Steve Korn
Ever since the fox and the cock spent all day tricking each other in Chaucer’s poem “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale,” Westerners have set aside April 1 for hoaxes and chicanery of all kinds. But almost every day is April Fools’ for Capitol Hill’s Skipping Jestress, Raven Scott.
Over the last two and a half years, you’ve likely seen her skipping down Broadway in her black-and-white cap and bells, or maybe dancing with the Asian flute player downtown. You may have thanked her with a smile for brightening your commute, or maybe dismissed her as a day’s end fever dream. Or you, like many, many others, may have wanted to shout, “Why?! Why are you doing this?” In an exclusive interview with The Stranger, Scott is here to tell you why.
