Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Now Playing: Beastly

    By on March 5, 2011

    Neil Patrick Harris plays a supporting role as a blind tutor in Beastly, a fantasy that adapts the Beauty and the Beast tale to a...

  • Washington Color and Light closes Sunday

    By on March 5, 2011

    The Corcoran Gallery’s “Washington Color and Light” is a collection of major works by the artists associated with the Washington Color School — Gene Davis,...

  • Jennifer Lopez’s On the Floor Video

    By on March 4, 2011

    We have a two words for JLo’s “On the Floor” video: Sumptuous and kinetic.

  • Mixing It Up

    By on March 3, 2011

    ''It was really great. Lots of new people, younger people, and a lot of the performances sold out.'' Scott Kenison is still basking in the...

  • Matchmaking

    By on March 3, 2011

    According to Glamour magazine, a man is gay if he doesn't like sports, has a subscription to Men's Fitness, and his shower curtain is covered...

  • Avant-Garde Homos

    By on March 3, 2011

    ''What's the model for this? Is it the Village People?'' Brian Freeman's '90s-era group Pomo Afro Homos may not have been nearly as popular as...

  • Iron Butterfly

    By on March 3, 2011

    As one of the most well-known and accessible of operas, admitting a passion for Puccini's Madama Butterfly isn't likely to win you any brownie points...

  • The NSO celebrates India

    By on March 1, 2011

    Christoph Eschenbach conducts the National Symphony Orchestra in a program, part of the Kennedy Center’s maximum INDIA festival, featuring Concerto for Four Soloists, a world...

  • Randy Newman at Strathmore

    By on March 1, 2011

    Prolific film composer and musician Randy Newman, hot on the heels of his Oscar win, drops by Strathmore for a concert featuring many of his...

  • Glamour, Glitter and Gold benefits The DC Center

    By on February 26, 2011

    There are still tickets available for Glamour, Glitter & Gold, an Oscar-watch gala benefitting The DC Center, Sunday, Feb. 27, at Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th...

  • Basra Boy and The Weir at Keegan Theatre

    By on February 26, 2011

    In the one person show Basra Boy, The Keegan Theatre offers a look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their impact on the...

  • Oscar Nominated Shorts at the Avalon

    By on February 26, 2011

    The Avalon Theatre offers two feature-length programs of the short films nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards, set for Sunday, Feb. 27 — a program...

  • The City Choir of Washington

    By on February 25, 2011

    Robert Shafer conducts the choir in a concert tribute to 9/11 on its 10th anniversary year. Featured on the program are Haydn’s Mass In The...

  • Maura O’Connell at The Birchmere

    By on February 25, 2011

    Irish singer Maura O’Connell got her start as vocalist for the traditional Celtic group De Dannan, but now as a solo artist, she offers contemporary,...

  • Video Games Live at Strathmore

    By on February 24, 2011

    In Video Games Live, members of the National Philharmonic and National Philharmonic Chorale aim to combine the power and emotion of a symphony orchestra with...