Spotlight
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Zookeeper: When animals give dating advice.
Sadly, Zookeeper is not the screen adaptation of D.C. author Alex MacLennan’s book of the same name. Instead it’s about talking animals and their zookeeper,...
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Animal Collective at Merriweather Post Pavilion
Four best friends from Baltimore County teamed up to make wild, eccentric, challenging rock music — or as they call it “sonic free form electronic...
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Editor’s Pick! Divas at Wolf Trap
Emil de Cou conducts Debbie Gravitte (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway), Christiane Noll (Jekyll & Hyde) and Jan Horvath (Phantom of the Opera) along with the National...
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Editor’s Pick: The Match Game (sans Gene Rayburn)
As part of the Capital Fringe Festival, the Studio Theatre plays host to a live stage version of the classic TV game show Match Game,...
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The Capital Fringe Festival is Underway!
Not to be confused with the amazing Fox TV show, the Capital Fringe Festival — an assortment of offbeat theater, music and art — is...
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Editor’s Pick: Gun Hill Road plays tonight as part of Reel Affirmations Xtra
For its monthly film series, Reel Affirmations presents Gun Hill Road, starring Esai Morales (NYPD Blues) and Judy Reyes (Scrubs) as parents whose already troubled...
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Dave Foley comes to Arlington
Best known for his work in the sketch comedy group Kids In The Hall and for his turn on the NBC series NewsRadio, the irreverent...
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Dakshina Dance Company – Win Tickets!
Daniel Patrick Singh’s company presents the U.S. premiere of Anna Sokolow’s Homenaje a David Alfaro Siquieros, an interdisciplinary piece incorporating slides from Siqueiros’ paintings, poems...
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Bela Fleck and the Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Grammy-winning, genre-busting bluegrass/folk ensemble Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is the headline act here, but we’re even more excited by one of two opening...
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The Merchant of Venice at The Shakespeare
Ethan McSweeney directs The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s compelling look at human nature and the insidious nature of power, justice and revenge. The Shakespeare Theatre...
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Editor’s Pick: Next to Normal
The 2009 Tony-winning musical and winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Next to Normal is a tour de force examination of contemporary life....
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Source of the arts
Source Theatre’s annual theater festival presents both theater and dance as well as music, visual art, film and spoken word. The 2011 festival includes 18...
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Getting personal at the Smithsonian
Close to Home: Photographers and Their Families presents photographs made during the past three decades by both established and emerging artists turning the lenses on...
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Passione: A Musical Adventure
In addition to his role in the latest Transformers blockbuster opening this week, actor-director John Turturro offers Passione: A Musical Adventure, a documentary celebrating the...
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Scena theatre presents Purge
Scena Theatre presents the regional premiere of Finnish rising star Sofi Oksanen’s latest play, Purge, an emotionally powerful fable of war, passion and a woman’s...
