News and Features

• "You Can't Lose on This."
  D.C. lawyer John W. Stewart Jr. asked local real-estate investors to trust him. They did.
  Cover Story By Jonathan York
• Feeling Blue
  East-of-the-river residents wonder what happened to their police commmander.
  The City By Angela Valdez
• “I Didn’t Know People Could Be So Cruel”
  Follow That Story: Evacuated residents forced back to trashed apartment house.
  The City By Amanda S. Miller
• Suit Yourself
  Who's Suing the District This Week?
  The City By Jonathan York
• Pleading the Filth
  Ending Decades of One-Sided Health-Code-Violation Reporting
  The City By Angela Valdez
• Back Countries
  Distractions
• Dirt Farm
  Comics By Ben Claassen III
• 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
• thingpart
  Comics By Joe Sayers
• Post Secret
  Distractions
• Found Art
  Distractions
• Kitty Show
  The Mail
• Corrections
  The Mail

Columns

• The Lindenfeld Doctrine
  Top-flight political consultants help Mayor Adrian Fenty fashion a constituency on the D.C. Council.
  Loose Lips By James Jones
• Man of Faith
  Have Skins fans finally stopped believing in Joe Gibbs?
  Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna
• Virtual Betrayal
  Dan says it's OK to get some in your computer life.
  Savage Love By Dan Savage
• "Elizabeth, Honey, I'm Coming for You!"
  Is it really true people die sooner if their spouse goes first?
  The Straight Dope By Cecil Adams

Eats

• Bangers and Mashup
  A Chicago hot dog with ketchup? A dirty-water frank with remoulade? M’Dawg’s pleasures lie in juxtaposition.
  Young & Hungry By Tim Carman

Movies

• Webs of Deception
  There’s less than meets the eye in Spider-Man 3, but intrigues abound in The Page Turner
  Film Review By Mark Jenkins
• A Wheel Piece of Work
  The Flying Scotsman sheds little light on a cyclist's ambitions and torments.
  Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Music

• Out of Gas
  Reviewed: Air's Pocket Symphony
  Music Review By Kim Rinehimer
• One Track Mind
  What's New in the Local Music Scene, a Few Minutes at a Time. This week: No Second Troy
  Music By Sadie Dingfelder
• The Friends Experiment
  Reviewed: Dntel's Dumb Luck
  Music Review By Kim Gooden
• She Shall Overcome
  Reviewed: Mavis Staples' We'll Never Turn Back
  Music Review By Sarah Godfrey
• Using Their Noodle
  Forget the album title. What the Bad Plus really plays is math rock.
  Music Review By Andrew Beaujon
• Spot the Drummer
  Win a T-shirt
  InDC

Theater

• In & Out: Theater
  Theater
• Over It
  A couple battles to stay together, in the spotlight and out.
  Theater Review By Trey Graham
• Animal Farm
  Synetic's take on Orwell's classic comes alive when it slips through his iron fist.
  Theater Review By Glen Weldon

Arts and Events

• Billed to Suit?
  This year’s supersized tax assessments have put arts spaces in a tight spot.
  Show & Tell By Jessica Gould
• Tint Condition
  ColorField.remix honors a movement that isn't moving forward.
  Gallery By Kriston Capps
• Zion, U.S.A.
  Michael Chabon's fictional Jewish state is more convincing than his imaginary anti-Semitic world.
  Books By Rayyan Al-Shawaf
• Tint Condition
  ColorField.remix honors a movement that isn't moving forward.
  Gallery By Kriston Capps
• Sole Survivor
  Reviewed: Colin Channer's The Girl With the Golden Shoes
  Book Reviews By Eve Ottenberg
• Ask Bob
  This week: Making your rehearsal space baby-friendly
  Ask Bob By Bob Mould
• In & Out: Galleries
  Arts
• In & Out: Museums
  Arts
• Greener Pastures
  Project Greenlight finalists adapt their rejected screenplay for stage.
  Artifacts By Dave Nuttycombe
• Land of Pleasant Living
  Mount Pleasant, in pictures
  Artifacts By Mike DeBonis
• Cardboard of Trade
  Reviewed: Michael O'Keeffe and Teri Thompson's The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card
  Book Reviews By Alex Halperin

City Lights

This week's best in Arts and Entertainment.

• Matthew Sharpe
  Friday, May 4, at Politics and Prose
  Arts & Events By Mark Athitakis
• China Film Festival
  To Monday, May 7, at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
  Arts & Events By Mark Jenkins
• Penumbra
  To Saturday, June 2, at Flashpoint
  Arts & Events By Jeffry Cudlin
• Supple
  To Saturday, May 12, at the Warehouse Gallery
  Arts & Events By Kriston Capps
• Konono No. 1
  Friday, May 4, at the Black Cat
  Arts & Events By Aaron Leitko
• BrightestYoungThings.com's "Awesome Cover Songs"
  Saturday, May 5, at the Rock and Roll Hotel
  Arts & Events By Matthew Borlik
• Woman on the Beach
  Sunday, May 6, at the Freer Gallery of Art's Meyer Auditorium
  Arts & Events By Mark Jenkins
• The First Zionist Bunny
  Monday, May 7, at the Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center
  Arts & Events By Mark Jenkins
• Richard Flanagan
  Tuesday, May 8, at Politics and Prose
  Arts & Events By Angela Valdez
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
  Tuesday, May 8, at the Library of Congress' Pickford Theater
  Arts & Events By Maggie Serota
• Elizabeth Hand
  Thursday, May 10, at Olsson's Books & Records
  Arts & Events By Jule Gardner
• Joan Centrella
  Wednesday, May 9, at the Navy Memorial
  Arts & Events By Joe Dempsey