Arts + Entertainment
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The Cure’s “Wild Mood Swings” revisited
By the mid-90s, The Cure had become an arena-rock supergroup. Their ascent to mega-success was a long and slow journey. Their 1979 debut album “Three...
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Angry Birds Go! to be the kart racer nobody asked for, everyone will play
Get ready to lose yourself in yet another avian-oriented mobile game — Angry Birds GO! is launching December 11th. The addictive, annoyed birds continue their...
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McCartney’s fantastic “New” album hits stores today
Paul McCartney returns with latest album “New,” out today. It’s his 24th post-Beatles studio album overall, and first studio album of all original material since...
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Patty Boom Boom Throws Support to ‘Battis’ Tonight
Tonight ushers in the third edition of a party at U Street nightclub Patty Boom Boom meant to celebrate tropical music genres while also advocating...
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Artisphere Turns 3 with 1,000 Andy Warhols
Tonight is the night to don a black turtleneck and silver wig and head over to Arlington’s Artisphere for its “Night of 1,000 Andys Dance...
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Nothing Passé about National Coming Out Day
In last week’s Metro Weekly cover story, Dan Savage, the Savage Love sex columnist and It Gets Better Project co-founder, discussed coming out. This founding...
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Flashback: Top 10 singles this week in 1973
Forty years ago this week, Cher — who has just released a new album and is about to launch a major tour — was at...
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Boy George debuts new video for “King of Everything”
Boy George’s latest album, “This is What I Do”, hits stores later this month, and the pop icon has just released a dramatic video for the...
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Returning to Laramie
Two weeks ago, the cover of Metro Weekly featured Scott Suchman's dramatic and incredibly evocative photo of actors portraying participants at a candlelight vigil for...
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VelocityDC Shines Light on Local Dance Scene
No one refers to Washington as a capital, or even a hotbed, of dance. But a growing number of nationally known dance companies do call...
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Homecoming Dance
{Return #1 (Photo by Matthew Murphy)} ''My older sister was so clumsy,'' Jenelle Figgins says. ''I guess my mother assumed that she'd be able to...
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Boo! Spooky Movie Time at AFI Silver
Now that the weather is starting to turn cold and dreary, and each night is coming a little earlier, you might be itching for that...
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GTA V claims its seventh Guinness World Record, asks what you’ve done with your week
Grand Theft Auto V continues its stratospheric rise to the top of the entertainment charts, with this week’s revelation that the title now holds seven...
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Yoko Ono’s long journey to “The Land of Hell” and back
Not many 80-year-old women are releasing experimental rock albums while simultaneously hitting the top of the dance charts these days. But then, Yoko Ono has...
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Baltimore’s Visionary Art Museum Takes on Technology
Maybe the weirdest, wildest museum you’ll ever visit, Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum opens its 19th original thematic yearlong exhibition this weekend. Human, Soul &...
