Arts + Entertainment
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Teen Tales
Alex Sanchez, the former metro Washingtonian who has made a name for himself writing a number of novels dealing with gay teens coming of age,...
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Soundwaves
Gifts to dance by... Looking for the perfect gift for your dance-music lover -- or even just yourself? Happy Holidays are here. Joe Bermudez Mainstream...
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Drag Queen Instincts
Never mind her new album's title. Celine Dion doesn't know from chances. Oh sure, she strays a little from her Titanic-sized sentimental journeys. She rocks...
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Scrooging Around
If you are searching for the essential holiday theater ticket for the Aunt Bee in your life, look no further than Arena's premiere of Christmas...
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Courtside Drama
For some, the sexier elements of the work of William Shakespeare were not fully evident until film director Baz Luhrman set his attention to the...
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Red Carpet Reflex
It's not clear how much of Madonna's next album will feature work from Tim ''Timbaland'' Mosley and Justin Timberlake, or whether Timbaland's protégé Nate ''Danja''...
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Songs of Hope
They haven't forgotten Jesus. But don't expect Jason & deMarco to sing songs about praising the lord, either. At least not on Friday, Nov. 30,...
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Ghosts and Generals
The language of Conor McPherson's Shining City is a rapid fire staccato. His characters struggle to finish sentences they do not wish to speak and...
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Musical Goldmine
The wonder of this musical theater version of Gloria Naylor's novel, The Women of Brewster Place, is all the honey where you would expect vinegar....
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Soundwaves
GOLDFRAPP'S' NEW OH LA LA'S... Goldfrapp is one of those slow-boil, boiling-under bands: gaining new admirers all the time, not all at once, still below...
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Lion's Club
The other day I noticed a bumper sticker that read, ''If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.'' Robert Redford might have slapped the same...
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Men Behaving Badly
In its final two productions before the winter break, the Washington National Opera gives us a fascinating compare and contrast in its scheduling of Mozart's...
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Plot Tease
There are certain books I only buy when rushing to catch a plane. They're usually mystery/suspense thrillers featuring a persecuted main character, a sympathetic authority...
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Soundwaves
TIN ROOF RUSTED -- AND READY... In 2004, Kate Pierson told Metro Weekly that ''now the stars have aligned'' for her band, The B-52's. The...
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Art with Heart
More than 70 artists are featured in the Whitman-Walker Clinic's 14th Annual Art for Life auction, which benefits the clinic's Latino services. ''It's an eclectic...
