India Kea - The 51st

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Ask A D.C. Native

Ask A D.C. Native: I’m new here. How can I make friends?

Reflect on what you want out of new friendships, then put yourself out there.

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13 things to do around D.C. this weekend

A disco party, the feminist uncanny, and more.

DCish

Local florists weigh in: how to pick the perfect V-Day bouquet

There's an art to choosing flower arrangements for different people in your life.

Weekend Events

19 things to do around D.C. this weekend

Listen to hip-hop classics played by the Kennedy String Quartet, attend a booze-free happy hour in honor of Dry January, or celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy at the Anacostia Community Museum.

Arts and Eats

For its owners, Columbia Heights mainstay Pho Viet is a labor of love

Pho Viet is a botanical haven, a community gathering space, and an award-winning restaurant serving Vietnamese cuisine.

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Weekend Events

13 things to do around D.C. this weekend

Holiday festivities, live performances, cultural fests, and more happenings for your weekend.

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Arts and Eats

Review: Throughline Vol. II - An Immersive Art Experience

Portraits, photographs, and poems celebrate 16 Black women in D.C.

Seven actors sitting on or standing near on a couch while singing together on a theater stage. One is playing a drum.

Arts and Eats

Review: Art of Care at Mosaic

In a time of political fractures, global unrest, and heightened social tensions, can we imagine a world that centers communal care?

Adults and children scattered at an outdoor plaza surrounded by buildings in Washington D.C.'s Columbia Heights.

Ask A D.C. Native

Ask A D.C. Native: What do you wish more people did to be better neighbors?

Aspiring to be a good neighbor in a city as richly diverse, vibrant, and dynamic as D.C. is essential and, honestly, a bit of an art form.

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Arts and Eats

3 strange but delicious cocktails to try

With ingredients like habanero-cilantro shrub, shiso bitters, and roasted bell pepper.

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Arts and Eats

3 fall cocktails I tried this week

The bartender was a recent Miami transplant and self-proclaimed “fall hater." Fortunately, her cocktails painted a different picture.