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  • Schedule of Events

    By on September 17, 2008

    All performances at the Church Street Theater, 1742 Church St. NW Prices as noted, otherwise Pay What You Can. September 26 Opening Gala Featuring Holly...

  • Film

    By on September 10, 2008

    Dates subject to change at the whim of a studio executive. September THE WOMEN -- The long-in-gestation remake of the 1939 George Cukor classic that...

  • Stage

    By on September 10, 2008

    AMERICAN CENTURY THEATER 'Romeo and Juliet' at Shakespeare Theatre Gunston Theater II 2700 S. Lang St. Arlington, Va. 703-998-4555 www.americancentury.org · Dr. Cook's Garden --...

  • Classical Music

    By on September 10, 2008

    BACH SINFONIA 301-362-6525 www.bachsinfonia.org The Genius of Haydn -- A festive program exploring a wide range of works by Haydn, including Overture to La Fedeltá...

  • Pop, Folk and Jazz Music

    By on September 10, 2008

    THE BARNS AT WOLF TRAP Tina Turner at Verizon Center 1645 Trap Rd. Vienna, VA 703-255-1900 www.wolf-trap.org · Noel Paul Stookey -- the ''Paul'' in...

  • Recorded Pop Music

    By on September 10, 2008

    September Who fired Amanda Palmer? Actually, no one. The singer-songwriter and keyboardist is still with the Dresden Dolls; she's just taking a break to release...

  • Dance

    By on September 10, 2008

    CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER University of Maryland College Park, Md. 301-405-ARTS www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu · Tie Shopping with My Father -- Kathrine Iacono's father was a...

  • Museums and Galleries

    By on September 10, 2008

    ART FOR LIFE Carnegie Institute of Washington 1530 P St. NW www.wwc.org/artforlife · The 15th annual reception and art auction to benefit Whitman-Walker Clinic's HIV/AIDS...

  • Readings and Lectures

    By on September 10, 2008

    BORDERS BOOKSTORES Various locations www.borders.com · Naomi Wolf -- Give Me Liberty (9/16, 18th & L Streets NW) · Michael Scott -- The Magician (9/16,...

  • Fall Arts Preview 2008

    By on September 10, 2008

    James Davis as Juliet (Photo by Todd Franson) When I was a young lad, my father sat me down, looked me squarely in the eye...

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    By on September 3, 2008

    Sandra Bernhard Twenty years ago when Sandra Bernhard debuted her one-woman show, Without You I'm Nothing, it was the start of a long-lived and highly...

  • Life in Real Time

    By on August 27, 2008

    The revolution came and it was blogged. Since the advent of personal blogs as an internet phenomenon, the new media format has literally changed the...

  • The New Gay Way

    By on August 27, 2008

    Laura Varlas wasn't expecting the outpouring of responses to her blog post last April about lesbian business attire, what she dubbed ''lez casual.'' ''It was...

  • Heath and Home

    By on August 27, 2008

    Advances in technology are often heralded as labor-saving enhancements of our way of life. Yet the technology often seems to simply create avenues for even...

  • Strange Blogfellows

    By on August 27, 2008

    Born just a few months apart and thousands of miles from each other, both John Aravosis and Andrew Sullivan today call Washington home. And both...