» Ed McMahon was in town this week to receive a special tribute at the annual Horatio Alger Awards at Constitution Hall on Thursday night. CNN’s Lou Dobbs emceed.

» Do D.C.sports heroes have a new favorite club? Both former Redskin LaVar Arrington and the Wizards’ Roger Mason were spotted Wednesday night at the new Josephine’s on Vermont Avenue. Meanwhile, Clinton Portis was taking in the Wizards game at the Verizon Center before heading out with guard DeShawn Stevenson for his 27th birthday.

» Apparently being in a jam band pays better than it used to. Jam icons Widespread Panic hung their hippie hats at the tony Ritz-Carlton Georgetown this week, while they were in town for two shows at the Warner Theatre.

» And speaking of jamming, blues icons Robert Cray and Elvin Bishop will headline the Fifth Annual Congressional Blues Festival, taking place at the Kennedy Center on April 23.