The lack of nightclubs during the pandemic has not made the streets safer — particularly in Washington DC’s Shaw/U Street neighborhood.
We’ve seen a car jump a curb and almost hit a group of Black Israelites. They were convinced it was a miracle that they weren’t injured, and I think they may be right. That driver sped off.
Then the next weekend, this nonsense happened:
The Howard Theatre is one of the many venues in Washington DC that put up Black Lives Matter signs this summer.
One of the interesting things about Washington D.C. is that there are dozens of truly mixed-spaces for LGBT and straight people. Unlike straight venues in other cities that throw one-off gay events, there are many places in the District that consistently have mixed crowds. (Basically, the “gay bar that your straight friends don’t know is a gay bar.”)
Shaw’s Tavern is one of these mixed-spaces. One of my favorite events at Shaw’s is the Sunday night drag dinner show — which is early enough to be a responsible ending point for a Sunday Funday.