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Any given Saturday: DC’s Premier League subculture 10/12/2018 02:38am • WASHINGTON — When does subculture become simply culture? If we haven’t yet reached that fulcrum with Premier League soccer fandom in America, the powers that be are doing their best to push us over the ledge. Or, perhaps more accurately, into the light. Up to this point, Premier League vie Q&A: Charley Pride reflects on career ahead of Grand Ole Opry celebration 10/11/2018 12:20am • WASHINGTON — Nashville hosts its annual Grand Ole Opry Birthday Bash this weekend. This year's event honors Charley Pride, whom many have called the Jackie Robinson of country music, though Pride prefers to just be known as a country legend in his own right. "People that want to inter Mother Earth Project’s 'Parachutes for the Planet' comes to Georgetown 10/09/2018 08:28am • WASHINGTON — On the heels of a United Nations report this week sounding warnings about the impact of global climate change, the Mother Earth Project will bring its Parachutes for the Planet display to Georgetown this weekend. Hoping to repeat the success the HIV/AIDS Quilts project had in drawi Fallen firefighters honored at annual Md. memorial service 10/07/2018 04:24pm • EMMITSBURG, Md. — The 37th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend brought family and friends together for a memorial service in Emmitsburg to honor the 80 men and women who died in the line of duty last year and remember 23 others who died in previous years. Among the names read S Invasive spotted lanternfly makes journey into Virginia 10/05/2018 04:55am • Another invasive insect arrives in the region The spotted lanternfly — an invasive insect from Asia — had been, so far, only seen in several counties outside of Philadelphia, but, this year, it has been sighted in parts of Virginia. Here's what to know about the spotted lanternfly: The Best Columbus Day sales for 2018 10/02/2018 08:00pm • While Columbus Day weekend isn't as big a deal as other famous three-day weekends such as Presidents Day and Memorial Day, it's the last notable shopping holiday before Black Friday. And while stores don't always explicitly call their sales "Columbus Day sales," plenty of retailers, especially depar Woman running Marine Corps Marathon for Army veteran husband who took his own life 10/02/2018 04:30am • WASHINGTON — When Carina Kutch, of Fort Collins, Colorado, joins thousands later this month to run the Marine Corps Marathon, she’ll also pay her first visit to her husband’s grave since he took his own life five years ago. Carina and her husband, Sgt. Richard Kutch, lived in Bethesda, Mary How not to grow a pumpkin and other gardening tips 09/28/2018 06:31am • Orchids to ogle next weekend Mark your calendars for next weekend: That's when the annual National Capital Orchid Society's show and sale returns to dazzle us with one of the best free events in the area. As it has for the past several years, the Orchid Extravaganza will be held at Behnke’s Nu Vermont College Road Trip: St. Michael's College 09/27/2018 08:00pm • Lindsey Rogers of Park Ridge, New Jersey, had never been rock climbing before she came to St. Michael's College in northwestern Vermont. By the time she graduated in 2018, the neuroscience major had logged dozens of trips across New England as an assistant instructor for the college's Adventure Spor Weekend track work to slow Metro riders; transit changes coming next week 09/26/2018 04:00am • WASHINGTON — Largo Town Center Metro station is closed, and additional single-tracking slows other Metro lines this weekend. Silver, Blue and Yellow Line trains are scheduled every 24 minutes both Saturday and Sunday. Shuttle buses run between Morgan Boulevard and Largo Town Center for Silve Keeping the Marine Corps Marathon's medical team ready requires year-round planning 09/25/2018 06:08am • WASHINGTON — It may be more than a month until the Marine Corps Marathon, but the preparations are nearly complete for the medical staff that supports the October race. There are about a thousand volunteers who help with the medical needs for the race, including the hundreds who work in the 14 Florida College Road Trip: University of Miami 09/23/2018 08:00pm • Dotted with palm trees and surrounding scenic Lake Osceola, the University of Miami's campus is something of a south Florida oasis for academics, athletics and community, students say. Year-round sunshine and ample outdoor study spots are conducive to bringing people together, and with around 10,220 Limited weekend track work, some weekend road closures 09/21/2018 03:02pm • WASHINGTON — Limited Metro track work this weekend may make the rail system the best way around some weekend road closures. On Metro, Red Line trains are scheduled to single-track Saturday between Twinbrook and Grosvenor-Strathmore. Trains are scheduled every 18 minutes along the length of the The 25 Top Places to Go Apple Picking Across America 09/17/2018 08:00pm • Create lifelong memories during an apple picking excursion at these superb orchards.Few activities signal fall in America like apple picking. According to the U.S. Apple Association, approximately 240 million bushels of apples are grown each autumn, many of which are picked by visitors looking to ce Hurricane Florence's presence is being felt in DC, but it's subtle 09/16/2018 07:57pm • WASHINGTON — The D.C. region escaped most of Florence during the weekend, with the storm parking itself over the Carolinas — although some rain isn't out of the question early this week. Sick of the cloudy weekend? Blame Florence. "When you go outside … and look up, those clouds are a direc