Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Buzz Kill

    By on April 9, 2008

    For many, memories of high school include at least one late night spent staring at a blank piece of paper (or computer screen) trying to...

  • Screwed Ball

    By on April 9, 2008

    What is it about the good old days of classic screwball comedies that lure proven, otherwise competent directors? Do they really think they can recapture...

  • Marketing Faith

    By on April 9, 2008

    If marketed properly, a new recording from George Michael could become another gay anthem. ''I told myself I was straight, but I shouldn't have worried,...

  • History Making

    By on April 2, 2008

    For lucky students, there is one teacher who touches their minds in a special way that opens the world of knowledge to them and changes...

  • Marathon Man

    By on April 2, 2008

    The phrase ''he's running a marathon'' is very often followed by ''why?'' Understandably so. Training for and competing in a marathon involves endless hours of...

  • Jazzy Fare

    By on April 2, 2008

    ''I tell you, 'Charlie Brown' is a big tipper!'' Yvonne Johnson knows just what the crowds like at M Street Bar & Grill. Johnson serves...

  • The X Spot

    By on March 26, 2008

    She'll be 40 in just two months, but Kylie Minogue still can't stop reliving her first time. ''The DJ's got me feeling like I did...

  • Hi Tech

    By on March 26, 2008

    Should you attend any of this weekend's performances by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, you will upon entry be handed an iPod Shuffle. You don't...

  • Hooters Hoedown

    By on March 26, 2008

    When it comes to hooters, one sort is definitely more gay than the other. The kind that comes with burgers, fries and bright-orange hot pants,...

  • High Rollers

    By on March 26, 2008

    ''Winner, winner, chicken dinner.'' It's more than hungering for a simple meal that drives a group of MIT students to Vegas every weekend, but it's...

  • Twisted Sister

    By on March 19, 2008

    There are a lot of surprises in store for readers of Christopher Rice's new novel, Blind Fall, not the least of which is that it's...

  • Web Singer

    By on March 19, 2008

    Apparently, cherry blossoms weren't enough. It seems everyone wants his own festival. The Kennedy Center is spending the month of March cozying up with August...

  • White Hot

    By on March 19, 2008

    Once again, Woolly Mammoth courageously enters the realm of black-white relations, this time via up-and-coming playwright David Adjmi's new play Stunning. Much like The Unmentionables,...

  • The Damned

    By on March 19, 2008

    In a recent metro-area school production of Don Quixote, parents were shocked and dismayed when teenage members of the audience greeted a fellow classmate's performance...

  • Good Stuff

    By on March 19, 2008

    Can an aging band find new relevance -- or at least renewed appeal -- after a 16-year absence from the recording studio? Unlikely, no matter...