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🌸 Best cherry blossom-themed cocktails
March 19, 2024
Hello! This is Natalia Aldana, an editor at City Cast, filling in for Kaela today. Thanks for being here. We’ve got a ton of cherry blossom-related content for you today. Let’s get to it 🌸
What's CITY Talking About?
Fight Over Long-Distance Flights at DCA
All four senators from Maryland and Virginia are lobbying Congress not to change DCA’s rules on long-distance flights. As it stands, only a limited number of flights over 1,250 miles can leave National per day. Proponents of the rule say that DCA is already working above capacity, and that more flights would negatively impact traffic and passenger safety. [City Cast DC 🎧]
Biden Funds FBI Move to Greenbelt
President Biden’s 2025 budget includes $3.5 billion to move the FBI headquarters to Greenbelt. The move is not in the clear yet, however, and is has drummed up significant controversy, especially in Virginia. [Washington Business Journal, City Cast DC 🎧]
Former MoCo Superintendent Gets Payout
Monifa McKnight, who resigned from her post as Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent in February, will receive $1.3 million in a separation agreement. McKnight stepped down after her alleged mishandling of sexual harassment claims against a former principal. As part of the settlement, McKnight has agreed not to sue the school system. [MoCo360]
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What To Do
Tuesday, March 19
- 🪩 Feminist Fundraiser with Music Trivia + Art | 7 p.m. | Free | Edgewood
- 🍽️ Cookbook Talk: “ISLAS: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking” | 7 p.m. | $8+ | Mt. Pleasant
- 📕 Author Talk: “Egyptian Made” | 7 p.m. | Free | H Street
Wednesday, March 20
- 🏃 Sunrise 5k | 6 a.m. | Free | National Mall
- 🍷 Women-Made-Wine Tasting | 5 - 7 p.m. | Free | Brightwood Park
- 📸 Photo Zine Workshop | 7 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 🎭 “PIAF!” Show At French Embassy | 7:30 p.m. | $65 | Georgetown
Thursday, March 21
- 🖼️ Art Talk: Colonialism and Blackness in Photography | 3 p.m. | Free | National Gallery of Art
- 😍 After Hours at the Phillips Collection | 5 - 8 p.m. | Free | Dupont
- ❤️🔥 ”Female Rage” Fundraiser for DC Abortion Fund | 6 - 9 p.m. | Pay as you go | 14th Street
- 🎶 Tunes: Carolyn Zaldivar Snow, Eli Woodbridge, Marie Carroll | 7 p.m. | $10 | Takoma
- 📷 Book Talk: Photographing American Coal | 7 p.m. | Free | National Archives Museum & Online
- 📖 Author Talk: “Busting the Bankers’ Club” | 7 p.m. | Free | Takoma Park
- 🫂 Benefit Show for Palestine | 8 p.m. | $20 | Black Cat
- 🧑🍳 José Andrés Podcast Taping: “The Zaytinya Cookbook Of Mezze Madness” | 8 p.m. | $45+ | Lincoln Theatre
- 😆 DC Sketchfest | 9:45 p.m. | $20 | Downtown
Today on City Cast
Blossoms Blooming, National Airport Debate, and Jefferson Memorial One-Star Reviews
Cherry blossoms are peaking early thanks to climate change, and there’s a fight over D.C.’s busiest airport. The City Cast team is here to sum up the latest news and laugh at some hilarious one-star reviews of the Jefferson Memorial.
Thanks for reading!
– Natalia Aldana
Today’s newsletter was edited by Priyanka Tilve. News was written by Ashe Durban.
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