City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer
⚒️ The story behind ‘Stop Project Pipes’
October 17, 2024 · 💌 Kaela
Hey, neighbor! A new cafe and natural wine bar is coming to the National Mall, so now we really can say we are like Paris … kinda.
What's CITY Talking About?
DC Sues For Affordable Housing
The D.C. Attorney General's Office reached a settlement with the Foster House apartments in Shaw yesterday over alleged “slum-like” conditions. The novel settlement says the apartment can pay millions in penalties or make at least 76 of its units permanently affordable. [Washington Post 🔒]
Beware the Dent Repair Scammers
Scammers in Montgomery County are targeting people in public parking lots and their driveways by posing as car mechanics. The police say the scammers are going around in a silver Mercedes-Benz offering to fix dents for payment but never following through. Stay alert! [NBC4]
Should DC Stop Project Pipes?
Environmental activists behind Stop Project Pipes want Washington Gas to stop replacing D.C.’s pipes. They claim it would keep D.C. dependent on a fossil fuel the city has vowed to move away from. [City Cast DC 🎧]
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What To Do
Thursday, Oct. 17
- 😆 Live! At The Library: Comedy Night | 5 - 8 p.m. | Free | Library of Congress
- 🖇️ Autumnal Craft Night | 5:30 - 8 p.m. | $25 | Downtown
- 🤔 Panel Discussion: Memefication of Politics | 6 - 7:30 p.m. | Free | East End
- 🦕 An Evening With Paleoartist Jay Matternes and Author Richard Milner | 6:30 p.m. | National Museum of Natural History
- 🔎 Book Discussion: “Agent Link: The Spy Erased From History” | 6:30 p.m. | Free | International Spy Museum and Virtual
- 🤓 A Conversation on William Gropper's Cartoons | 6:30 - 8 p.m. | Free | Dupont Circle
- 📽️ Immigration Film Festival (starts) | 7 p.m. | $15 | Downtown
- 👻 Culture Series: Capital City Haunts | 7 - 8:30 p.m. | Free | 14th Street Corridor
- 🎭 Opera: Strauss’ “Capriccio” with Renée Fleming | 7 p.m. | $17+ | The Kennedy Center
Friday, Oct. 18
- 💘 Cuffing Season: DC Singles Event | 6 - 9 p.m. | $10.99 | Shaw
- 🪦 Oak Hill Cemetery 175th Anniversary Gala | 6 - 10 p.m. | $100+ | Woodley Park
- 🛍️ Deaf Artisan Market | 6 - 11 p.m. | Pay as you go | Ivy City
- 🇫🇷 Soirée Alsace: Dinner and Culture | 6:30 - 11 p.m. | $50+ | Embassy of France
- 🖼️ Intrinsic Tools Exhibition Opens | All Day | Free | Adams Morgan
- 📽️ Immigration Film Festival | 7 p.m. | $15 | Downtown
- 📚 Book Discussion: “Private Violence: Latin American Women and the Struggle for Asylum” | 7 p.m. | Free | The Wharf
- 🍿 Film: “Only the River Flows” | 7 - 8:45 p.m. | Free | Freer Gallery of Art
- 🤠 Sapphic Rodeo Party | 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. | $14.99 | NoMa
- 😎 FrightNight DC: A Tarantino Party | 9 p.m. - 3 a.m. | $35+ | Dupont
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