Spotlight
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Now Playing: Bad Teacher
Bad Teacher scares us. First, for the students who go to this school. Second, that we might die laughing. Cameron Diaz stars as a teacher...
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Editor’s Pick: David Cale at The Studio Theatre
David Cale’s one-man show The History of Kisses focuses on seaside shanties, or work songs that sailors sing to help distract them from their arduous...
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Night and Day
Tom Stoppard’s Night and Day, set in a fictional African nation on the cusp of internal rebellion, reveals, as one would expect with Stoppard, far...
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The Silver Docs Film Festival
The American Film Institute/Discovery Channel presents the Silver Docs Film Festival, now in its ninth year. The event closes this Sunday, June 26, but not...
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A new documentary examines To Kill A Mockingbird
Mary McDonagh Murphy’s documentary Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird explores the history, context and impact of the Deep South-centered novel To...
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Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
Rodman Flender’s documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop offers an intimate portrait of an improvisational artist at the most improvisational time of his career. Of course...
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Einstein’s Dreams at Spooky Action
Rebecca Holderness directs an adaptation of the international bestselling book about how Einstein came to be Einstein. Einstein’s Dreams stars Elver Ariza-Silva, Frank Britton, Jonathan...
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Editor’s Pick: Dan Fishback performs tonight at the DCJCC
The New York-based musician Dan Fishback, a native of Olney, Md., returns to D.C. tonight, Wednesday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m. to perform as part...
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Editor’s Pick: Take us OUT to the ball game!
Team DC’s Night Out at the Nationals — of which Metro Weekly is a major sponsor — is tonight, Tuesday, June 21. The Nats play...
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A Taste of Dupont
Dupont Circle Main Streets presents the annual Taste of Dupont 2011 tonight, Tuesday, June 21, from 6 to 10 p.m. Create your own progressive dinner...
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Editor’s Pick: Neil Finn and Sharon Finn at The Birchmere
The indelible pop singer-songwriter Neil Finn, best known for fronting hitmakers Crowded House (“Don’t Dream It’s Over,” “Distant Sun”), has formed Pajama Club — a...
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Gay Film Series at Atlas: Victor/Victoria
The Atlas Performing Arts Center and Metro Weekly join forces to present a gay, summer-long film series based on this magazine’s annual list of “Gay...
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Aretha Franklin at Wolf Trap
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin returns to Wolf Trap for what’s become an annual performance, drawing from her rich repertoire — and maybe, just...
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The Next Reflex Dance Collective
“Places in Space” is a collaborative performance presenting work from The Next Reflex Dance Collective, comprised of seven local D.C.-based choreographers, each exploring an outdoor...
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Rascal Flatts at Jiffy Lube Live
Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney make up Rascal Flatts, a popular country-rock band from Columbus, Ohio, best known for 2005’s hit “What...
