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👀 When a Jan. 6 activist is your neighbor
January 27, 2025 · — Natalia Aldana
Happy Monday! This is City Cast editor Natalia Aldana filling in for Kaela today.
Yesterday's Commanders loss got you down? Here's something cute: Falls Church’s Vietnamese community is being commemorated with a renaming of a section of Wilson Boulevard into Saigon Boulevard. Younger community members pushed for it as a “gift to our elders”.
What's CITY Talking About?
Commanders Fall Short of Superbowl
The Washington Commanders lost 55-23 to the Philadelphia Eagles at the NFC championship game yesterday. The team was one of the biggest longshots to reach the Super Bowl this season, and they came devastatingly close. The Commanders finished with 14 victories and returned hope to their fans after years of struggles. [Washington Post 🔒]
- Related: Revisit the Washington football team's glory days with us, and start gearing up for the 2025-26 season! [City Cast DC 🎧]
What the Jan. 6 Pardons Mean for DC
The creators of the We Live Here Now podcast discuss what happened when a house of J6 activists moved in next door, and what the pardons mean for our city. [City Cast DC 🎧]
Anti-Abortion Activists Pardoned
Twenty-three people convicted of blocking access to reproductive health clinics were pardoned by President Donald Trump before Friday’s March for Life, which gathered thousands. Several of the pardoned people were convicted of forcibly entering a D.C. clinic in 2020, injuring a nurse, and harassing patients. [Washington Post 🔒]
FIFA DC Matches On Sale
For the first time in the U.S., three FIFA Club World Cup tournament matches will be played at Audi Field this June. You can now buy tickets to any one (or all) of the games. [Washingtonian]
Locals Volunteer to Map Climate Risks
A group of DMV developers met last week for Civic Tech DC’s inaugural demo night to ideate on how technology can solve civic issues and support nonprofits, such as mapping heatwave risks using street imagery. [Technical.ly]
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What To Do
Monday, Jan. 27
- 😋 Winter Restaurant Week Begins | All Day | $25 - $65 | Varies
- 📕 Author Talk: Brooke Shields | 7 p.m. | $12+ | Chinatown
- 🌎 Profs & Pints: Trump and the World | 6 p.m. | $17 | Penn Quarter
- 🏠 D.C. House History Workshop | 5:30 p.m. | Free | MLK Library
- 🍽️ Cookbook Club: “An Everlasting Meal” | 7 p.m. | $5+ | Mt. Pleasant
Tuesday, Jan. 28
- 🎤 Local Tunes: Jane O'Neill | 7:30 p.m. | $21 | Shaw
- 🎻 Lunar New Year Orchestra Concert | 8 p.m. | $21+ | Bethesda
- 🍻 Profs & Pints: Understanding Immigration | 6 p.m. | $17 | Penn Quarter
- 🏗️ Adult Lego Club | 5:30 p.m. | Free | Anacostia Library
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