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Nightlife Agenda: Rebirth Brass Band, Warchild and a tribute to James Brown Dec 25th 2012, 12:00 Every Tuesday, the Going Out Gurus highlight the week's best DJs, bands, dance nights and parties. These are the ones we think you can't miss. Tuesday: After James Brown died on Christmas Day 2006, local vinyl slinger DJ Soul Call Paul noted that Dec. 25 may not be a big enough day to accommodate both the birth of Jesus and the passing of the hardest-working man in show business. It's not blasphemy — it's the truth. Soul, funk, hip-hop and even electronic music draw huge chunks of their DNA from Brown's work. If you want to celebrate the original roots of polyrhythmic funk, precision horns and songs that need no structure other than a killer vamp, head to the Black Cat's annual James Brown Death-Mas Holiday Bash , where Soul Call Paul will be spinning the JBs as well as such associated artists as Bobby Byrd and Marva Whitney. It's a Christmas miracle. Read full article >> D.C. area forecast: Dry today, but next storm arrives tomorrow; snow chance this weekend Dec 25th 2012, 10:00 Christmas Day offers some atmospheric peace on our part of the earth with drier weather. But we start seeing signs of the next big weathermaker by tonight as clouds roll back into the picture. Tomorrow brings mostly rain, but look out for mixed precipitation in especially the far western to northwestern suburbs mainly in the morning. Slow clearing on Thursday and another break on Friday precede a potential weekend winter storm that has a better chance to deliver snow to the area Plan to evict Jack's Boathouse put on hold Dec 25th 2012, 03:56 Plans to evict Jack's Boathouse, the popular canoe and kayak rental operation on the Potomac River in Georgetown, have been put on hold after the National Park Service received a flood of messages voicing concern. Read full article >> For many families, a season of separation Dec 25th 2012, 02:38 Her husband had always put up the Christmas tree, but this year the 36-year-old wife and mother is on her own in Silver Spring. He offered what guidance he could by cellphone from Honduras, but eventually she gave up on the metal stand with the rusty bolts and just plunked the trunk in a five-gallon bucket filled with rocks. Read full article >> Two critically hurt on Beltway Dec 25th 2012, 01:49 A serious car crash on the Capital Beltway on Christmas Eve left six people injured, two of them critically, authorities said. The crash occurred about 8 p.m. on the outer loop of the road in Montgomery County, fire officials said. Read full article >> Federal workers feel unease over potential layoffs, furloughs unleashed by 'fiscal cliff' Dec 25th 2012, 01:03 Federal employees have been skeptical for months that the biggest cuts to government spending in history could really happen. But with the "fiscal cliff" a week away, workers are now growing increasingly alarmed that their jobs and their missions could be on the line. Read full article >> Police, firefighters left out of Christmas Eve bonus Dec 25th 2012, 00:11 A mayor's gift to thousands of District workers — Christmas Eve off with pay, or double pay for those who have to work — has rankled police and firefighters, who are excluded from collecting the bonus. Read full article >> At Basilica of the National Shrine, carillonneur has a high calling at Christmas Dec 25th 2012, 00:01 For nearly 50 years, Robert B. Grogan has ignored howling winds and frigid temperatures to climb hundreds of steps up into the tower of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and manually play, with his fists and his feet, 56 carillon bells, as he will do after Tuesday's noon choral Mass for Christmas. Read full article >> Christmas for Christians, Muslims and Jews Dec 24th 2012, 23:42 The tree has decorations made of olive wood from Palestine, Christmas balls of glass, snowflakes and Hanukkah ornaments. Grandma looks on at the tree-trimming party, a hijab the color of snow covering her hair. Mom, a teacher at a private Islamic school in Reston, snaps photos. Carols play in the background. Christmas cookies are baking in the oven. Read full article >>

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