Arts + Entertainment
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Something You Did at Theatre J
Theater J launches its 2010-2011 season with Willy Holtzman’s political drama Something You Did, about an anti-war activist’s attempt to win early release from prison,...
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Blondie at The State Theatre
Several years after a lackluster solo release, pop icon Debbie Harry returns to the area in a sure-to-be high-energy performance with her original band, the...
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Art by the Yard at The Textile Museum
Art by the Yard: Women Design Mid-Century Britain focuses on three women designers pivotal in transforming Britain from a country devastated by World War II...
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Dinner with Friends at Olney Theatre
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play Dinner with Friends, by Donald Marguilies, explores what happens to decades of friendship between two married couples when one couple is...
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Lori Anne Boocks at Studio Gallery
“Small boxes…some on fire” features Lori Anne Boocks’ “textscapes,” or works on canvas with layers and washes of colors meant to evoke the passage of...
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Simone de Beauvoir’s translators at Politics and Prose
Translators Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevalier present a new version of de Beauvoir’s classic on the place of women in society The Second Sex. When...
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Joe’s Movement Extravaganza Extraordinaire
Wednesday, Sept. 8, brings a hodgepodge of performances to the Maryland venue Joe’s Movement Emporium. Portland-based Underscore Orkestra plays a blend of original and traditional...
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Marina and the Diamonds at the 9:30 Club
Born 24 years ago in Wales to Welsh and Greek parents, Marina Diamandis comes across like a smarter, more musically adept Ke$ha or Katy Perry...
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Nils Lofgren at The Birchmere
This E Street Band guitarist, who grew up in Bethesda and got his start in Neil Young’s band, presents an acoustic evening with “friends.” Certainly...
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Jammin’ Java’s Tribute to Bruce Springsteen
Local singer/songwriters Todd Wright, Anthony Fiacco, Shane Hines and Luke Brindley pay tribute to the Boss in an intimate, stripped-down setting, playing Springsteen songs and...
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Electric Zoo: New York’s Electronic Music Festival
Just like last year’s inaugural edition of the Electric Zoo electronic music festival, a virtual who’s who of DJs, including many with gay appeal, will...
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Abbey Road on the River: Beatles Tribute Festival
Touted as the world’s largest Beatles-inspired music festival, Abbey Road on the River brings five days of rock revelry and reverie to the National Harbor...
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The Tillman Story at Landmark’s E Street Cinema
The truth about Pat Tillman, the professional football playing Army Ranger killed in Afghanistan, is far more complex and ultimately more heroic than the news...
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Shakespeare Theatre’s Twelfth Night closes Sunday
The Shakespeare Theatre Company presents Twelfth Night, this year’s 20th annual “Free for All.” Randy Harrison plays Sebastian as part of a cast that also...
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Black Cat’s 17th Anniversary Party
A host of local bands help the concert venue celebrate 17 years on a stretch of 14th Street that hasn’t even been hip for half...
