All posts by Randy Shulman
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jonathan Franzen discusses Freedom
Folger Library presents a PEN/Faulkner discussion with former National Book Award recipient Jonathan Franzen, reading from his latest bestselling novel, Freedom. Tonight, Friday, Feb. 18,...
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The Avett Brothers at DAR
Fresh from performing with Bob Dylan at the Grammys, the North Carolina folk-rock band, led by brothers Scott on banjo and Seth on guitar, are...
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What’s up at the Corcoran
Washington Color and Light presents major works by the artists associated with the Washington Color School — Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Morris Louis, Howard Mehring,...
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A Constellation of Razzle
Constellation Theatre presents Tom Stoppard’s delightful comedy On the Razzle, directed by Nick Olcott. Two curious shop clerks seize the day and travel to Vienna...
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Do It! with Justin: Ep. 1, Gay Blades [video]
In the premiere episode of our new, bi-weekly series ''Do It! with Justin,'' Metro Weekly's Justin Stewart learns a few skating tips and tricks from...
