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Electronic signs went up weeks ago at each end of Waterside Drive—a busy road in Northwest DC that connects Massachusetts Avenue to Rock Creek Parkway—saying that the road would be closed for weeks due to construction. The dates on the signs have shifted since they first went up; currently, it’s scheduled to be closed Friday, […] The post Yes, Waterside Drive Off Rock Creek Parkway Is Closing for Two Months first appeared on Washingtonian.

Getting to know each other on a study-abroad program in Berlin, Emily and Christian discovered they’d attended the same middle and high schools. She thought he was “super sweet”—an impression formed in part by the teddy-bear sweatshirt he was wearing. (She later learned it was actually the Ralph Lauren bear.) Her warmth and humor, he […] The post Baguettes Were Incorporated Into the Centerpieces at This Gilded, Baroque-Inspired Wedding first appeared on Washingtonian.

Good morning. Sunny with a high around 86 today. A low near 66 overnight. The Nats host Philadelphia again this evening. 🌎 How well do you know the District? Play our new geography game and test your local knowledge. 📫 You can find me on Bluesky, I’m @abeaujon.87 on Signal, and there’s a link to […] The post Could Trump Get Kicked Off the Kennedy Center Board? Plus: Trayon White’s Onetime Brother-in-Law Is the Government’s Star Witness, and Ovechkin Appeared in a Pro-Putin Ad. first appeared on Washingtonian.

On Tuesday afternoon—shortly after a federal judge ruled that Donald Trump could not put his name back on the Kennedy Center, and after the Kennedy Center board voted to close the building immediately for repairs—the President took to Truth Social to make an announcement: He will not allow the Kennedy Center to be renovated until […] The post The Kennedy Center Hostage Situation Is Escalating first appeared on Washingtonian.

The artist Ashley Longshore has a new book, Politics Is a Drag, that reimagines every US President as a drag queen. The idea was born out of Longshore’s frustration with the country’s political climate and a desire to create something uplifting instead of despairing. “We’re living in a time when you can’t ignore what’s happening […] The post An Artist Paints Presidents in Drag first appeared on Washingtonian.