Spotlight
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Post-Halloween Gory Theater at Round House
Halloween and the Day of the Dead may be over for another year, but gory tales never really go out of fashion in a season when...
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The Atlas Presents Gay Camber-Pop Group Tonight
The Atlas presents a multimedia concert by The Irrepressibles, an intriguing 10-piece chamber-pop band from London led by gay singer-composer Jamie McDermott. The strings-oriented group...
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Solange Brings Her Quirks to Lisner Tonight
Though late last year’s True wasn’t as stirring as the 2009 set Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, the EP did prove that Beyoncé’s little...
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Jessie Ware is Tonight’s Treat at the Fillmore
It’s Halloween, but if you feel like keeping it classy tonight, instead of a trick head to the Fillmore Silver Spring for a real treat,...
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Michael Cavanaugh Channels Elton John with NSO Pops
A few years ago Michael Cavanaugh, star of the Billy Joel-focused Broadway musical Movin’ Out, performed a Joel-inspired concert with his rock band and the...
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‘God Loves Uganda’ Opens Today
First screened locally earlier this year during the DC Black Pride Film Festival, the documentary God Loves Uganda from Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams (pictured, right) opens...
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3 Gay-Related Plays to See This Weekend
This weekend is your last chance to see two of the biggest — and best — gay-themed plays staged in D.C. in a long time....
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John Legend Brings His ‘Love’ to D.C. Tonight
One of the best among today’s bright class of R&B crooners, and one who also isn’t afraid to sound old-fashioned, the 34-year-old man born John...
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It’s a Mid City Artists Weekend
Twice a year, a diverse group of professional visual artists working in mid-city neighborhoods, centered on 14th Street NW and including Dupont and Logan Circles...
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Emeli Sande at Baltimore’s Meyerhoff Hall Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 19, I.M.P. Productions presents another area show for Emeli Sandé, the incredible Scottish soul singer/songwriter who dazzled as one of this year’s...
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Getting to the Bottom of ‘Gay Art’
Tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 19, the director of New York’s Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art comes to town to answer the question that most...
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Patty Boom Boom Throws Support to ‘Battis’ Tonight
Tonight ushers in the third edition of a party at U Street nightclub Patty Boom Boom meant to celebrate tropical music genres while also advocating...
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Artisphere Turns 3 with 1,000 Andy Warhols
Tonight is the night to don a black turtleneck and silver wig and head over to Arlington’s Artisphere for its “Night of 1,000 Andys Dance...
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Nothing Passé about National Coming Out Day
In last week’s Metro Weekly cover story, Dan Savage, the Savage Love sex columnist and It Gets Better Project co-founder, discussed coming out. This founding...
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VelocityDC Shines Light on Local Dance Scene
No one refers to Washington as a capital, or even a hotbed, of dance. But a growing number of nationally known dance companies do call...
