A 6-year-old girl from Northern Virginia is just one of the contestants hoping to advance to the next round of the National Spelling Bee.

• Lori Anne Madison, the youngest contestant

A sweltering spring day to rock out to the Dandy Warhols' performance of their newest album This Machine at 9:30 Club or cool down at the Beltway Drama Series' "Alternative Methods."

Washington will say goodbye to a local music legend during a public viewing honoring the “Godfather of Go-Go," Chuck Brown, at the Howard Theatre in Northwest.

• Memorial service set for Thursday
• Chuck Brown's fans celebrate his life
• 'Godfather of Go-Go' passes away at 75

President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the nation's fallen warriors on Memorial Day, attending a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and honoring those who died during the Vietnam War.

The United House of Prayer For All People held its annual Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2012, celebrating the lives of its past leaders.

Mayor Vincent C. Gray, city officials, area residents and youth kicked off the summer pool season at the Rosedale Community Center Pool, where a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the newly renovated community center.

In an effort to better educate students and their parents about race relations and social injustice, a D.C. elementary school has declared Friday “Trayvon Martin Day.”

• What Martin and Zimmerman may have seen
• Court records released in shooting

Hello long weekend! If you're stuck in town there's the Urban Corps Hip-Hop Battle + Dance Party, BYT and La Maison Francaise's Zou Bisou Bisou party, Zinefest and much more!  

How has WMATA kept up its blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts for the past year? Let's review how the transit agency delivered on its promises for a "two-way" conversation 12 months ago.

One young man ignored the crosswalk and found himself arrested. Don't let this incident happen to you.

Starting next month, WMATA is rolling out 16 of these new MetroAccess vans with some big promises. The new model will be called the "Mobility Vehicle 1," or the MV1, each of which costs about $50,000.

The Urban Corps Transatlantic Hip-Hop Festival presents a performance by Campagnie KLP at Atlas Performing Arts Center and Zumba Fitness:A Party for Empowerment heats up The Dunes.

Our neighbor states have created new programs to provide real-time status updates about our roads, including live video of what's happening. No fuss, no confusion, and no delays, all from dialing three digits.

Since it's Memorial Day weekend, you've got plenty of time to check out some of the bands performing this weekend at Artomatic-- and stroll through the festival's seemingly countless exhibitions of local artists.  

Thousands of people die on the road due to texting and staring at their cell phones. But how are telematics and auto companies responding to this emerging transportation issue?