The Youth Services Center in Northeast, managed by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, is at the center of a series of crises. Credit: Darrow Montgomery A legal watchdog found evidence of ...

On June 8, 2020, the nominees for the Anthony Awards, one of the biggest international awards for crime fiction, were announced. Approximately a quarter of the nominated writers were based in the ...

" Washington City Paper has made me feel like I am part of the D.C. community." ...

I think it was the great philosopher Taylor Swift who said shake, shake, shake it off. And when spring officially arrives in D.C. this week, that’s exactly what I suggest you do with the winter blues.

Michael Reidy, visual artist and rock singer from the 1970s D.C. band Razz, died on March 5 from complications of a stroke. Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. Also reprised and amplified ...

Local author Thomas Mallon is a master of historical fiction. His prose is meticulous, his delivery clever, and his subjects often obscure. Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and ...

Ann Marie Hopwood’s two young children sat in the back of her Lincoln Nautilus on the highway when the Tennessee Highway Patrol pulled her over. It was June 8, 2024, and Hopwood, who goes by Annie, ...

The company’s new artistic director selected five new shows that consider the how and why of interpersonal relationships.

Urban Village Apartment is one of the projects Kenneth Brewer touted in his requests for six-figure bonuses in 2022. The project still wasn't underway by 2025. Credit: Darrow Montgomery A D.C.

Audiences are welcomed into a lively stage mastered by Jackie Donovan (Nancy Robinette), the probable* human narrator, for a debate on whether animal testing should be banned. In addition to combining ...