Spotlight
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Countdown to Yuri’s Night
Intended as a “holiday for space,” the annual event Countdown to Yuri’s Night celebrates the world’s first manned space flight by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin...
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Amy Ray at Iota Cafe
In the past dozen years, Amy Ray has released several solo albums in between Indigo Girls records and tours, all informed more by her punk...
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The Howard Theatre re-opens
After decades of abandoned decay, the Howard Theatre, the former “Black Broadway” venue, now 102 years old, will finally re-open on Monday, April 9, with...
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Tiffany comes to Cobalt
Last we heard from Tiffany, the ’80s four-hit-teen sensation was caught essentially outing her one-time boyfriend Jonathan Knight, the sensitive New Kid On The Block....
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Swimming from the sharks
In the one man show, Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!, Jorge “Jay” Alvarez recounts his family’s escape from Fidel Castro’s Cuba in 1964....
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Adventure Theatre’s 60th Anniversary Gala and Auction
Film and television actor (and Bethesda native!) John Michael Higgins (Happily Divorced, Best in Show), serves as emcee and Law & Order‘s Jesse L. Martin...
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The Moody Blues must be on their seventeenth sojourn by now
The Moody Blues, the English prog-rock band, is still around — featuring one member from the original 1964 band and two from the 1967 lineup....
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Joan Osborne “brings it on home” to The Birchmere
“What if God was one of us?” Joan Osborne asked in her 1995 hit. Since then, she’s gone on to tour with the Motown band...
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Dance Place presents the return of Dance Box Theatre
Recipients of the 2010 Metro DC Dance Founder’s Award for Innovation, Dance Box Theatre return to Dance Place with We Are Here, a collaboration between...
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The Black Cat’s Depeche Mode Dance Party
Elector-pop songs of faith and devotion, for the faithful and devoted fans of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher, as spun by local DJs...
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Five Hours with Mario at Gala Hispanic
Spanish actress Maria Victoria Pena gives a solo performance paying homage to Miguel Delibes, one of her country’s leading modern writers, who died in 2010....
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Patti LaBelle at Strathmore
The R&B/pop superstar â€" the original Lady Marmalade â€" returns for two shows after last year’s sold-out engagement. She’ll offer pop tunes, jazz standards, blues...
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Rahsaan Patterson is at The Birchmere on Thursday
Named after ’60s jazz saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the openly gay Rahsaan Patterson is probably best known for portraying The Kid on the popular ’80s...
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Lynda Carter returns to the Kennedy Center this Friday
Virginia-based Wonder Woman and staunch supporter of the LGBT community Lynda Carter returns to the Kennedy Center this Friday to offer a new concert, “Body...
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Nejla Y. Yatkin/NY2Dance at Dance Place
Oasis: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Middle East But Were Afraid to Dance is a world premiere production by Nejla Y. Yatkin,...
