Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Alfred Hitchcock Early Films Retrospective

    By on February 3, 2011

    The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre presents the first in a three-part series this year exploring the works of Alfred Hitchcock. “Part I: The British...

  • Magic Carpet Ride

    By on February 2, 2011

    Aladdin doesn't appear in Mary Zimmerman's The Arabian Nights. Neither does Sinbad the Sailor. Both fairy tales weren't originally part of the stories of Scheherazade,...

  • Deconstructions

    By on February 2, 2011

    It's not often that a top Washington tourist destination aims to reach the stone-washed masses and the discerning, over-educated locals, but Ford's Theatre strives undaunted....

  • Fractured Fairy Tale

    By on February 2, 2011

    Of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, the illustrious Dr. Johnson wrote: “To remark the folly of the fiction, the absurdity of the conduct, the confusion of the names...

  • Marine Life

    By on February 2, 2011

    While being discharged from the military just for being gay can deal a gut-wrenching blow to a member of the armed forces, it's certainly nice...

  • Military Serenade

    By on February 2, 2011

    Mike Almy only came out to his parents after he became a leading activist pushing repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. ''I...

  • Winds Power

    By on February 2, 2011

    ''We're a family,'' says Laura Harris, president of D.C.'s Different Drummers. ''We try to take care of each other, we look out for each other.......

  • 3 Dollar Bill

    By on February 2, 2011

    Some of the national gay community’s most talented and dynamic writers appear for a queer reading at the 2011 Association of Writers & Writing Programs...

  • GMCW’s Open Mike/Piano Night

    By on February 1, 2011

    The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington hosts a monthly piano bar and open-mike night at Dupont’s Black Fox Lounge. Singers of all levels are welcome...

  • Alvin Ailey at the Kennedy Center

    By on February 1, 2011

    The popular Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre returns to perform several mixed repertory programs, including Ailey’s signature piece Revelations, celebrating its 50th anniversary next season....

  • Robert Plant and the Band of Joy

    By on February 1, 2011

    Before Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant had formed a short-lived group called the Band of Joy. He’s now revived the name, this time with famed singer-songwriter...

  • Dar Williams in concert with IBIS at the Artisphere

    By on January 29, 2011

    Pop-folk musician Dar Williams, whose music has always defied gender and genre, has taken it a step further by teaming with Ibis for a “crossover...

  • The Upright Citizens Brigade at Harman Hall

    By on January 29, 2011

    For a taste of what’s happening in improv comedy in those far funnier, far edgier coastal cities, keep an eye out for The Upright Citizens...

  • Suzanne Westenhoefer at the Birchmere

    By on January 28, 2011

    Suzanne Westenhoefer was the first openly gay comedian to appear on television, from appearances on David Letterman, HBO and Bravo. These days she maintains a...

  • Gay/Bash! at the Black Cat

    By on January 28, 2011

    Local DJ Joshua spins for Gay/Bash! A Queer Night of Rock and Pop Gems, a party featuring gay-popular pop throughout the years — or at...