Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Summer Froth

    By on July 9, 2003

    In the soupy heat that defines Washington summer, one can cool off to the vanilla music of David Shire and chocolate lyrics of Richard Maltby,...

  • Eye Opener

    By on July 9, 2003

    In television, summer is the season for cable to shine. Because the broadcast networks usually load their schedules with reruns, viewers in search of something...

  • Soundwaves

    By on July 9, 2003

    POP LADY COMEBACKS… We're still waiting to hear of an American record label picking up Sonique's sophomore album, released last month in Europe. In the...

  • Triple Bard

    By on July 2, 2003

    Shenandoah Shakespeare puts the art back in theatre with a rep of three equally-mesmerizing productions      Nestled in the heart of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley lies...

  • Missing Persons

    By on July 2, 2003

    If Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later has a point beyond paying homage to the films of George Romero, I'm at a loss as to what...

  • Ways with Words

    By on July 2, 2003

    A softly lit Carnival mask, dappled in blue-green garden light, adorns the cover of Carolyn Parkhurst's debut novel The Dogs of Babel. Masks -- the...

  • Diamond Life

    By on July 2, 2003

    Call it a rainbow flag connection, but feast your eyes on these earthly wonders. The Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History's Splendor of Diamonds brings together...

  • Circuitry

    By on June 25, 2003

    On the gay film festival circuit, Circuit continually packs theaters with eager audiences wanting a scintillating and incisive look at the party-based, sociological phenomenon of...

  • Caught on Tape

    By on June 25, 2003

    It is a normal human tendency to rewrite our own personal histories as we would like to remember them. Moreover, it is not unusual for...

  • Soundwaves

    By on June 25, 2003

    UPCOMING CDS TO BENEFIT GAY, AIDS CAUSES… Two pop music compilations are set for release to benefit AIDS and gay causes. Capitol Records is unveiling...

  • Annie's Songs

    By on June 25, 2003

    The arrival of a new Annie Lennox album is a joyous occasion, though joyous is not a word that rolls off the tongue when speaking...

  • Endurance Test

    By on June 25, 2003

    We call them ''suits. '' You know, the businessmen with the cellular telephones attached permanently to their inner ear, briefcase in hand, rattling off policy...

  • Big Green Machine

    By on June 18, 2003

    The comic book is officially called The Incredible Hulk. The movie is called, simply, Hulk. A wise decision. Because to include the word incredible in...

  • Ebb's Tide

    By on June 18, 2003

    ''I thought they made spectacle of themselves, frankly. I thought it was dumb. '' Fred Ebb -- one half of the famed Broadway musical team...

  • Sex Hits Six

    By on June 18, 2003

    Much is made of the explosion of gay and lesbian characters on TV these days: the semi-charming Will & Grace, the potent Six Feet Under,...