Metro Weekly

Spotlight

  • Kathy Griffin at the Kennedy Center

    Kathy Griffin‘s hit a rough patch of late. She recently lost in her third bid for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album, this time to...

  • Bill T. Jones pays tribute to Lincoln at the KenCen

    The ever-provocative Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, led by the great Tony Award-winning choreographer Jones, offers a performance of “Fondly Do We Hope"¦Fervently Do...

  • Crystal City’s 1K Wine Walk

    In partnership with the Crystal City Business Improvement District, the Washington Wine Academy offers a “wine walk” through the interior walkways of Crystal City, with...

  • Glee Live is coming to the Verizon Center

    The cast of Glee will perform at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 9. Tickets for Glee: Live on Stage go on...

  • Tony Kushner at the Smith Center

    The University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and its School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies presents a conversation with gay Pulitzer/Emmy/Obie/Tony-winning playwright...

  • Second Lives at the Textile Museum

    “Second Lives: The Age-Old Art of Recycling Textiles” highlights the ways people in various cultures ingeniously have repurposed worn but precious fabrics to create beautiful...

  • Richard Whitmore at Politics and Prose

    Richard Whitmore‘s The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation’s Worst School District offers a profile of the rabble-rouser Rhee, fleshing out the public...

  • Edgeworks Dance Theater

    The all-male company celebrates its 10th anniversary season with a special program featuring signature works performed by former and current members, plus the D.C. premiere...

  • Rock & Roll at the Washington Ballet

    The Washington Ballet touts Rock & Roll as an edgy program featuring Christopher Bruce’s “Rooster,” set to the music of the Rolling Stones, Trey McIntyre’s...

  • Drumline Live

    More than 40 musicians and performers from Historically Black Colleges and Universities are showcased in Drumline Live, honoring the black marching band tradition, with explosive...

  • Keegan presents The Weir

    Set in a pub in rural Ireland, Conor McPherson’s celebrated drama The Weirf ocuses on the bar’s regulars and a young Dublin woman newly moved...

  • AMC’s Best Picture Showcase

    Feel like going on an Oscar Bender? With 10 nominated films at the 2011 Academy Awards, seeing all of them in one day is nigh...

  • Correction – Jonathan Edwards is at the Barns at Wolf Trap

    CORRECTED VENUE: We made an error in an earlier post reporting this event. Here is the correct info: Veteran folk singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards was raised...

  • Amy Schumer at Arlington Draft House

    With praise from Ellen DeGeneres — “Amy is one of my favorites, I expect to see big things from this girl” — Amy Schumer has...

  • Grease Sing-A-Long at the AFI Silver

    The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre presents a new “Sing-A-Long” 35mm print of the popular 1978 musical Grease, with animated subtitles. We’re hopelessly devoted to...