2150 P Street, NW previously home to Soho Coffee and Tea
Thanks to all who messaged us about the P Street Compass Coffee opening in Dupont and thanks to Noa for the photos below including a look inside: (more…)
Author: Prince Of Petworth
Thanks to Jim for sending from the “Saxony Cooperative in Adams Morgan.” (more…)
4340 Connecticut Ave, NW
The Whale Tea has opened in Van Ness: (more…)
photo by Diane Krauthamer
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From the office of Councilmember Charles Allen:
“DC Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6), backed by a coalition of local venues, artists, and national independent music organizations announced legislation targeting scalpers and secondary ticketing platforms like StubHub, Vivid Seats, TicketNetwork, Ticket Center and SeatGeek by putting in place a price cap on resold tickets, banning speculative ticket sales, and requiring individuals and businesses selling more than 50 tickets a year to register with the District.
Joining the announcement were I.M.P. and 30 local venues and music industry organizations, including the National Independent Venues Association (NIVA), local musical artist CJ Johnson of Oh He Dead, and the Office of the DC Attorney General. The event took place inside The Anthem, one of DC’s premier live music destinations, and included representatives from many of DC’s music venues. (more…)
photo by Mark Lyon
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“Dear PoPville,
Sunday March 30th at 1pm in Barracks Row, I made it to my acting audition, (more…)
“Harper is (mostly) loving the snow in Buzzard Point!”
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“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to share this incident with a potential scammer posing as a Verizon worker. Monday night in my apartment complex in Woodley Park, a man claiming to be from Verizon was knocking on people’s doors. He claimed that management had let him in after hours. He wore a black polo shirt, but with no indication that he was with Verizon.
Someone called the non-emergency police number. He could not provide police with an ID from Verizon, (more…)
WAIT, WHAT?!?!
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia:
“A Superior Court jury found Lawrence Murphy, 52, of Washington, D.C., guilty on April 4, 2025, of one count of aggravated assault while armed and related charges for shooting the victim, an entrepreneur with a groundskeeping business, in March 2020, over a dispute about blowing leaves and debris in his yard, (more…)