Spotlight
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Tom Morello’s softer side
The guitarist for hardcore rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Tom Morello has toned things down considerably with his new acoustic solo act...
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The Black Cat turns 18 with a rock bash
The Black Cat celebrates 18 years of business with performances by a slew of local bands, including the Max Levine Ensemble, Garland of Hours, Booze...
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Thomas Burkett at Long View Gallery
Thomas Burkett: Containment and Diversion offers paintings examining the control of water, portraying the damming, diverting and polluting of water — life’s most vital substance....
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The Script at DAR
After success in their native Ireland with the boy band Mytown, guitarist Marc Sheehan and vocalist Danny O’Donoghue started The Script, a “Celtic soul” trio,...
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Stevie Nicks in concert — win second row seats!
Stevie Nicks tours in support of her first album in 10 years, 30 years after the former Fleetwood Mac member’s solo debut. Even if it’s...
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An abundance of Grease
Your chills will be multiplyin’ this weekend — if you’re a fan of Grease, that is, the movie and the musical. You can see two...
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Julius Caesar — Free for All!
The Shakespeare Theatre Company presents this year’s 21th annual “Free for All” production, Julius Caesar. David Paul directs. Now to Sept. 4. Sidney Harman Hall,...
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Outrage and Brokeback Mountain at the Atlas
The Atlas Performing Arts Center and Metro Weekly team up to present a gay, summer-long film series based on the magazine’s list of “Gay Films...
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Mary Chapin Carpenter and Loudon Wainwright at Wolf Trap
Last year saw “Hometown Girl” Mary Chapin Carpenter return to Wolf Trap for the first time in five years, and for the first time since...
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The Muppets + OK Go = Video Genius
If you haven’t seen the new video in which OK Go performs the theme from The Muppets Show, take a few well-deserved moments out of...
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Wolf Trap Opera Company’s 40th Anniversary Concert
Denyce Graves, Stephanie Blythe, Robert Orth, Carl Tanner and Matt Boehler are just some of the Wolf Trap Opera Company alumni who will return for...
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Maroon 5 at Merriweather
Started among friends from high school, Maroon 5 has spent 11 years in the spotlight, but 2011 will go down as the year its pinup...
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Conscious’s Getting Unstuck: Homeless to Hollywood
An HIV/AIDS activist and public speaker, Conscious offers a one-woman show Getting Unstuck: Homeless to Hollywood (H2H), An American Dream based on her novel. The...
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Richard Lewis stands up in Arlington
The New York Post says “Richard Lewis built the strongest standup comedy career on a blazing trail of neuroses since Woody Allen,” and that pretty...
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Adrian Bolton Dance Academy at Dance Place
“The Gospel Tambourine” is a spirit-filled, hand-clapping, foot-tapping journey, a Dance Ministry Production written, directed and choreographed by Adrian Bolton. Saturday, Aug. 20, at 8...
