DC Guide

Torrence Swain has a talent for making new cocktails with fresh ingredients. So when Swain, the head bartender at Bourbon Steak in the Four Seasons Hotel who’s one of D.C.’s top mixologists, starts talking about spirits that he...

DDOT is planning to rehabilitate the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue NW from 20th Street, around Sheridan Circle and to Waterside Drive on the east side of Rock Creek Park. At a public meeting in October they...

A group of Maryland legislators have introduced a bill requiring the state DOT to study pedestrian and bicycle access to public schools. FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Transportation to study and make certain...

Monday, Feb. 5 ‘Natural Mystic: A Poetic Celebration of Reggae’ at the Folger Theatre: On the day before Bob Marley’s 73rd birthday, award-winning poets Kwame Dawes and Safiya Sinclair pay tribute with an evening of readings...

There’s something immensely satisfying about the thud and thwack a four-pound ax makes when it loops through the air and  sticks onto a piece of wood. Especially when it’s a bull’s eye. Ax throwing, long a...

Holiday happenings: Here’s the best of the season. Out for a shopping spree? Break for a bite at these restaurants. Thanksgiving dining: Where to eat out and grab takeout. Wednesday, Nov. 22 ‘The Last Waltz’ at Boundary Stone:...

Everything will be cooked over an open hearth at Maydan, a restaurant opening Tuesday in the Manhattan Laundry complex. The building on Florida Avenue NW, once a service center for street cars in the late 1800s, had a steel structure from an...

It’s been a long year. Let’s get festive! Seasonal rejuvenation might mean escaping into a big musical like “An American in Paris” at the Kennedy Center or crafting holiday decorations in Georgetown or Brentwood. Performance touchstones...

If you’re going to gift-shop till you drop, make sure it’s not from hunger. For dishes that are a step up from the typical food-court offerings, head to these restaurants — all at different price points...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has moved from the House to the Senate, and so last week Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) released the “Chairman’s Mark” to the Senate’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs...