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Arts + Entertainment

  • Tickets go on sale Friday for Mary J. Blige’s Fillmore Silver Spring Concert

    By on July 27, 2011

    Tickets go on sale Friday, July 29, at 10 a.m. for Mary J. Blige, who will open Silver Spring’s newest venue, the Live Nation-owned Fillmore...

  • Brian Stokes Mitchell performs with the NSO at Wolf Trap

    By on July 27, 2011

    Marvin Hamlisch leads Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell and the NSO at Wolf Trap in a performance of classic showtunes, including South Pacific, Carousel and...

  • Jessica 6

    By on July 24, 2011

    Comprised of former members of the mixed-gender, mixed-sexuality band Hercules and Love Affair, Jessica 6 offers a similarly infectious blend of disco, soul and R&B...

  • Sia at the 9:30 Club

    By on July 23, 2011

    Bisexual Australian Sia Furler first came to attention in 2005 for her hauntingly beautiful, pleading ballad “Breathe Me,” which dramatically closed out HBO’s Six Feet...

  • Birds of a Feather

    By on July 23, 2011

    The Hub Theatre presents the world-premiere production of gay humor writer Marc Acito’s Birds of a Feather, an inspiring story about families and the bird-brained...

  • Project Nim: Planet of the Ape

    By on July 23, 2011

    Director James Marsh and the Oscar-winning team behind the documentary Man on Wire offer Project Nim, the story of a chimpanzee who became the focus...

  • Steel Magnolias at the Keegan

    By on July 22, 2011

    Somebody ought to bake a giant Armadillo cake and present it to Keegan Theatre for deciding to close its 2011 season with Robert Harling’s Steel...

  • Long View Gallery’s Refresh

    By on July 22, 2011

    Long View Gallery’s Refresh: New Works by Some of Long View’s Best offers new works by Mike Weber, Scott Brooks, Tony Savoie, Michelle Peterson-Albandoz, Anne...

  • American Idol

    By on July 21, 2011

    Captain America: The First Avenger is a tease. The latest in a string of superhero movies churned out by Marvel Studios, it's little more than...

  • Tori Amos tix go on sale Friday; special pre-sale event on Thursday

    By on July 20, 2011

    Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 22, for Maryland-native Tori Amos‘s hometown concert at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in December supporting Night of Hunters, a...

  • Editor’s Pick: Woolly Mammoth revisits Clybourne Park

    By on July 20, 2011

    Woolly Mammoth reprises its production of Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park, after having won a couple Helen Hayes Awards and this year’s Pulitzer Prize. As Metro...

  • Role Model

    By on July 20, 2011

    By day, Sajdah Golde is a field organizer with the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Vote for Equality initiative, canvassing neighborhoods that voted for California's...

  • Art and Artifice

    By on July 20, 2011

    Could it be time for a Candy Darling revival? It's been 37 years since her death due to leukemia -- and the Andy Warhol-associated starlet's...

  • Bird Watching

    By on July 20, 2011

    Right now, a play about gay penguins -- and more broadly, gay marriage -- is playing at a small, relatively new theater in Fairfax County....

  • Having a Ball

    By on July 20, 2011

    In a way, the June 21 Night Out at the Nationals was just a warm-up, with Team DC now running down the court to the...