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  • The Book Club Play at Arena

    A new work by Arena Stage’s resident playwright Karen Zacarias, the comedy The Book Club Play focuses on a woman who seems to have it...

  • Habit of Art: Final Performances!

    This is your last weekend to see Alan Bennett’s play-within-a-play, which follows an imagined meeting between openly gay poet W. H. Auden and closeted composer...

  • Celebrating the best in Jewish writing

    The Hyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival celebrates the year’s best in Jewish writing, from emerging and established authors the world over, and...

  • SpeakeasyDC’s Boo: True Scary Stories

    “Boo: A Night of True Stories about Things That Are Scary” features writers recounting true stories about frightful encounters, terrifying moments and spooky predicaments. Stephanie...

  • Reentry: Final performances!

    In Reentry, Emily Ackerman and KJ Sanchez offer an unflinching look at the lives of Marines returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Based on interviews with...

  • Little Dragon at the 9:30 Club

    Yet another noteworthy Swedish electronic-pop band, Little Dragon offers dreamy downtempo music, merging R&B, new wave and experimental pop. The Japanese-born Yukimi Nagano is the...

  • Chromeo at the Fillmore

    Chromeo is loftily touted as “the only successful Arab/Jew partnership since the dawn of human culture.” The Montreal-based duo of P-Thugg and Dave 1 performed...

  • Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

    Even Lilly has some bad days, but when you have movie-star sunglasses and a purple plastic purse, how bad can it be? From the book...

  • Win tickets to Girlyman!

    Hurry, the contest ends on Monday, Oct. 31 at noon. Follow @mwcontests

  • Girlyman at the Barns of Wolf Trap

    The long-established queer acoustic-leaning folk-pop trio of Nate Borofsky, Doris Muramatsu and Ty Greenstein has become a quartet with the addition of JJ Jones. They’ve...

  • Cabaret Macabre

    Happenstance Theater’s Halloween inspired Cabaret Macabre features melodramatic music played live and performances by local actors including Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, Esther Williamson and Gwen...

  • Classics Galore at Landmark’s E Street

    The E Street Cinema launches its first-ever “Capital Classics” series this Halloween weekend with the 1958 original The Fly, the horror flick about a scientist...

  • Review: Moby at the Fillmore

    Moby admitted to being a former raver at his concert at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday, Oct. 26. He said he was even one...

  • WIT’s Scary Funny Halloween Weekend

    The Washington Improv Theater presents a rotating lineup of “frightfully funny” skits for its “Scary Funny” Halloween weekend, all concluding with “Die! Die! Die!,” a...

  • Halloween on Screen at AFI

    This year’s annual scary cinema series at the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre focuses on the centennial of horror icon Vincent Price with screenings of...