Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Crowded House at Wolf Trap

    By on July 24, 2010

    The Crowded House that Neil Finn built is responsible for several indelible pop hits in the ’80s (“Don’t Dream It’s Over,” “Distant Sun,” “Weather With...

  • Chromeo at the 9:30 Club

    By on July 24, 2010

    Loftily touted as “the only successful Arab/Jew partnership since the dawn of human culture,” Chromeo, the Montreal-based duo of P-Thugg and Dave 1 is fresh...

  • Deadmau5 at the 9:30 Club

    By on July 24, 2010

    One of dance/electronica’s fastest-rising stars — and also one of its most baffling — Canada’s Joel Zimmerman only started spinning and recording as DeadMau5 (“dead...

  • 18th & U Duplex Diner Turns 12 Years Old

    By on July 24, 2010

    Perched on the border of the Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle neighborhoods, Eric Hirshfield’s 18th & U Duplex Diner has long served as a lively...

  • Baltimore Aerial Festival

    By on July 24, 2010

    In-Flight Theater presents the second annual Baltimore Aerial Festival in “Graffiti Alley,” which is dedicated to the vibrant art of urban graffiti. Twenty aerial artists...

  • The Next Reflex Dance Collective at Dance Place

    By on July 24, 2010

    “Electro Shutdown & The Pea” is a dance piece set within a nightclub and begins upon your arrival. Entering the theater, you will find the...

  • BSO’s Broadway Melodies

    By on July 24, 2010

    Randall Craig Fleischer leads the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Broadway performers Doug LaBrecque (Show Boat) and Patricia Phillips (The Phantom of the Opera) in a...

  • Salt Deficiency

    By on July 23, 2010

    There is a type of book that only seems appropriate to buy in airports. Typically it's filled with action scenes, very little character development, writing...

  • Reading Silk at The Torpedo Factory

    By on July 22, 2010

    Reading Silk: A Living Sculpture features an installation with hundreds of small, silk leaf-shaped forms by live silkworms with the collaborative efforts of local students...

  • Robert Ryman at The Phillips Collection

    By on July 22, 2010

    Coinciding with the artist’s 80th birthday, Robert Ryman: Variations & Improvisations presents Ryman’s ongoing examination of painting, including the effects of light and shadow and...

  • American Idols Live!

    By on July 21, 2010

    The top 10 finalists from the ninth season of the hit reality show American Idolcelebrate their fame while it lasts, led by winner Lee DeWyze...

  • Sing Out Loud

    By on July 21, 2010

    Despite the time that's passed since Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty first sent their profanity-spewing puppets on stage to deliver such toe-tappers as...

  • Mother's Milkshake

    By on July 21, 2010

    On the song ''Scream'' from her new album, Kelis verbally prances out her lyrics just like a ''Vogue''-ing Madonna. ''So lets get to it, now...

  • Night at the Museum

    By on July 21, 2010

    “I’ve been dreaming of this day since the very first time I saw Crack,” says Kevin Hull, manager of special programs at the Hirshhorn Museum....

  • Drive-By Truckers at the 9:30 Club

    By on July 20, 2010

    Patterson Hood creates rock albums with friends under the band name Drive-By Truckers. The albums are fashioned like low-budget films, filled with carefully told, fiercely...