All posts by Doug Rule
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August Sizzler
It's probably impossible to leave a production of August: Osage County without feeling a pang or two of familial guilt. But whatever you do, don't...
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Uking it Up
''Did you know we had 964 ukulele players last year?'' Marcy Marxer is reminiscing about the success of last year's UkeFest at Strathmore, which attracted...
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Building Home
The dog days of summer just may be the best time to check out the many museums Washington has to offer. By this time of...
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Now On Display
AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM 800 Key Highway Baltimore 410-244-1900 avam.org All Things Round: Galaxies, Eyeballs & Karma – This 17th annual, thematic mega-exhibition features over...
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Pop-Up Books
Next weekend, D.C. gets its own pop-up gay bookstore. ''We are temporarily taking over the empty storefront right next to the center,'' explains The DC...
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Hometown Girl
''When I've been lucky enough for people to tell me that they've experienced many of the same things,'' says Mary Chapin Carpenter, ''you just invariably...
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Pet Shops Boys debut Winner video, featuring transgender roller derby player
The Pet Shop Boys have released the video for “Winner,” the first single from their new album, Elysium, slated for relase September 18. The video...
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Musical Wanderer
Hear the one about Frank Ocean? No, it's not a joke – though at first blush it seems like one. Or at least a publicity...
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Music Over Matter
''I think if you're English, and especially if you're from London, and you're an electronic musician, then definitely going to...
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UPDATED: Remembering David Chung
If you set foot in Nellie's Sports Bar over the past four years, you knew David Chung. He may not have been the face of...
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In Tune
''I think a lot of people weren't even sure what a cappella music was before The Sing Off,'' says Eliza Berkon. Berkon's D.C.-based a cappella...
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Fringe Follies
Over the next couple weeks you can see a theatrical spoof of Fox-TV's Glee, in which troublemakers are forced to form a comedy club. Also...
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Coming to Terms
''And the world that I see is returning once more, to the world that I knew it be long before,'' Mary Chapin Carpenter sings on...
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Young, Black and Leading the Way
Frank Walker thought his life's work was with the Chicago Cubs. ''Growing up I was such a huge Cubs fan, and all I wanted to...
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Shears Force
{Scissor Sisters (Photo by Neil Krug)} Do you know what a ''kiki'' is? If not, it's just a matter of time. ''I really had no...
