Arts + Entertainment
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Twelve Outstanding Albums to start 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...
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Film: Particle Fever
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...
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Ciao Bello
For his swansong to the DC Different Drummers -- and to D.C. -- Joe Bello has put together a concert focused on dance. ''No, I...
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Classic album revisited: Depeche Mode “Violator”
Twenty-four years ago this week, on March 19, 1990, British synth-pop titans Depeche Mode released the most successful and acclaimed album of their career: Violator....
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George Michael releases tepid new live album “Symphonica”
George Michael hasn’t released a new studio album in a decade, and it seems fans yearning for one will need yet a little more patience....
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Cat Dail explains the collaborative magic behind “The Wonder”
The latest CD by NYC-based Indie-rockers Cat Dail & The Magnets, The Wonder, most definitely lives up to its name. Dail is a veteran of...
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Flashback: Top 10 singles this week in 1990
This week 24 years ago the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart was an eclectic mix of rock, pop and R&B. The...
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Honey Maid features gay parents in ‘wholesome family’ ad
We suddenly have the urge to buy some graham crackers. Honey Maid’s latest advertisement centers on the idea of “wholesome” — from its wholesome snacks,...
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‘Game of Thrones’ actor comes out
Kristian Nairn, one of the stars of Game of Thrones, has come out as gay in an interview with Winter Is Coming, a fansite dedicated...
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Review – South Park: Stick of Truth
Let’s get this out of the way first: if you’re coming to South Park: The Stick of Truth because you like turn-based RPGs, you’re going to be...
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Unromantic Comedies
Have you ever nodded off at the theater? Do you worry that you might be particularly prone to doing just that during Shakespeare, the bard...
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Rah-Rah for Rye Rye
''My show is really high-energy, a lot of dancing -- Baltimore club dancing,'' Rye Rye says. Anyone who's seen the Charm City rapper perform knows...
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Anglophilic
''All three of these choreographers are at the top of their game,'' Septime Webre says, referring to Trey McIntyre, Christopher Bruce and Christopher Wheeldon. As...
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British broadcaster celebrates same-sex marriage with a musical gay wedding
British broadcaster Channel 4 is celebrating the start of same-sex weddings in England and Wales in the most appropriate way possible: by televising an hour-long...
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Classic album revisited: Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” turns 25
Twenty-five years ago this March, after months of feverish anticipation, one of the most successful pop albums of the ‘80s hit stores with a whiff...
