Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • WIT’s Scary Funny Halloween Weekend

    By on October 28, 2011

    The Washington Improv Theater presents a rotating lineup of “frightfully funny” skits for its “Scary Funny” Halloween weekend, all concluding with “Die! Die! Die!,” a...

  • Halloween on Screen at AFI

    By on October 28, 2011

    This year’s annual scary cinema series at the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre focuses on the centennial of horror icon Vincent Price with screenings of...

  • AIDS Walk is tomorrow!

    By on October 28, 2011

    D.C. councilmember and former Whitman-Walker Clinic director Jim Graham, Whitman-Walker employee Joe Izzo and retired Army nurse Maudie Jones are the grand marshals for the...

  • Going Green

    By on October 27, 2011

    We all know that the Moor of Venice is supposed to be a hothead, but is he supposed to be this flat-out hot, too? In...

  • Blasphemy in Idaho

    By on October 27, 2011

    Whatever the purveyors of the nation's entertainment may believe, or not, there is something about the recent tide of religious fundamentalism that has them running...

  • Review: CSS and MEN at the 9:30 Club

    By on October 27, 2011

    At the end of its concert at the 9:30 Club on Monday night, Oct. 24, the Brazilian dance-rock band CSS gave a Beastie Boys-esque rap-chant,...

  • Privileged Information

    By on October 27, 2011

    Sometimes, Anthony Dortch Jr.'s parents just don't understand. ''My parents look at my artwork,'' he says, ''and sometimes go, 'Why? Why not just make some...

  • Cult Clash

    By on October 27, 2011

    Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen and Sarah Paulson (Photo by Jody Lee Lipes) It won't surprise you to learn that a movie with Martha...

  • Saint of Killers

    By on October 27, 2011

    It's impossible to discuss St. Vincent -- the recording project of 29-year-old guitar goddess Annie Clark -- without bringing up dichotomies. The postpunk powerhouse combines...

  • Troubadour of Trust

    By on October 27, 2011

    Tom Nichols is moving to the next stage, literally and figuratively. After years as CFO of the World Wildlife Fund and African Wildlife Foundation, he...

  • War and Witchcraft

    By on October 27, 2011

    As Arms and The Man opens, Amy Quiggins flutters across the stage playing Raina Petkoff as if she were Barbie come to life. She's giddy...

  • Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Story

    By on October 25, 2011

    Fathom Events offers special one-night-only, Halloween-inspired screenings nationwide of this new docu-drama about the legendary British killer, whose famous mass-murder remains unsolved to this day....

  • Get your snake on: Cinematic Titanic returns with Rattlers

    By on October 25, 2011

    Creator Joel Hodgson and the original cast of the award-winning cult television show MST3K return for more movie riffing in front a live audience. The...

  • 17th Street High Heel Race is tonight — Volunteers Still Needed

    By on October 25, 2011

    JR.’s Bar & Grill just celebrated its 25th anniversary last month, and tonight brings the 25th edition of an event that JR.’s employees started just...

  • Reel Affirmations 20: And the winning films are —

    By on October 24, 2011

    Reel Affirmations wrapped its 20th festival, and the audience votes for favorite films have been tallied. No surprises here — in fact, we couldn’t agree...