| Feature Story | Note for Note | The National Symphony Orchestra's Emil de Cou brings music to the masses | Interview by Randy Shulman Photography by Todd Franson |
| News | Family Affair | Millions More Movement Unity Takes a Hit from One of Its Own | by Will O'Bryan |
| Film | Candy Corn | Tim Burton's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' fizzles like a lone Pop Rock placed on the tip of a tongue | by Randy Shulman |
| Music | Chef's Best | Missy Elliott cooks up a first-rate feast with her latest, while Keyshia Cole churns out good, old-fashioned R&B | by Doug Rule |
| Stage | A Perfect Mess | Absurd, surreal and touching, 'The Clean House' is an unexpectedly regal play brushed with a sense of magic | by Jolene Munch |
| Community Profile | Gen-X D.C. Bears | A Community Profile | by Will O'Bryan Photo by Todd Franson |
| Snapshots | Fuego | Cada Vez | Henry Linser |