Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Political Pop

    By on November 19, 2003

    ''Dance-y, garage-y electronic feminist pop. '' That's how Johanna Fateman describes Le Tigre, a lesbian band bent on creating happy electronica for a politically progressive...

  • Soundwaves

    By on November 19, 2003

    BEMOANING MTV… This week we thought we had good news to share with those who've ever bemoaned the lack of outlets to see dance music...

  • Laugh-A-Minute

    By on November 12, 2003

    ''I do a lot of stuff about being a gay mom and my relationship and my kids, '' says comedian Judy Gold. ''But, of course,...

  • Whole Hearted

    By on November 12, 2003

    On the cover of A Hole in the Heart, a woman stares at a snowy mountain ahead, her facing looking simple and dumbstruck by the...

  • Sweet Dream

    By on November 12, 2003

    If you've silently longed for an ideal production of Shakespeare's classic A Midsummer Night's Dream, wait no more. The Shakespeare Theatre and director Mark Lamos...

  • Roman Holiday

    By on November 12, 2003

    It is the best of Sondheim, it is the worst of Sondheim. It is the first Sondheim, it is the quite possibly the last Sondheim....

  • To Die For

    By on November 12, 2003

    If you see one opera this season, make it the Washington Opera's production of Richard Wagner's Die Walkure. There are very few occasions when you...

  • Skinned Alive

    By on November 12, 2003

    After just three episodes, Fox cancelled its most promising new show of the fall season. Skin, which made its debut during a very popular World...

  • Soundwaves

    By on November 12, 2003

    DJ VANS WITH FANS... D.C.'s own Deep Dish is the 10th best DJ act in a new poll of the world's best DJs. The duo...

  • Revolutionary

    By on November 5, 2003

    Matrix fans, you can exhale now. And rejoice. The Wachowski Brothers have done their trilogy proud, bringing it to a satisfying action-crammed, effects-laden conclusion that...

  • Star Power

    By on November 5, 2003

    Anyone who is readily familiar with the controversial astronomer Galileo Galilei and his denounced teachings will no doubt find interest in David Hare's compelling translation...

  • Rent Controlled

    By on November 5, 2003

    Dido ended her entrancing debut album No Angel with the slow-burning, sensory-loaded trance closer ''Take My Hand. '' ''Lie down next to me, look into...

  • The Devil in Ms. Jones

    By on November 5, 2003

    Leave it up to some good old-fashioned political strife or dissension to awaken the creative senses. As for Rickie Lee Jones, her songwriting gift was...

  • Bear Necessity

    By on November 5, 2003

    I'll admit, with the recent triumphant rise of such CGI animated wonders as Finding Nemo, and the recent hard tumbles of more traditional animated fare...

  • Classic Cut Ups

    By on October 29, 2003

    David Zucker's involvement in Scary Movie 3 should be seen as a blessing and a curse. The man who, along with brothers Jerry and Jim...