What Was I Thinking?

Source Theatre: RIP?

As many know, I am the production manager for Actors' Theatre of Washington (come see our production of David Mamet's Boston Marriage, which opens Feb. 17th!!!), which has been lucky enough to call Source Theatre on 14th Street our ad hoc home.

Today, two articles.  One in the Washington City Paper and one in the Washington Post about the pending potential sale of the Source Theatre building to the same outfit that owns Buffalo Billiards.  Source hasn't produced in the space in a few years due to financial problems, but the space still remains a viable, vibrant theatre.  ATW has been lucky enough to stage a couple of productions there, including Boston Marriage.

It is a space that has been around for 25 years and helped lead to the revitalization of the 14th street corridor following the 1968 riots that ravaged the city.  Some of DC's best and brightest artists have worked in the space and it continues to be a place where a new generation of artists cut their teeth on the art.

To lose such a wonderful space to a bar or restaurant would be a travesty.  If you live in the city and Ward 1 in particular, email me!!! 

I Feel Safe, Don't You?

So, during my morning romp through the news wires (and actually, I heard about this on the news last night), a headline caught my eye: "CIA Worker Moonlighting as Serial Burglar."  The guy is being charged for 17 burglaries between October and last month in McLean, VA.  For those of you not in DC, the CIA HQ is just across the Potomac River from DC in Langley, VA, tucked away in a wooded area.  McLean is adjacent to the CIA.

Now, granted, the guy's an administrative worker and not a clandestine agent, but still, he works for the CIA.  First, one has to ask, does the pay suck that bad that employees are taking to stealing?  And second, aren't these the guys that are charged with gathering intelligence to keep us safe (theorhetically)?  How can they do that if they're busy stealing our TVs? 

*Sigh*

In other DC headlines:

-DC Mayor-For-Life and now Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry is in court today facing sentencing for failing to pay his DC and Federal Income taxes.  Part of the hoopla surrounding today's appearance in court is that Barry (once again) failed a drug test last October testing positive for cocaine.  Only in DC.  Pray that the man never runs for Mayor again.  People in this city are just stupid enough to re-elect him.

-The DC City Council passed a stadium funding compromise bill late last night.  Assuming Major League Baseball approves the deal, groundbreaking on the stadium will happen sometime this spring.  So, the Washington Nationals might have a new permanent home.  Oh.  goodie.  Honestly, I could care less.  I'm a Chicago Cubs fan and we already have Wrigley Field, old as it may be.   It's one of those "eh, whatever" moments.  I think a new stadium would fuel the economic re-development that continues in DC and help move the renaissance the city is experiencing forward.  Of course, as that continues, it gets more and more impossible for me to even think about buying a house.  But oh well.

And that's all the news that's fit to blog.  Aren't ya glad I remembered that I still had a blog? :)