Arts + Entertainment
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Orbital playing US dates starting this weekend.
The electronic duo Orbital — Paul and Paul Hartnoll — is coming to the states next week to several west coast dates. They’ll be playing...
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The Bar d’O reunion at L’Enfant Cafe’s Speak Easy
Joey Arias is kicking off a new season of his popular, select Sundays social dining and cabaret shows at L’Enfant Cafe with as big of...
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Mean Girls
Let's just get this out of the way: Leslye Headland's Bachelorette is not a Bridesmaids rip-off. Yes, both films revolve around women misbehaving at weddings,...
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Ram Tough
Craig Ramsay is not just a pretty face. He's also a pretty body. And a song-and-dance man, former hockey player, health a fitness superstar –...
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Broadway's Future
''If there's one thing that drives me crazy,'' says Michael Kerker, ''it's when people say there really aren't any great young musical theater writers ....
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Wrestling Demons
A semi-satirical distillation of the mercenary world of professional wrestling as recounted by a particularly ambivalent member of its fraternity, Kristoffer Diaz's The Elaborate Entrance...
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Sleeper Film
This much is obvious about comedian Mike Birbiglia: The guy knows how to brush off trauma. After taking a leap through a second-story window of...
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Heaven's End
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are ready for The Love Boat. As the Pet Shop Boys, the two have even written a song for the...
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Dragonette Fire
''We get to do a lot of gay parties or gay events,'' beams Martina Sorbara, singer for the electro-pop band Dragonette. ''I don't know why,...
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Fully Exposed
''Here I am, look at me,'' says local actor MaryBeth Wise. ''I'm proud to be who I am.'' Technically, Wise is speaking for the many...
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Midlife Melody
''I would certainly welcome a midlife crisis,'' deadpans Bob Mould, ''because that would probably get me a shiny car and a couple new tricks.'' Instead,...
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Bob Mould Strikes Letterman Gold
“Never too old to contain my rage,” Bob Mould sings on the title track to his blistering, bewitching new album Silver Age, out today. He’s...
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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Alexandria’s MetroStage opens its new season with a bang, recruiting one of the best singing actresses around, Natascia Diaz, to reprise the role she played...
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All About Eve
The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre takes advantage of a “Marilyn Monroe Retrospective” film series to screen this 1950 Bette Davis classic, which has had...
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Maryland Renaissance Festival
As summer winds down, thoughts naturally turn to jousting, feasting, crafts, theater, music and merriment. Ah yes, the annual Maryland Renaissance Festival, now in its...
