NASA, Peggy Olson-wannabe Carri Bugbee and an international breaking news service based in the Netherlands were among the 26 winners of the first Shorty Awards, awarded to the best Twitter bloggers.

Did you see Beyonce at FedEx Field in Maryland over the weekend? Are you headed to Pink at Nationals Park in D.C. on Monday night? Why not make it a DMV trifecta with a hip-hop show in Virginia on ...

A press copy of a 3-pound book recently came over the wholly metaphorical Code Switch transom. It's called Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations, and it's kind of amazing. On the face of it, the book ...

50 Cent is pushing 50, but the rapper still knows how to party like a professional. The “Candy Shop” rapper was all over Miami Beach during the holiday weekend to celebrate a few occasions. On ...

Jeff Pearlman found the people who inspired the classic 1991 2Pac song, which has reverberated through hip-hop myth-making for decades. 19 hours ago So get to it y'all, this is as much a celebration ...

In spite of a slew of cancellations of fall festivals due a spike in COVID-19 infections, the Trombone Shorty Foundation announced the return of Shorty Fest Presented by Acura at Tipitina’s. The ...

For fans of the Cleveland International Film Festival, the "Get Shorty" event for nearly two decades has been a sign of a good thing: The start of the festival is drawing near. That's still true, but ...

This story has been updated to reflect that the permanent Anacostia location is not opening June 15. That is the date they will begin offering food out of sister restaurant DCity Smokehouse in Truxton ...

This week, we've brought the show to New Orleans, where Troy Andrews — better known as Trombone Shorty — began playing music at age 4. He was touring with his brother's band by age 6, and went to the ...