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🍻 Political Patties closes amid backlash
December 6, 2024 · 💌 Kaela
Hey, neighbor! Political Patties, the highly contentious politics-themed bar on U Street NW, shut down just 75 days after opening, blaming online outrage as a driving factor. Needless to say, they did not end up putting the 'lit' back in politics.
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DC Sues Amazon
Attorney General Brian Schwalb is suing Amazon for allegedly discriminatory practices after the tech giant excluded Prime members in Anacostia from getting expedited deliveries, and never notified them. Amazon says it uses UPS and USPS in zip codes 20019 and 20020 because of robberies targeting Amazon trucks. [City Cast DC 🎧]
Teen Girl Sentenced for Killing 64-Year-Old
A 13-year-old girl has been handed the maximum possible sentence for stomping an elderly disabled man to death alongside other teenage girls last year. She will be in juvenile detention until she is 21 years old. [Washington Post 🔒]
- Related: One of the teenagers testified that they attacked the senior because they were “bored.” [City Cast DC 🎧]
Bus Fare Enforcement Begins
WMATA has started stationing transit police at certain bus stops to ticket fare evaders. Metro says more than 70% of riders don’t pay bus fare, costing WMATA $40-$50 million per year. Police have written up at least 170 citations and arrested eight evaders. [NBC4]
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Marvel Comic Artist Speaks at National Gallery
Don’t miss the chance to hear from John Jennings, the New York Times bestselling comic book author behind Marvel’s Silver Surfer: Ghost Light, and scholar Bridget R. Cooks as they discuss the persistence of the Black superhero in American comics and art at the National Gallery of Art, December 7.
DC Insider Trivia
Nothing hits quite like cheap cafeteria food. What is the name of the dish that is permanently on the Senate menu, as of 1907?
- Senate Bean Soup
- Capitol Pudding
- Senate Chowder
- Dirkson Macaroni Salad
What To Do
Friday, Dec. 6
- 🎄 Winter Community Day & Tree Lighting Ceremony | 2-8 p.m. | Free | Columbia Heights
- 🍾 Busboys And Poets Holiday Party | 5:30-8 p.m. | $5 | Mt. Vernon Triangle
- 🖼️ First Friday Art Walk | 6-8 p.m. | Free | Dupont Circle
- 💕 Cuffing Season Singles Event | 6-9 p.m. | $16 | U Street
- 👠 DAR Museum: Iconic Christmas Fashion | 6-9 p.m. | $29 | Foggy Bottom
- 🏴☠️ Pirate-Themed Singles Event (Ages 35-50) | 6:30-9:30 p.m. | $45-55 | Old Town Alexandria
- 🕯️ Candlelight Tour of Tudor Place | 7-8 p.m. | $25 | Georgetown
- 🧑🎄 Santa Standup Comedy Night | 7:30-9 p.m. | $13 | Ivy City
- 🏳️🌈 Dyke The Halls: Sexy Santa Holiday Party | 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. | $16 | Brentwood
- 🎸 Tunes: The Crystal Casino Band with Pinkhouse | 8 p.m. | $25 | 14th St.
- 😂 “A Very Improv Holiday” Show | 9:30-11 p.m. | $22-27 | Logan Circle
Saturday, Dec. 7
- 🌱 Tudor Place Invasive Species Digging | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m | Free | Georgetown
- 🎨 Native Art Market | 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Free | National Museum of the American Indian
- 🖌️ Art Enables Holiday Market | 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Free | Woodridge
- 🚸 Children’s Theater: Tiny Lights (opening) | 11 a.m. | $27 | Dupont Circle
- 🏀 Coaches vs. Racism Roundball Games | 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. | $30-50 | Congress Heights
- 🛍️ Winter Market | 12-5 p.m. | Free | Chevy Chase
- 💬 Artists Panel: The DMV Speaks | 1-2 p.m. | $15 | Kreeger Museum
- 🎿 The Lodge Winter Festival | 1-7 p.m. | Free | Pentagon City
- 🍵 Holiday Pottery Sale | 12-6 p.m. | Free | Langdon
- 🧑🎨 Artist’s Analysis: Paintings Addressing the Transatlantic Slave Trade| 1-3:30 p.m. | Free | National Gallery of Art
- 🎺 District of Jazz Walking Tour | 3-5 p.m. | $30 | Shaw
- 🎼 Christmas Chorus with Thomas Circle Singers | 5 p.m. | $33 | Metro Center
- 🛥️ Holiday Boat Parade & Party | 5-8 p.m. | Free | The Wharf
- 🔭 Holiday Boat Parade Viewing Party at Moonraker | 5 p.m. | $35 | The Wharf
- 🎻 Georgetown Jingle | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Free | Georgetown
- 🎤 “Hamilton” Sing-Along | 6:30 p.m. | $25 | Penn Quarter
- 🪩 Winter-Themed Dance Show | 7 p.m. | $30 | Brookland
- 🍺 Comedian Peter Revello at City-State Brewing Co. | 7:30 p.m. | $20 | Edgewood
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