Arts + Entertainment
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The Cornel West Theory
A D.C.-based ensemble, the Cornel West Theory combines spoken word, instruments, electronics and vocals, and draws from genres ranging from D.C.’s own go-go to jazz...
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Editor’s Pick: Race to the End of the Earth at NatGeo
Race To The End of the Earth follows the race to reach the South Pole a hundred years ago between Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and...
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It is easy being Green
Green: the Color and the Cause is the second exhibit in The Textile Museum’s year-long exploration of the ties between textiles and environmentalism, following on...
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Now Playing: Bad Teacher
Bad Teacher scares us. First, for the students who go to this school. Second, that we might die laughing. Cameron Diaz stars as a teacher...
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Editor’s Pick: David Cale at The Studio Theatre
David Cale’s one-man show The History of Kisses focuses on seaside shanties, or work songs that sailors sing to help distract them from their arduous...
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Night and Day
Tom Stoppard’s Night and Day, set in a fictional African nation on the cusp of internal rebellion, reveals, as one would expect with Stoppard, far...
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The Silver Docs Film Festival
The American Film Institute/Discovery Channel presents the Silver Docs Film Festival, now in its ninth year. The event closes this Sunday, June 26, but not...
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A new documentary examines To Kill A Mockingbird
Mary McDonagh Murphy’s documentary Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird explores the history, context and impact of the Deep South-centered novel To...
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Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
Rodman Flender’s documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop offers an intimate portrait of an improvisational artist at the most improvisational time of his career. Of course...
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Peruvian Struggle
It might sound silly or superficial, but you just might fall in love with actor and dancer José Manuel Ozuna-Báez, who's starring in GALA Hispanic...
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Einstein’s Dreams at Spooky Action
Rebecca Holderness directs an adaptation of the international bestselling book about how Einstein came to be Einstein. Einstein’s Dreams stars Elver Ariza-Silva, Frank Britton, Jonathan...
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Editor’s Pick: Dan Fishback performs tonight at the DCJCC
The New York-based musician Dan Fishback, a native of Olney, Md., returns to D.C. tonight, Wednesday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m. to perform as part...
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Editor’s Pick: Take us OUT to the ball game!
Team DC’s Night Out at the Nationals — of which Metro Weekly is a major sponsor — is tonight, Tuesday, June 21. The Nats play...
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A Taste of Dupont
Dupont Circle Main Streets presents the annual Taste of Dupont 2011 tonight, Tuesday, June 21, from 6 to 10 p.m. Create your own progressive dinner...
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Editor’s Pick: Neil Finn and Sharon Finn at The Birchmere
The indelible pop singer-songwriter Neil Finn, best known for fronting hitmakers Crowded House (“Don’t Dream It’s Over,” “Distant Sun”), has formed Pajama Club — a...
