Arts + Entertainment
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Mavis Staples and Bettye Lavette at Lisner
A star-studded, soul-stirring concert by Mavis Staples and Bettye Lavette — two iconic R&B vocalists, both promoting new albums. This is a one-time joint performance,...
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Falsettos – Final Performances
Ganymede Arts’ production of Falsettos is stylish to a fault. Set up in the intimate, cabaret-scaled “Noi’s Nook” in the back of Go Mama Go!,...
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Deez Nutz 2010 at Dance Place
The Final Chapter explores sex and relationships from the perspective of local men in D.C. For mature audiences only. Saturday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m.,...
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Archimboldo at the National Gallery of Art
“Arcimboldo, 1526–1593: Nature and Fantasy” features 16 examples of the fantastic composite heads painted by Arcimboldo in their first appearance in the United States. Through...
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Jean-Michel Cousteau at National Geographic
In My Father, The Captain: My Life with Jacques Cousteau, the famed explorer’s son, Jean-Michel, himself an award-winning documentary filmmaker, celebrates the centennial of his...
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Velocity DC Dance Festival
Following a sold-out debut last fall, the Velocity DC Dance Festival, presented by Dance/MetroDC, Washington Performing Arts Society and the Shakespeare Theatre Company, returns for...
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What We Leave Behind at Evolve Urban Arts
“What We Leave Behind” features works by encaustic collage artist Marty Ittner and painter Michele Cormier — visually dense works referencing the discarded physical and...
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Robbie Schaefer at The Barns at Wolf Trap
Robbie Schaefer, the famed guitarist and songwriter from folk-rock band Eddie From Ohio and host of XM’s “Robbie Schaefer’s Stuck in a Real Tall Tree,”...
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BSO Superpops: Gotta Dance!
In “Gotta Dance!” Jack Everly conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Superpops in a vast exploration of music and movement, as dozens of dancers join the...
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Dogs and Dragons
It would be easy to read too much into the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and the fact that No Rules Theatre Company's...
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Gay Altar
''He's described in the script as having a deep and abiding love for Cher and all things show tunes.'' Patrick M. Doneghy is talking about...
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Classical Gas
''Everything -- everything is new,'' Antony Hegarty says, apprehensively, at the top of his new set Swanlights. What's new here? Well, not everything exactly. But...
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Facebook is either the greatest contribution to social networking or, according to Betty White, the greatest time suck ever invented. Whatever you think it is,...
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Artistic in Arlington
''Artisphere is the kind of place where you come and hang out, bring your friends, find new friends,'' says Norma Kaplan, division chief of Arlington...
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Les Ballets Trockadero at The Kennedy Center
Les Ballet Trockadero is a playful, entertaining company of professional male dancers who perform — in tutus, tiaras and tights — ballet and modern dance...
