All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Life is no circus. But if you have to jump through many more hoops, you'll think you're wearing a pink tulle collar and...
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Gloves Come Off
Silence filled the auditorium at the University of the District of Columbia Monday evening as about 200 attendees and a panel of speakers waited and...
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Come Together
''Our Time is Now,'' according to a call to action by several local GLBT groups seeking marriage equality. ''It is an invitation for all the...
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Plea-Bargain Backlash
Chris Farris is just one of many people counting down the days until Wednesday, Oct. 14. That's the day that Farris, co-chair of Gays and...
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Plea Accepted
Exactly one year after Tony Randolph Hunter, a gay 37-year-old resident of Clinton, Md., died of injuries sustained after being attacked while en route to...
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Stage and Theater: Plays, Musicals and Performance Art
AMERICAN CENTURY THEATER Gunston Theater II 2700 S. Lang St. Arlington, Va. 703-998-4555 www.americancentury.org A Piece of My Heart -- The story of six women...
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Movies: New Films and Festivals
Dates subject to change at the whim of a studio executive. SEPTEMBER ''Fame'' JENNIFER'S BODY -- Story has it that screenwriter Diablo Cody wrote this...
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Dance: Ballet, Modern, International
CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Doug Varone & Dancers University of MarylandCollege Park, Md.301-405-ARTSwww.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu Emio Greco/PC -- In choreographer Emio Greco's POPOPERA, acollaboration with composer...
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Art: Museums and Galleries
1708 GALLERY 319 W. Broad St.Richmond804-643-1708www.1708gallery.org Richard Carlyon: A Retrospective -- Examining the artistic career of the late Carlyon, a pivotal figure in the Richmond...
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Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz
BARNS AT WOLF TRAP 1645 Trap RoadVienna, Va.703-255-1900www.wolf-trap.org Will Hoge -- Folk rock (10/8) Cowboy Junkies -- This mesmerizing, hypnotic group offers a country-rock twist...
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Readings: Authors, Writers, Politicians and Personalities
BORDERS BOOKSTORES Various locationswww.borders.com Judy Shepard -- The Meaning of Matthew (9/19, 18th & L Streets NW) E. Lynn Harris Tribute Tour -- Fellow authors...
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Classical Music: Symphonies, Operas, and other Concerts
BACH SINFONIA Evelyn Glennie: Music Center at Strathmore Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center Montgomery CollegeGeorgia Avenue and East-West HighwaySilver Spring301-362-6525www.bachsinfonia.org The Story of the...
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Punctuation's Mark!
Isn't it nice when filmmakers are so excited about the final product that they add an exclamation point to the title? The Informant! It's about...
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Looney Tunes
Those of you raised on Looney Tunes might find it impossible to listen to Figaro's aria ''Largo al factotum'' from Rossini's Barber of Seville without...
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Portraiture
Round House Theatre's world premiere of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's The Picture of Dorian Gray is stylish, sexy and unspeakably cool. Unfortunately, it stumbles thanks to the...
