Mayor Bowser’s held a press conference/pep rally to hype up the K Street project and also to try and drum up support for continuing the free Circulator—which the Council may cut in favor of service expansion. Some felt the event a little tone deaf just days after two vigils, especially after a milquetoast form letter was sent to everyone who emailed her.
You don’t have to wait for action. Show up at noon at the Wilson Building to demand changes to make our streets safer. (here)
A swimmy little sidewalk for fish
In 2007, federal works installed a “fish ladder” in Rock Creek for fish to reach the other side of a dam built in 1904. But this is the first year biologists observed concrete proof that it’s working for the shad and herring that need it. (Let this be our excuse to revisit John Oliver’s “Salmon Cannon” video from 2014, a much simpler time.)
Project Dustbunny
That’s what’s underway at the Folger Shakespeare Library, where the underground storage facility (which stretches a full block, woah) houses 260k historically significant books, manuscripts, and costumes from the 18th century. They’re analyzing human DNA and proteins taken from the dirt inside those old af books—which begs the question, will we find Shakespeare’s DNA?! (Related: Where are Shakespeare's books?)
Pub crawls are over. We’re taking a small group of readers on a crawl around 10 of the city’s bookstores for independent bookstore day! We’ll kick off at 10am at Politics & Prose in NoMa. We have a few spots left, so sign up here by 11am today to join us!
Mother’s Day is around the corner. A 730DC reader gathered femme and women artists to create Mother’s Day cards inspired by the strong women that they love, with all proceeds going to directly to Planned Parenthood. Check them out here.
Coming to America features headliners Naza, Davido, Keblack, Nya-D, Eshoon and Vegedream for a Saturday night Afropop spectacular. (6 pm)
BroccoliCon brings Lil Wayne, Childish Gambino, Bozoma Saint John, Teyana Taylor, City Girls and a host of other contemporary acts to DC, but their ambitions are even higher—they say they’ll bring 750+ leaders together to discuss the most pressing issues facing urban communities today. (here)
Breakin’ Even Festival is a punk music festival in its third year. The fest is at Pie Shop on H Street this year, and should be a great romp. Members of the band American Television spoke to us about their plans and the scene in DC overall. Check out the interview (and deets on tickets) here.
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