All posts by Doug Rule
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We Were Here at the West End
David Weissman and Bill Weber’s powerful, captivating and carefully crafted We Were Here — having just screened at Reel Affirmations — is so much more...
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Review: Moby at the Fillmore
Moby admitted to being a former raver at his concert at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday, Oct. 26. He said he was even one...
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Thriller Night
Not everyone likes to dress up for Halloween. Some people dress up enough already the rest of the year. But you certainly get more chances...
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The Great Septime
Septime Webre was drawn to dance early. ''I'm half-Cuban,'' he says, ''and there's an old Cuban saying that Cubans dance before they can walk.'' {Septime...
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Review: CSS and MEN at the 9:30 Club
At the end of its concert at the 9:30 Club on Monday night, Oct. 24, the Brazilian dance-rock band CSS gave a Beastie Boys-esque rap-chant,...
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Privileged Information
Sometimes, Anthony Dortch Jr.'s parents just don't understand. ''My parents look at my artwork,'' he says, ''and sometimes go, 'Why? Why not just make some...
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War and Witchcraft
As Arms and The Man opens, Amy Quiggins flutters across the stage playing Raina Petkoff as if she were Barbie come to life. She's giddy...
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Longhorns
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (3 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 7:15 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium "ALL GUYS GO...
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Sweet Revenge from la Suite Noire
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (4 out of 5) Thursday, 10/20/2011, 5:00 PM Shorts presentation, $12 at West End Cinema French with English subtitles ...
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Blue Decade
''Basically, they were playing all of the wrong music,'' Mark Rutstein says about Cobalt when he became the dance club's manager three years ago. ''They...
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Religious Enrichment
Jay Michaelson thought coming out would spell the end of his religious life. He was wrong. It became a new beginning. ''I really thought that...
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The People Sing
''Oh, I don't know if this is something my parents would want to come see me in,'' Eric Van Tielen remembers thinking when he auditioned...
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Photos of Angie / Bullied
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (4 out of 5) Tuesday, 10/18/2011, 5:00 PM Feature presentation, $5 at West End Cinema JUSTICE WAS SERVED...
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An enchanted evening at the NSO
Rebecca Luker is as corny as Kansas in August. Well, at least that’s what she’s singing at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall this weekend. What...
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We Were Here
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/15/2011, 11:00 AM Feature presentation, $12 at Globe Theatre DAVID WEISSMAN...
