About the Author

Terrence grew up in Southeast DC and watched the city transform into something he barely recognizes. Gentrification's complicated. The music scene getting better isn't. He's been covering DC nightlife for eighteen years—the go-go shows that never stopped being the city's heartbeat, the jazz clubs on U Street, the rock venues in Adams Morgan, the comedy boom that happened when nobody was looking, the food festivals that turn the waterfront into an actual destination. DC used to close at midnight and roll up the sidewalks. That's not true anymore. Terrence knows which venues actually support local artists versus which ones just book whoever's touring through. He knows which open mics have industry people paying attention. He's been to shows at the 9:30 Club probably 300 times and the Black Cat almost as many. For AllEvents, he writes about the whole city—not just the neighborhoods that get press, but the spots in Anacostia and Congress Heights that deserve attention too. He takes Metro when it's working, drives when it isn't, lives in Petworth now, and writes guides that treat DC like the real city it's become.