Arsenic-Free Fun: Death by Sexy at Fort Reno

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THOSE OF YOU who are new to the area might not be familiar with the grand summer tradition of free concerts at Fort Reno. On a hill somewhere in Tenleytown, funky local bands ... perform. For free. In the summer. Anyway, this was disrupted a month or two ago by the discovery of ARSENIC in the soil at Fort Reno. What is this, I screamed, a park or a lowbrow detective paperback?

But I digress. The venue has been cleared for takeoff and is holding concerts every Monday night. This week, you can catch local garage rockers Death by Sexy (now THAT'S how to leave this world), who'll be rocking out, arsenic-free. Have a listen here and then grab your picnic blanket and hop on the Red Line.

» Fort Reno Park, Chesapeake St. and Nebraska Ave. NW; Mon., 7:15 p.m., free; 703-318-2197. (Tenleytown)

Photo courtesy of Death by Sexy