Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

    By on March 11, 2012

    In Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Ewan McGregor stars as a British fisheries expert who helps bring the sport of fly-fishing to the Arabian desert....

  • Review: Game Change

    By on March 9, 2012

    You know the difference between Sarah Palin and Frankenstein's monster? Neck bolts. Before you think that's a bald-faced insult to Palin – and whether that...

  • Joey Arias and Paddy Boom at L’Enfant Cafe

    By on March 9, 2012

    Following on its insanely popular brunch house party La Boum every Saturday and the annual Bastille Day French Maid Relay Race, L’Enfant Café and Bar...

  • Fetishwear at Vitruvian Gallery

    By on March 9, 2012

    “Fetishwear” is a photographic celebration of “men in and out of uniform,” which of course is a particularly prominent aspect of gay art and literature....

  • Jiffy Lube Live’s 2012 Job Fair

    By on March 8, 2012

    Jiffy Lube Live is holding its 2012 Job Fair this Saturday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The venue is hiring for seasonal,...

  • Amsterdamned

    By on March 8, 2012

    Who over 30 hasn't thought at some point that know-it-all twentysomethings -- lounging in their skinny jeans, tweeting about their favorite CW shows -- will...

  • Rocky Concert

    By on March 8, 2012

    Craig Cipollini, and Anthony Preston as Rocky, photographed by Todd Franson, Friday, Feb. 24 If Lady Gaga were to stage The Rocky Horror Show, the...

  • Divine Dance

    By on March 8, 2012

    LAST YEAR, JD SAMSON, of the feminist dance-punk trio Le Tigre, released Talk About Body with her queer dance collective MEN, which also sometimes includes...

  • Musical Communion

    By on March 8, 2012

    Amy Ray takes listeners to church on her new solo album, Lung of Love. The church, that is, of rock music. ''Oh the rock is...

  • Musical Theater Band

    By on March 8, 2012

    ''She was certain that I was gay, because I was in New York to study musical theater and I was playing piano [at a gay...

  • Mars Barred

    By on March 8, 2012

    Based on an Edgar Rice Burroughs story that debuted in a pulp magazine 100 years ago, John Carter is a very expensive movie. If there's...

  • Athletic Supporters

    By on March 7, 2012

      {2011 Team DC Fashion Show (Photo by Julian Vankim)} Years ago, a model passed out onstage at Team DC's Fashion Show. ''He hadn't eaten...

  • Sampson’s Intimate Evening of Comedy

    By on March 7, 2012

    Local standup comedian Sampson performs “Live Love Laugh” along with special guests for a performance at the DC Center to benefit the local theater arts...

  • Civilization at Woolly Mammoth

    By on March 6, 2012

    Six hungry city-dwellers scramble for sustenance in Civilization (All You Can Eat), a scathing satire — or “provocative vaudeville,” to quote the press release —...

  • Just announced: Radiohead at DC’s Verizon Center

    By on March 5, 2012

    Radiohead is coming to D.C.’s Verizon Center on Sunday, June 3. The ongoing world tour is in support of their new album, The King of...