discusses her photography
  Wednesday, March 21, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s Hammer Auditorium
  Arts & Events By Kim Rinehimer
• Jacob Kirkegaard
  A moving sonic representation of time passing in an empty and abandoned landscape.
  Arts & Events By Aaron Leitko