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Serena Zets

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Aug 20, 2026
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Jul 14, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Serena Zets

    Local Novelist Bsrat Mezghebe Debuts at National Book Festival (opens the original)

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    As a teen growing up in Washington, D.C., Bsrat Mezghebe used the Library of Congress’ annual National Book Festival as a portal to worlds far beyond the DMV. Today, Mezghebe says she took the free event for granted, going year after year without much thought. “I went to the National Book Festival long before I was ever a writer,” Mezghebe tells City Paper. “The book festival is an abundance. It wasn’t until I moved to other cities and explored their cultural scenes that I realized just how rare

  2. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Serena Zets, Pat Padua, Allison R. Shely, Stephanie Rudig

    DC Punk Archive’s Summer Shows Return and Armana Khan’s Residency Begins: City Lights for Aug. 6–12 (opens the original)

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    New York-based DJ Armana Khan has made a name for herself here in D.C.—she’s already played Transmission three times since the venue opened last fall. This Friday brings her back for a residency. Her packed support lineup features Franxx, Phunatic the Madam, Maiya, Saba, and Yaya spinning across two floors. Khan’s sets are high-energy, eclectic, and fun, blending Indian musical influences like tabla and bhangra with techno and Afrobeats. Seeing the powerhouse that is Khan perform—dancing nonstop

  3. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Serena Zets

    Living, Together: A New D.C.-Rooted Anthology Explores Communal Living (opens the original)

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    When writer Samantha Paige Rosen was 29 and living in Bethesda, life unexpectedly caused her to move back into her parents’ home in Pennsylvania. “Living with your parents isn’t something that we’re taught to aspire for,” Rosen tells City Paper. But Rosen quickly realized that communal living is not uncommon. Communal living is your co-worker moving their parents into their house to help support them; it’s the group house down the block that leaves books on their stoop for neighbors to take; it’

  4. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Serena Zets

    Eat a Hot Dog, Fund Abortion (opens the original)

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    Locally owned feminist hot sauce brand, Female Rage, is slinging hot sauce and hot dogs on Thursday night at Garden District to raise money for DC Abortion Fund. The event is the latest in a long string of creative and collaborative local fundraisers for DCAF, including the annual My Body, My Festival music event and recurring Punk Rock Karaoke at the Black Cat. But Thursday ’s event might be the spiciest yet. “As state abortion bans become more pervasive, patients are traveling further for care

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