Spotlight
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Kronos Quartet coming to the Smith Center
Former artists-in-residence at the University of Maryland, the eclectic classical contemporary group the Kronos Quartet join in concert the famed Malian vocalist Hawa Kasse Mady...
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Cryfest: The Cure vs. The Smiths Dance Party at the Black Cat
The Black Cat hosts Cryfest: The Cure vs. The Smiths, one of its popular DJ-driven battle-of-the-bands dance parties, and this one may actually be a...
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Beaches — from book to movie to musical at Signature
Yes, it’s true: Signature Theatre presents a world premiere musical adapted from the 1985 novel Beaches, best remembered as the 1988 weepy film starring Bette...
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Film notes; Tim’s Vermeer, Amelie and Oscar-nominated shorts
Teller, of the comedy duo Penn & Teller, directs the documentary Tim’s Vermeer, co-produced by the duo’s Penn Jillette, which follows a Texas-based inventor who...
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Get your “Thriller” on with Who’s Bad, a Michael Jackson tribute band
Founded in North Carolina exactly a decade ago, Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band didn’t explode in popularity until after the King of...
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Patti LuPone is coming to talk and sing!
Next week, the gay-popular Broadway veteran Patti LuPone appears onstage at two of D.C.’s best venues. First, Monday, Feb. 17, she’ll be at Sidney Harman...
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Chaise Lounge settles in comfortably at Wolf Trap
The D.C.-based jazz and swing band Chaise Lounge has been a staple at hip martini bars around the area, along with more storied venues such...
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Ann Hampton Callaway’s Valentine to the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center's main Valentine's Day treat is a romp through love songs from the Great American Songbook and other clever, contemporary originals by lesbian...
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Movie Review – August: Osage County
I didn’t have an opportunity to see Tracy Letts’ three-hour epic August: Osage County on the stage, but from everything I’ve heard, I’ve little doubt...
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Movie Review: Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks is the tale of how the legendary Walt Disney, after an arduous 20-year ”wooing” process, finally wrested the rights to Mary Poppins...
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Need a few last-minute gifts? Goldstar has just the stocking stuffer solution!
There’s still time to get that last minute gift or stocking stuffer. Goldstar, “the world’s biggest ticket booth,” recently introduced a gifting feature that makes...
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There’s No Christmas Like ‘A John Waters Christmas’
Legendary Baltimore filmmaker John Waters, who most recently stirred up news for criticizing Internet porn as “obscene,” returns to the Birchmere tonight, Dec. 18, for his annual...
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Betty Who and Bears at Rock and Roll Hotel Tonight
“I grew up in Sydney, and my mom’s best friends were all gay men,” Betty Who said in a Metro Weekly profile from a couple...
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3 Area Movie Theaters Screening Holiday Classics
Tonight, the Angelika Film Center plays host to “Christmas in Black and White,” a presentation of short, silent holiday films accompanied by the Fairfax Symphony...
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Del Ray Artisans’ 18th Annual Holiday Market
Derek Hall, Betsy Mead, Howard Stelzer, Joyce Wagner, Tessa Barsic, Kimberley Bush, Marcel Deolazo, Linda Goetz Mierke are just a handful of the Alexandria artists...
