Arts + Entertainment
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Classic album revisited: Fine Young Cannibals “The Raw and The Cooked”
Twenty-five years ago this week, British trio Fine Young Cannibals released one of the biggest surprise hits of the decade. “The Raw & The Cooked,”...
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Sweetlife: A Music + Food Festival Announces 2014 Lineup
The musical line-up for the Fifth Annual Sweetlife: A Music + Food Festival has just been announced, and it’s impressive. The event will take...
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UK broadcaster airs incredible “Gay Mountain” ad supporting LGBT athletes
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 rebranded itself today in a showing of support for the LGBT community ahead of the Sochi Olympics. The broadcaster, which earlier...
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Flashback: Top Ten from this week 20 years ago
Twenty years ago this week, The Top 10 was a mix of upbeat pop songs, hip-hop and syrupy pop ballads… but has it’s hard to...
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Flush with Cash
''I wrote a song about a gay couple,'' says Rosanne Cash. ''It's called 'Jim and George.''' The song was a donation to the gay Church...
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The Past in Two Parts
I searched in vain to find a saving grace in Olney Theatre's new production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Initially, I...
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Gay Cat Art
''I was actually kind of nervous when I first made the zine because I thought maybe people would be offended,'' says J. Morrison on his...
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50 Years of The Beatles: Ranking their Albums from 13 to 1
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — names forever etched into the world’s collective consciousness. They are the best-selling band in history...
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George Michael Returns with New Video, “Let Her Down Easy”
Pop icon George Michael is back with “Let Her Down Easy,” a cover of a Terence Trent D’arby track from his outstanding 1993 album “Symphony...
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20 Great Stoner Albums
Since Metro Weekly’s most recent print edition was “The Pot Issue,” it seems a perfectly opportune time to explore some great albums to play while...
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Wilde at Heart
A late-Victorian romp filled with Oscar Wilde's relentless wit and merciless jabs at high society, the Shakespeare Theater Company's The Importance of Being Earnest may...
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Jazzed
Freda Payne has absolutely no trouble channeling the big voice of Ella Fitzgerald, and it's actually quite remarkable. Payne, who had a pop hit in...
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Toasting the Travelers
Every year National Geographic Traveler magazine receives, according to the magazine's George Stone, ''lots of cool letters from passionate individuals telling us about their travels...
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Unexpected Moves
''I started taking dance because I used to imitate Michael Jackson,'' says Robert Battle, who recalls playing piano and singing as a child growing up...
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West Winging It
Given my nation of birth, Britain, it could be expected that my personal politics would be heavily influenced by the ethical socialism that proved popular...
