In other news:

Last week was a tough one for the District of Columbia, with federal indictments and such. So WRC-TV’s Jim Vance gives us a pep talk: “I am disgusted and embarrassed by the recent revelation of campaign skullduggery; it was wrong and probably stupid,” said the veteran news anchor. But, Vance adds, every other indicator of urban life is headed in the right direction: “We have come an awfully long way from days of darkness to a city of light and energy — energy that won’t be dissipated by the likes of Howard Brooks or Harry Thomas.”

You’ll recall early this year when this town was consumed by talk of Uber — the upscale app-dispatched car service — that was the subject of a sting operation by city taxi inspectors.

Uber and its moment of government oppression became the stuff of national ruminations on innovation and regulation (and, more recently, urban decadence).

Above, from Andrew Wiseman, behold a particularly ugly one, with a weird skinny capital V and a mixed-case quadrant indicator.

I might have “jumped the gun,” but I wasn’t wrong: Our civic farewell to Chuck Brown gets underway Tuesday with a public viewing at the Howard Theatre, on Chuck Brown Way (aka the 600 block of T Street), from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. His grand sendoff will continue Thursday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center at noon for a scheduled three-hour memorial service. Hamil Harris has more details over at The Root DC. He speaks to Howard Theatre developer Chip Ellis, who lamented Brown never played in his gleaming new space: “God had another plan.”

“Say Sorry Barry” wants Barry to apologize for his recent comments targeting Asian shop owners and Filipino nurses. Among those scheduled to appear at the event is David Chung, a member of the city Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs commission, who sharply criticized Barry and his previous non-apology apology at a D.C. Council hearing last month.

A week after his death at age 75, arrangements for a public farewell for D.C. musical icon Chuck Brown are starting to come together.

According to daughter Cherita Whiting, plans are in place for an all-day public viewing at the Howard Theatre next Tuesday, May 29. A funeral service will follow on Thursday, May 31. The venue has not been determined, but Whiting said it is likely to be held at either the Washington Convention Center or Verizon Center.