City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer
🏈 Could RFK Stadium actually be nice?
January 16, 2026 · 💌 Kaela
Morning! The Washington Commanders unveiled the first renderings of the future RFK stadium site. I was fully ready to be a hater, but it’s actually … kinda nice? Its classical design and architectural nod to the old stadium make it fit in well. And, even better, it’s not surrounded by parking lots!
📸 Check out our Insta reel for the full transformation.
What's CITY Talking About
Medstar Nurses Protest Working Conditions
Nurses at D.C.’s largest hospital — the MedStar Washington Hospital Center — are protesting working conditions, including unpaid meal breaks, late and miscalculated paychecks, and pressure to work outside hours. Medstar says they are looking into the complaint and have issued revised paychecks to affected nurses. [NBC4]
McDuffie Hits Fundraising Record
Mayoral candidate Kenyan McDuffie says his campaign raised $181,000 Wednesday after launching his bid for mayor, beating his opponent Janeese Lewis George's one day fundraising record. However, Lewis George still roped in double the amount of D.C. donors. [Axios]
WaPo Staff Blast Bezos For Silence After FBI Raid
Staff at the Washington Post are angry at the newspaper’s owner Jeff Bezos for not speaking out since the FBI raid of one journalist's DMV home. One staffer called his silence “nauseating and irresponsible.” [City Cast DC/New York Post]
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Don’t miss our fourth annual Reading Room Festival. Join us as we collaboratively re-envision Shakespeare’s works, explore the vibrant musicality of Shakespeare’s verse, and reimagine the stories crafted by other early modern playwrights in this four-day festival of staged readings, panel discussions, workshops, and community celebrations.
What To Do
Friday, Jan. 16
- 🤘 Local Tunes: Mouthpiece w/ Line Of Sight, Everybody Takes One, Posicion Unida, Inversion, Fightback at St. Stephen’s Church (Mt. Pleasant)
- 🎊 Embassy of Serbia New Year's Celebration at the Serbian Ambassador's Residence (Kalorama Heights)
- 🪩 Tunes: Buzz Effect 2: Lethal Injection at Transmission (H Street)
- 🕺 SOS: The Recession Pop Party at 9:30 Club (Shaw)
- ☕ Espresso at Home at Counter Culture Coffee (Adams Morgan)
Saturday, Jan. 17
- 🎸 Tunes: Glitterer, Aunt Katrina, B. Reichhardt/Tan White, Guttered at St. Stephen’s Church (Mt. Pleasant)
- ✍️ Rhizome Writer’s Retreat at Rhizome (Takoma)
- ♻️ MLK Day Potomac Cleanup at Anacostia Park
- 🚲 Hill Family Biking: Ride to Ice Skating (Capitol Hill)
- 🪩 Free Cosplay Party at Public Bar Live (Dupont)
- 🐦 Bird Walk at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
- 🎶 Tunes: Glaive at 9:30 Club (Shaw)
Sunday, Jan. 18
- ⛸️ PWHL Takeover Tour at Capital One Arena (Chinatown)
- 🥁 Future Left Behind Record Release w/ Grand Scheme, Brain Tourniquet, + More at St. Stephen’s Church (Mt. Pleasant)
- 🎨 Art Talk: Matisse and Picasso Rivalry at the National Gallery of Art (National Mall)
- 🎞️ Movie Screening: “Selma” at the Bellevue Library
- 👠 Pretty Boi Drag Anniversary Celebration at Bier Barron (Dupont)
- 🎥 “UNBANNED” Film Screening & Panel at Miracle Theater (Capitol Hill)
- 🎤 Indie-Rock Karaoke at DC9 (Shaw)
That’s all we got for this week folks! We’re out Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day but will be back in your inbox on Tuesday.
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