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  • Books Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    As always, the bookstores promise to overflow this fall with books galore, offering a respite from the terrifying reign of the beach books. Well, perhaps...

  • TV Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    NBC The Ellen DeGeneres Show -- She's baaaaccck! This time in her very own talk show. Ellen DeGeneres is returning to the little screen (after...

  • Stage Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    ACTORS' THEATRE OF WASHINGTON 1835 14th Street NW www.atwdc.org LILIES -- Jeffrey Johnson directs this compelling gay romantic drama set in a boy's school in...

  • Pop and Dance Music Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    September Highlights 9/16: Aretha Franklin releases her first album in five years today, So Damn Happy (Arista). The title sounds a bit forced, and her...

  • Classical Music Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    The Barns of Wolf Trap Vienna, Va. 703-218-6500 www.wolftrap.org Jim Brickman -- The popular romantic singer returns for an intimate engagement (10/22 & 10/23)… Karla...

  • Film Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS CABIN FEVER -- A flesh-eating virus devours a group of campers in this eagerly awaited horror flick from director Eli Roth. Talk about...

  • Dance Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    CLARICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER University of Maryland College Park 301-405-ARTS www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu FOOTWORKS PERCUSSIVE DANCE ENSEMBLE and STEP AFRIKA! -- Two locally-based groups present Soulmates, exploring...

  • Art Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Ave SW 202-357-2700 www.asia.si.edu Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure -- The first major exhibition to survey the artistic traditions of...

  • ASGRA's 2003 Atlantic Stampede

    By on September 3, 2003

    Friday, September 5 Hyatt Regency Stampede Jamboree Admission: $15 9pm-2am Entertainment includes DJ John Stypa, DJ Dawn Clokey, DJ Stan Slutter, the stand-up comedy of...

  • Country Siren

    By on September 3, 2003

    What is it about Canada that produces such amazing country artists? Maybe it's the wide open spaces. Or maybe it's just the cleaner, crisper air....

  • Horsing Around

    By on September 3, 2003

    When a one-ton bucking bull is tossing you around a rodeo arena like a rag doll, who's the clown you want watching your back? Ronald...

  • Visible Progress

    By on August 20, 2003

    We've come a long way since the day Dr. Zachary Smith got lost in space. Or when Jodie Dallas came out to his family on...

  • Play Ball!

    By on August 13, 2003

    You see them in the spring and summer, spread out around the base of the Washington monument or along the playing fields near the Roosevelt...

  • Waiting on Fame

    By on August 6, 2003

    Topher Goodman There's a sign posted outside Rocco's on 22nd Street that reads: THE CAMERAS ARE OFF. But the television program that is sort of...

  • Life Lines

    By on July 23, 2003

    Photography by Todd Franson Three months ago, lying on a path alongside the George Washington Parkway with a broken arm, many thoughts were rushing through...