City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer
🍳 Where do you brunch in the DMV?
April 18, 2024
Oh, hey! City Cast editor Natalia Aldana here, filling in for Kaela today.
The Wizards’ Kyle Kuzma took to X this week to ask for the best brunch recommendations in D.C. So it got me thinking, what are your fave brunch spots!?
Email us your brunch recs, and they just might make it into a future article 😋
What's CITY Talking About?
VA Budget Do-Over
Virginia scrapped their 2025 budget and will work towards a new bipartisan plan, hopefully avoiding a full veto. Gov. Glenn Youngkin looked to drastically rewrite the original budget that was passed by the Democrat-controlled legislature on March 9. [Washington Post 🔒]
Homicide Number Dropping
Homicides dropped 25% this year, following a general decrease in crime. There have been 48 homicides so far in 2024 compared to 64 in 2023, a year that ended with the most homicides since 1997. [Axios, City Cast DC 🎧]
‘Zombie’ Buildings Eating City Finances
A new report shows that empty downtown office buildings are affecting D.C.’s finances. A pre-pandemic boom increased tax revenue from commercial properties 58%, but the effects of COVID left the city scrambling to fill the gap. [Axios]
- Related: Hear more about it on our Friday News Round-Up tomorrow. [City Cast DC 🎧]
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What To Do
Thursday, April 18
- 🎤 Kaleida Concert at DC9 | 8 p.m. | $18 | Shaw
- 🎼 As you are “Tortured Poets Department” Listening Party | 5 p.m. | Free | Barracks Row
- 🎞️ Passover Movie Night: The Prince of Egypt | 8 p.m. | $18 | Downtown
- 🎷 Jazz at SAAM with Tyler Leak | 5 p.m. | Free | National Mall
- 🧑🎤 The Pocket: Picture Us Tiny Concert | 7 p.m. | $15 | Truxton Circle
Friday, April 19
- 🥦 National Cannabis Festival | 4 p.m. | $55 - $200 | RFK Campus, Northeast
- 🎉 ASL Deaf History Month Jubilee | 5 p.m. | Free | National Union Building
- 🍸 Cocktail Class | 5 - 7 and 8 - 10 p.m. | $60 | La Cosecha, Union Market
- 💃 Austrian Embassy Viennese Ball | 7 p.m. | $129 | Cleveland Park
- ⭐ Taylor Swift Rave | 10 p.m. | $18 | Dupont Circle
- 💃 Beirut To DC Dance Party | 10 p.m. | $25+ | Ivy City
- 🪩 Indie Dance Party ft. Wishy | 11 p.m. | $12 | Songbyrd
Today on City Cast
The Crazy History of D.C.’s Alleys
The history of D.C.’s alleys is a weird, crazy metaphor for a couple of centuries of race, class, and power. We spoke to Kim Prothro Williams, author of Hidden Alleyways of Washington, DC: A History, to learn about the streets behind the streets.
That’s all, folks! Kaela will be back in your inbox tomorrow ✌️💌
– Natalia Aldana
Thanks to City Cast DC’s Julia Karron for editing today’s newsletter, and to Ashe Durban for writing the news and neighborhood guide.
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