Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Acting American

    By on April 3, 2014

    The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is as American as apple pie — especially as portrayed in the new production at Ford’s Theatre. The...

  • Cyndi Lauper’s “She’s So Unusual” 30 Years Later

    By on April 3, 2014

    If anybody had told me when I was 12 years old and listening to Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual incessantly on my bedroom turntable that...

  • German Engineering

    By on April 3, 2014

    Sonia Rutstein recently met a man in Germany who inquired about her name. ”Oh, ‘Rutstein.’ This is a German name. Are you German?” she recalls...

  • Stepping Out

    By on April 3, 2014

    “I can’t think of many dance concerts that I’ve seen where it’s been two black men dancing a story that was LGBT,” says Shawn Short,...

  • Why Kate Bush’s Return to the Stage is Music History

    By on March 31, 2014

    On Friday, March 21, 2014, British musical icon Kate Bush made a casual announcement on her website that caused shockwaves of disbelief and feverish anticipation...

  • Washington Wordsmith

    By on March 27, 2014

    “People think it’s karaoke, but it’s not karaoke,” Regie Cabico says about the weekly variety show he runs at Black Fox Lounge. “You really do...

  • Clash of the Titans

    By on March 27, 2014

    I’m going to cut through a little of the hype surrounding Titanfall, the first-person, multiplayer shooter from Respawn Entertainment. It debuted to rapturous acclaim at E3,...

  • Love Is the Drug

    By on March 27, 2014

    Although people often call Donizetti’s rom-com The Elixir of Love a good opera for the uninitiated, director Stephen Lawless’s production requires a caveat: Remember that...

  • Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road cover

    40 Years of Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”

    By on March 24, 2014

    Sir Elton John is often recognized by fans and critics more for his long string of classic singles than for his albums. It is true...

  • Kate Bush to perform live for first time in 35 years

    By on March 21, 2014

    The legendary British musical icon, Kate Bush, is never predictable, but nobody could have imagined the news that hit this morning and sent shock waves...

  • Flashback: Top 25 Modern Rock hits this week 20 Years Ago

    By on March 20, 2014

    As the ‘80s faded into the ‘90s, many so-called ‘Children of MTV’ and fans of punk, post-punk and new wave bands turned away from the...

  • A Mighty Wind

    By on March 20, 2014

    There are people -- plenty of them -- who absolutely love the maudlin 1988 chick flick blockbuster Beaches, about the platonic love of two women....

  • Twelve Outstanding Albums to start 2014

    By on March 20, 2014

    2013 was a terrific year for music — there were dozens of outstanding releases, 30 of which we compiled in a list of last year’s...

  • Film: Particle Fever

    By on March 20, 2014

    We don't glamorize physics. Whether theoretical or experimental, there's very little recognition of the incredible, fascinating work that those dedicated to either side of the...

  • Ciao Bello

    By on March 20, 2014

    For his swansong to the DC Different Drummers -- and to D.C. -- Joe Bello has put together a concert focused on dance. ''No, I...