Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Secret Stories

    By on March 21, 2007

    ''Life should be sweet.'' So says Rose, mother of Mort, mother-in-law to Bev, grandmother of Fern and Sandra. It's that simple. As elderly Rose slowly...

  • Erley Light

    By on March 21, 2007

    Since March 10, the tone at Long View Gallery (1302 Ninth St. NW; 202-232-4788) has been set by painter Gerard Erley, whose show Poetic Landscape...

  • Cherry Smash

    By on March 21, 2007

    ''Ten minutes into the play, the audience leans forward and they never lean back. In 30 years of doing theater, I've never seen a play...

  • Return to Oz

    By on March 21, 2007

    For the past dozen or so Sundays, Steven Scott Mazzola has journeyed into the Land of Oz. It's a trip that has evolved, deepened and...

  • Night in the City

    By on March 14, 2007

    When Diana Ross crooned her immortal ''Love Hangover,'' she probably didn't have a waitress and short-order cook in mind. But who hasn't felt that dreamy...

  • Harmonic Convergence

    By on March 14, 2007

    You might be a girly man if... you spent a recent morning at work listening to the Dixie Chicks. ''We were just listening to them...

  • Femme Virtuosos

    By on March 14, 2007

    Lucinda Williams put her faith in a lover who ''looked right into my eyes, said I'm not like the other guys.'' But her lover lied...

  • The Buff Stuff

    By on March 14, 2007

    Lots of hot, sweaty, buff, nearly-naked men. Do you need more convincing to run out and see 300? If so, consider this: It's a visually...

  • Soundwaves

    By on March 7, 2007

    EVOLVE-ING INTO IRRELEVANCE... Victor Calderone waxes nostalgic about clubbing days past on his just-released compilation, Evolve. ''When I look back into the days, the better...

  • Pussycat Doll

    By on March 7, 2007

    It's hard to be the pussycat -- especially when you know that your gay audience is going to be comparing you to Babs. So if...

  • Mister Sister

    By on February 28, 2007

    You may have heard that a Scissor Sisters show is exercise in energy -- if you're not ready to dance in the aisles, why bother?...

  • Snake on a Chain

    By on February 28, 2007

    First off, an important disclaimer about Black Snake Moan. The snakes are metaphorical -- they did not follow Samuel L. Jackson off the plane. In...

  • Step Right Up!

    By on February 28, 2007

    Like a colorful circus poster come to life, the Kennedy Center's production of Bob Merrill's Carnival! leaps with song, dance, magic and an abundance of...

  • Modern Makeovers

    By on February 21, 2007

    Erin McKeown's latest album launches a bit ominously, with her shouting, ''Hallelujah, all you sinners gather round...just follow me.'' It becomes easy enough to do,...

  • Nonstop Assault

    By on February 21, 2007

    The short life of Sarah Kane is one of those stories that are equal parts artistic legend and unredeemable tragedy. An aspiring actress, Kane gradually...