Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Chess at Signature Theatre

    By on September 15, 2010

    Chess does its very best to make you believe that there is nothing sexier than a board game. Signature Theatre has decided to kick the...

  • Set to Stun

    By on September 15, 2010

    Christopher Henley photographed by Julian Vankim on Friday, Sept. 10 Going to a Washington Shakespeare Company performance at the Clark Street Playhouse was always something...

  • Imposter, Muse and a False Note

    By on September 15, 2010

    When Patricia Highsmith created Tom Ripley, she created an evil that was terrifying because it was so deliciously attractive. Smart. Disturbingly sexual. Enticingly dangerous. Writer...

  • Crosby, Stills and Nash at Pier Six

    By on September 14, 2010

    David Crosby (aka Melissa Etheridge’s baby daddy), Stephen Stills and Graham Nash are still showing off their intricate vocal harmonies and talking politics ever since...

  • Krista Detor at Jammin’ Java

    By on September 14, 2010

    The traditionally Americana artist Krista Detor is touring to support her forthcoming lush and dark indie-pop album Chocolate Paper Suites. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 7:30...

  • Suzanne Carriero at Borders Books & Music

    By on September 13, 2010

    In The Dog Who Ate the Truffle, veteran food critic Suzanne Carriero recounts her time in Umbria and shares recipes and traditions of the modern-day...

  • Of Montreal, tonight at the 9:30 Club

    By on September 13, 2010

    The Athens, Ga., band Of Montreal has ties to the French Canadian city in name only — but critics love their indie-rock just the same....

  • Jaws at the AFI SIlver

    By on September 12, 2010

    In celebration of the 35th Anniversary of Jaws, the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre screens the original summer blockbuster from Steven Spielberg. It’s the movie...

  • Touchstone Gallery reopens

    By on September 12, 2010

    Penn Quarter’s Touchstone Gallery, started in 1976, reopens in its new space, a custom-designed, ground-floor site next to Acadiana restaurant, with a group show featuring...

  • Now at the 1708 Gallery

    By on September 12, 2010

    Mama Pajama Rolled Out of Bed features paintings and animations by Brooklyn artist Marcie Paper — in this case, works created during a two-year period...

  • Director’s Cut at Washington Printmakers Gallery

    By on September 12, 2010

    Director’s Cut features five member artists and five complementary outside artists, all favorites of the gallery’s director Annie Turner. On display to Sept. 26. Washington...

  • Gaelic Storm at The Birchmere

    By on September 11, 2010

    The Celtic rock band Gaelic Storm formed at an Irish pub in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1996, and a year later they appeared in James...

  • Un Ballo in Maschera at The Washington National Opera

    By on September 11, 2010

    The Washington National Opera company kicks off its new season with Opera Colorado’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, about a king who...

  • Eastern Market Music Series

    By on September 11, 2010

    The Capitol Hill Community Foundation presents the Eastern Market Music Series, a month-long series of free Sunday concerts by local acts, beginning this weekend with...

  • Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival

    By on September 10, 2010

    The 26th annual Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival helps kick off the center’s 2010-2011 season and comes as part of its Celebrate Mexico 2010,...