Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Falsettoland

    By on June 18, 2008

    ''I tried to sing, but I couldn't think of anything. That was the hardest part,'' Chris Martin sang on his band Coldplay's last album, 2005's...

  • Dead Zone

    By on June 18, 2008

    M. Night Shyamalan achieves something amazing in his latest film, The Happening. Not only has he made a film about people killing themselves, his film...

  • Paper Cuts

    By on June 18, 2008

    As technological advances go, the basic book has had a long and distinguished run. It spurred the exchange and preservation of knowledge among individuals and...

  • Perfectly Clear

    By on June 11, 2008

    If you have ever glanced in the window of one of those stately old D.C. pastry shops, the kind where the display of multi-tier cakes...

  • Rib Tickler

    By on June 11, 2008

    Sir Peter Lustforth. Dame Stickle. Molly Tawdry. Lady Vanity Lustforth. And, of course, Dick Dashwood. If you're looking for a clue as to what kind...

  • Night Light

    By on June 11, 2008

    ''Got this endless itch to ride into the night.'' It might as well be Cyndi Lauper's unofficial motto. Lauper sings the line on her new...

  • Latin Infused

    By on June 11, 2008

    Before Dan Guerrero even wrote a one-man show detailing his experiences as a gay Latino in show business, he promptly trademarked the show's title. ''My...

  • Marvelous

    By on June 11, 2008

    Wait a minute. Didn't they just make The Incredible Hulk into a movie? Why yes, yes they did. The difference with the new version, however,...

  • International Flair

    By on June 4, 2008

    If you are in the mood for a cozy evening of subtle, intelligent, and thoroughly amusing theater, then Anne Washburn's The Internationalist is just the...

  • Legendary Visitors

    By on June 4, 2008

    There are some who will lay everything about the final production in Signature Theatre's Kander and Ebb Celebration -- good or bad -- at the...

  • M Shutterfly

    By on June 4, 2008

    Before meeting Tiona M., you might assume she's a little pretentious. No last name? Is this some sort of ''k d lang no capitals please,...

  • Pretty In Punk

    By on May 28, 2008

    The Dresden Dolls emerged like a lightning bolt in 2003, fulfilling demand for a rock band merging the gay-popular counter-culture musical genres of cabaret and...

  • Piano Gal

    By on May 28, 2008

    By the time she was only 11, Rachael Sage decided she wanted to be a singer-songwriter. Namely, a female Billy Joel. ''Why not? He was...

  • Whiplash

    By on May 28, 2008

    Recently, I happened to catch Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Sci Fi channel, which, in the weeks leading up to the highly anticipated...

  • Summer's Day

    By on May 21, 2008

    No matter that it's been 20 years since her last major pop hit, 17 years since her last album, and she's only had a few...