17th and R Streets NW: Is it a wedding dress? (Luis Gomez Photos)
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What NOT to Miss: Small Black Benefit Show at DC9 Thursday Night
Bands Small Black, Outputmessage and Cigarette come together for a benefit show held by Monument Arts and Music Festival. Proceeds go to Grassroots Reconciliation Group, an association that aids former child soldiers and their communities in Uganda. Tickets are $13 and available here, more info here.
On October 6, the DC city government announced an expansion of its recycling program. From the release:
Mayor Adrian Fenty announced that starting today Department of Public Works recycling collection crews will accept an expanded list of items for recycling, especially plastics. Now residents can recycle film plastics like grocery, produce, and dry cleaning bags, as well as aerosol cans and a variety of rigid plastic including plastic lawn furniture, toys and flower pots.
