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Georgetown's French Market returns this weekend 04/23/2019 09:02am • Businesses along a stretch of Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown will do their best to recreate the outdoor markets of France this weekend, with shopping, food and jazz. The 16th-annual Georgetown French Market is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from noon until 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Georg Childish Gambino, Lil Wayne headline Broccoli City Festival at FedEx Field 04/23/2019 12:57am • Chocolate City has evolved into Broccoli City as the Broccoli City Festival returns this weekend. After an all-star tradition of Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu, Anderson. Paak and the late Nipsey Hussle, this year is headlined by Childish Gambino and Lil Wayne, who anchor a lineup of T Garden Plot: Plants for this Easter — and next 04/19/2019 04:25am • Meet Mike in Reston! Mike will give garden talks at 1 and 3 p.m. at the Reston Town Center Garden Event on Sunday, May 5. Spring bulbs are a great symbol of the season My favorite flowers for this time of year are spring bulbs such as tulips and daffodils, alive and growing in pots. (You might lik Movie Review: Vague ‘Mary Magdalene’ quietly hopes to redefine a Biblical icon 04/19/2019 12:10am • Film history is paved with tales of the Christ, ranging from epic (“Ben-Hur”) to personal (“The Gospel According to St. Matthew”), faithful (“The Greatest Story Ever Told”) to controversial (“The Last Temptation of Christ”), glossy ("King of Kings") to gory (“The Passion of the 'Let's have a jazz party': DC Jazz Festival kicks off citywide in June 04/17/2019 06:00pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'a71cc268-e585-4326-b890-7c7e94092c75' }).render("6086153672980a86");}); A big party in D.C. promises to take over Beyoncé's 'Homecoming' doc on Netflix is black excellence 04/17/2019 03:03am • In April 2018, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter stood in her full goddess glory and drawled "Coachella, you ready?" The music festival wasn't ready, nor was the world, for what the pop star turned out: two nights of performances that were as much about history as they were history in the maki Beyond brunch: What to do Easter weekend 04/16/2019 12:56am • Need something beyond brunch plans for Easter weekend? There are plenty of events happening throughout the D.C. area to keep you — and any out-of-town-guests — entertained. Charlottesville police data shows more blacks arrested 04/13/2019 12:24pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Figures released by the Charlottesville Police Department show African Americans made up over half of arrests over the past years for mostly petty crimes associated with drugs, recidivism and socio-economic status. The Daily Progress of Charlottesville reports the po All-girl robotics team from Fairfax Co. gets sponsorship to attend world competition 04/11/2019 03:36pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '83315a9f-7db5-4014-a034-d62c09cef503' }).render("6706153658b80ea5");}); An all-girl robotics team from Fairfax Metro may be smoothest way to get around this weekend 04/11/2019 04:40am • The final weekend of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, International Monetary Fund meetings and other events could snarl traffic downtown again this weekend, which could make Metro one of the smoothest ways to get around. This is the last weekend of Metro's break for spring tourist season fro Your guide to a baseball weekend in Fresno 04/10/2019 12:40am • Lots of baseball fans like to travel around the country to see minor league ball over the summer, especially in the cities that their favorite big league team has an affiliate. It’s a chance to see the future, the next generation that will eventually matriculate to a big league park near you. S New cooking classroom 'Cookology' now open in Ballston Quarter 04/09/2019 09:20am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, ARLnow.com, and republished with permission. Ballston Quarter just opened another culinary business, but this time it isn’t a restaurant. The newly-renovated mall welcomed Cookology Culinary School last week to its third floor. Cookology Va. Athletics to host NCAA championship celebration 04/09/2019 12:56am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '73e1ea94-e3ee-415c-b560-2db37d719a7c' }).render("84615364c324c6c");}); The University of Virginia captured its Old Lucketts Store will host its spring market next month 04/08/2019 07:46am • The Old Lucketts Store in Leesburg, Virginia will host its well-established Lucketts Spring Market for three days in May at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville. And there will be beer. The three-day event, which will be held May 17-19, is in its 21st year. 2019's market will includ Not just for snobs: DC club wants to bring squash to the masses 04/05/2019 01:19am • To play squash, first you have to warm up the ball. When this is explained by Ronny Vlassaks, the highly-decorated, Belgian, Rod Stewart look-alike coach who serves as the head instructor at Squash on Fire in West End, it’s hard to tell if it’s intended to be a metaphor, some kind of wa