Spotlight
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Buy a Food & Friends pie, sustain a life.
Thanksgiving is drawing near and that means it’s pie time! Food & Friends is offering four pie flavors as part of its Slice of Life...
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Round House grows a beard — James Beard, that is.
Nick Olcott portrays James Beard, who brought fine cooking and a jolly personality to the small screen in 1946 — long before Julia Child, Emeril...
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Testosterone and Other Toppings at Vitruvian Gallery
”Testosterone and Other Toppings” is the latest exhibit of male figurative art at the gay-owned Vitruvian Gallery, but this time the art comes from a...
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Mavis Staples is coming to The Hamilton
Chicago-born gospel great Mavis Staples got her start in her family band the Staple Singers and has gone on to sing with everyone from Ry...
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Mock the Vote’s Pre-election Comedy Showcase
Brian Parise, winner of the 2011 Pardon the Pundit Political Comedy Competition, hosts this showcase featuring three politically minded comedians: Jordan Carlos, Stephen Colbert’s black...
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Spring Awakening at Dominion Stage
Arlington’s LGBT-minded Dominion Stage offers a production of Spring Awakening, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s exhilarating, sexually and angst-driven musical about coming of age in...
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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well at MetroStage
Natascia Diaz, one of D.C. theater’s greatest performers, is currently polishing Jacques Brel’s standard “Ne Me Quitte Pas (“If You Go Away”) at MetroStage in...
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Spooky movies at the AFI Silver
Now in its seventh year, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival nearly doubles to nine days of horror screenings, and also includes the first-ever...
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Animal Collective at Merriweather
The little ensemble Animal Collective, originally from Baltimore but now spread out around the world, years ago became the big kahuna in the indie-rock universe,...
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In Spite of Love at GALA
GALA opens its 37th season with the delightful comedy from Agustin Moreto, a contemporary of Lope de Vega, or the master of Spain’s Golden Age...
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David Byrne and St. Vincent live at Strathmore
Quirky pop mastermind and Talking Heads founder David Byrne teamed up with introspective, indie darling St. Vincent to create the idiosyncratic album Love This Giant,...
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Cirque du Soleil’s Totem
Totem, Cirque du Soleil’s latest traveling show, dazzles in the typical way, mostly language-free and multicultural, down to its musical roots. Totem loosely interprets various...
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Tickets are still available for Madonna’s Monday night show at the Verizon Center.
In his review of the North American debut of Madonna’s MDNA Tour in Philadelphia, Metro Weekly’s Yusef Najafi noted that the visuals were stunning, but...
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Adam Lambert comes to the 9:30 Club for Maryland Marriage Equality
The openly gay pop star and former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert has announced a surprise concert next Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the 9:30 Club...
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The Bar d’O reunion at L’Enfant Cafe’s Speak Easy
Joey Arias is kicking off a new season of his popular, select Sundays social dining and cabaret shows at L’Enfant Cafe with as big of...
