Arts + Entertainment
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Shopping Spree
''I go every year and do lots of shopping. It's one of my favorite events,'' says Monica Jeffries Hazangeles of Stathmore's Museum Shop Around. And...
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Acting Out
'There were no men not wearing dresses in show business,'' says Jason Stuart, referring to Hollywood 20 years ago when he first contemplated coming...
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Benign Fun
Cancer may not be the funniest thing in the world. It's probably not even in your Top 10. But when cancer happens to a funny...
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The Mistorical Hystery of Henry (I)V
WSC Avant Bard — the new, edgier, fitting name for the old Washington Shakespeare Company — presents a one-evening adaptation of Shakespeare’s history plays Henry...
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Final performances: The Great Gatsby
Two years after its debut, the Washington Ballet revives The Great Gatsby, set in the roaring ’20s and based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel,...
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Anthony Dortch at Touchstone
“The Privileged Series” features Anthony Dortch’s mixed media images in which he paints directly on top of photos to change the skin tones of people...
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Arms and the Man at Constellation
Director Allison Arkell Stockman instructs her Constellation Theater cast to accentuate the satire by acting in exaggerated fashion in its production of George Bernard Shaw’s...
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Singin’ in the Rain at the E Street
The E Street Cinema continues its first-ever “Capital Classics” series this weekend with two very different films. There’s what many consider to be the greatest...
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Building Violation
Tower Heist is loud, stuffed with famous people, insistent to the point of shamelessness, and oh-so-very obvious. There's no common denominator it can't lower and...
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Nina Ananiashvili at Lisner
One of the world’s most beloved ballerinas, having danced with the Kirov Theatre, the Royal Danish Ballet, the London Royal Ballet and the New York...
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Photo Quality
Things have a way of serendipitously knocking Scott Pasfield off course. Or, perhaps, back on course. In 1994, it was the avalanche out West that...
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Male Men
If you head out to the opening exhibit at Vitruvian Gallery, on display through Nov. 19, you're sure to run into Edmund. Certainly you'll pass...
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Soap Box
Growing up in a small town in central Florida, Kalup Linzy was obsessed with soap operas. ''In high school, I ran track and watched the...
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Band Camp
DC's Different Drummers: Symphonic Band (Photo by Rob Mesite) Have you ever seen classical musicians lip-synch to pop songs – in drag? ''You're seeing members...
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Country Rose
Forget death and taxes -- the two biggest constants in our world are heartache and the classic sound of Nashville. Luckily for us -- though...
