‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ at Merriweather Post Pavilion Baltimore psych-rockers Animal Collective named its 2009 experimental pop masterwork “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” after the famed amphitheatre. The quartet practicall...

Relationships require compromise: alternating who does the dishes, who picks the movie and who gets dragged to things they have no interest in. With the Washington Auto Show in town this week and gun, home and boat expos ahead, it’s time to pre...

The country will soon celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, and no city is better prepared to commemorate that seminal moment in our nation’s history than Washington D.C. Genteel Gatherings We’ve all been there: You want to re...

Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the malls, We were sizing up Santas while decking the halls. This one dressed in rayon, from his head to his foot, his pants were all sticky where old candy was put. This Santa looked odd, with a bend i...

The winter holidays are all about tradition. But who gets to decide what that even means? You’ve been good all year long. Santa won’t put you on the “naughty” list for trying something a little different this weekend. What cou...

Express braved the 2010 Silver Spring Zombie Walk and lived to tell the tale! Check out our firsthand account of all the lurching, brain-eating, and zombie fine dining. Created by Express contributors Sarah Cannon and Olivia Abtahi Homepage photo by ...

THE FRONT PAGE of each day’s Express is the product of a lot of thought and creativity, much deliberation and several rounds of polishing. We work hard to get it right. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun sometimes, right? It...

A tribute in verse to the few, the proud — the people who came to work Christmas Eve. ‘TWAS THE DAY before Christmas, and all through the city, Workers were anxious; the result wasn’t pretty. Their heads were hung at their desks in ...

A FRENCHMAN (Pierre L’Enfant) designed D.C.’s avenues and circles to mimic Paris. But the most old-school European patch of the mid-Atlantic may be Baltimore’s Mount Vernon, a townhouse-lined zone filled with so many statues, histor...

ALLISON FEIGEN got a few startled stares on the Metro a few weeks ago when she had an unexpected run-in with a familiar face. “Someone had recognized me from an event,” explained the 23-year-old. “It was a little funny to say, ̵...

IN THE ROM-COM hit “He’s Just Not That Into You,” Ben Affleck, Ginnifer Goodwin, Bradley Cooper and other Hollywood stars meet in cute cafes, slurp cocktails at charming waterfront bars and play computer games in loft apartments wit...

FOR A LONG time, “Baltimore style” meant cat-eye glasses and a bouffant ‘do. But now, looking like a local might mean sporting a rugged necklace of reclaimed metal or wearing a slick tee emblazoned with a creepy-cool squid. ThatR...

EVEN ON A snowy Saturday, the Sound Garden (1616 Thames St.; 410-563-9011) in Fells Point buzzes with browsers. A guy in a vintage Cro-Mags T-shirt flips through the huge heavy metal section; two older men argue about Thelonious Monk by the jazz CDs....

TAKE THE SOCIAL-NETWORKING power of Facebook. Sprinkle in the immediacy of Twitter. Mix in a dash of PostSecret style oversharing. Then simmer. What’s the dish? Confessions like these: “Today, I was standing on a crowded bus going home af...

TAKE A GUESS. Which question probably won’t come up at Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius‘ congressional hearing? What is your stance on abortion? Do you believe in a universal health-care program? What do you think of the board game ̶...