City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer
🚫 MoCo wants to ban house parties
May 21, 2025 · 💌 Kaela
Hey, D.C.! The weather is perfect for a wine-in-the-park hang. But the threat of tariffs is driving up the cost of imported wine. We’ve got the pro intel on which local wineries will scratch the itch without breaking the bank.
What's CITY Talking About?
Trump’s USIP Takeover Deemed Illegal
A federal judge overturned Trump’s attempt to take over the United States Institute of Peace in March, saying his forced removal of the board and subsequent staff terminations was unlawful. [CNN]
- Listen to the blow-by-blow of how DOGE forced access into the USIP headquarters. [City Cast DC 🎧]
DC Overdose Deaths Decrease
CDC data shows D.C. overdose deaths fell 37% from 2023 to 2024, partially due to the increased availability of naloxone, which reverses an opioid overdose. [Axios]
MoCo Wants To Ban House Parties
Two Montgomery County council members want to punish for-profit house parties with a fine up to $500. Several residents recently complained about big rowdy parties advertised on social media. [ABC7]
Local Author Vending Machine
D.C. now has its very own book vending machine in Foggy Bottom’s Western Market. The machine holds 23 titles from local authors, which will rotate monthly.
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WorldPride International Choral Festival
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What To Do
Wednesday, May 21
- 🖼️ Art After Dark at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Downtown)
- 🫓 Pupusa Workshop with El Tamarindo’s Ana Reyes (Adams Morgan)
- 🍻 Pride Pils Can Release Party at Crush Dance Bar (14th St Corridor)
- ✏️ Noir Drawing Workshop at the Phillips Collection (Dupont Circle)
- 🤣 Comedy & Burlesque Fundraiser at the D.C. Comedy Loft (Dupont Circle)
- 🫡 Reflections on Captivity at the Air and Space Museum (National Mall)
Thursday, May 22
- 🥕 Spring Farm Dinner at Common Good City Farm (Le Droit Park)
- 🛍️ Spring Night Market at Union Market
- 🩰 The Washington Ballet Performance at City Center
- 📚 Lecture: Sex Work in Civil War Washington with Humanities DC (Penn Quarter)
- 🧑🍳 Cookbook Talk: “Ghana To the World” at Bold Fork Books (Mt. Pleasant)
- 🎤 Rewind Storytelling Workshop at the DC Writers’ Salon (Dupont)
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Get Tickets for Folger Theatre’s Twelfth Night
Don’t miss this sexy and hilarious Shakespeare Play. It features romantic entanglements, separated twins, mistaken identities, pranks gone too far, and even a dash of revenge. It’s a joyful and entertaining production from start to finish.
🍜 Pssst! Lucky Danger, a Chinese American restaurant and mahjong bar by Tim Ma, is opening today!
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