Arts + Entertainment
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Atlas’s Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor
The Atlas Performing Arts Center has quickly organized a screening of several of the more memorable films starring the late, great Elizabeth Taylor. The Whitman...
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Anthony De Mare + Piano + Sondheim = Musical Bliss
Anthony De Mare got turned on to the music of Stephen Sondheim at an early age and even now, as a contemporary classical pianist, Sondheim...
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Lights Up
The American musical wasn't born overnight. Like any art form, it came to be in fits and starts. Even today, some audience members -- and...
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Send in the Clowns
For those of us who avoid the antics of clowns at all costs, 95 minutes in their company might sound like torture. In fact, we'd...
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Short Rounds
Composer Ricky Ian Gordon's brief relationship with the late Jeffrey Grossi in the mid-'90s provided, if not a lifetime, then at least a few years'...
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Deja View
Source Code is a cross between 24 and Groundhog Day and Moon and The Matrix and The Adjustment Bureau and Avatar and Quantum Leap and...
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Opening Night: Ford’s Liberty Smith
Ford’s Theatre presents Liberty Smith, the world premiere of a madcap musical romp through Revolutionary America, with music by Michael Weiner, lyrics by Adam Abraham...
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The Kennedy Center ushers in spring with a gala
Smokey Robinson hosts the Kennedy Center’s annual Spring Gala that this year also honors Michael Kaiser’s 10 years at the helm. The gala features such...
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Out in the Media: Sean Bugg and Charles Perez at the DC Center
Roby Chavez hosts an OutWrite discussion with authors Sean Bugg and Charles Perez. Bugg, Metro Weekly co-publisher and editor, comically recounts his life experiences in...
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Can peer pressure save the world?
Join The Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform The World explores the value of peer pressure to make positive social change. The book, written by...
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Just announced: Britney Spears launches North American Tour
Tour dates for Britney Spears‘s North American Summer tour have been announced, and they include a Washington, D.C. date — July 31 at the Verizon...
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Kaki King is everywhere, including the Birchmere on Tuesday
From collaborations with uber-producer Timbaland and other artists such Tegan and Sara and the Foo Fighters, plus contributions to movies such as Into The Wild...
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Hot Pick: The Grand Sushi Event
This one’s for sushi lovers only (though, really, who doesn’t love sushi?). At National Geographic Live’s Grand Sushi Event, author Casson Trenor signs copies of...
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Hot Pick: Jil Aigrot
Charming French vocalist Jil Aigrot, who provided the singing voice for Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose and specializes in chanson francaise,...
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Hot Pick: Elton John’s Greatest Hits
Legendary piano popster Elton John brings his “Greatest Hits Live” concert to our area this weekend. The concert boasts number one chart hits and classic...
