Metro Weekly

Features

  • Stage: Plays, Musicals and Live Theater

    The theatre season may be half over, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty left to see on D.C. stages, starting with the Kennedy Center,...

  • Dance: Ballet, Hip Hop, Folk and Contemporary

    Dance Place will conclude its season, in which its Brookland home venue has undergone extensive renovations, by presenting performances elsewhere by many of dance's leading...

  • Classical Music

    At least two of the region's major orchestras will perform a toast to the 150th birthday of German composer Richard Strauss, while two local Bach-focused...

  • Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz

    One of the biggest concerts this spring will be Adam Lambert filling in for the late, great Freddie Mercury performing with Brian May and Roger...

  • Supporting Player

    Center stage is quite possibly the last place you'll find Chris Svoboda. While she's had a hand in multiple efforts over the years, she's made...

  • The Fantastic Mr. Fox

    A few years ago filmmaker Eytan Fox was flipping TV channels in his Berlin hotel room when he stumbled on the Eurovision Song Contest. ''Suddenly,...

  • Fox Films

    Eytan Fox, the gay New York-born Israeli film director, has a relatively short filmography. Directing his first official piece in 1994, he has gone on...

  • Pet Spree

    There's no denying we love our pets. They weave their way into the fabric of daily life, cementing their place as the furriest member of...

  • Daytime Paws-abilities

    High power, high pressure, long days at the office. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but many D.C. residents seem to find this a normal...

  • Felines on the Fringe

    Washington has always been a city in transition and likely always will be. And alley cats will probably continue to bear witness. They certainly had...

  • Hunting for a Home

    Through her love of cats, Laura Goodman found the love of her life. ''I fell in love with my partner when she came...

  • The Pets Issue

    Some might argue that animals don't belong in close confines with humans, that the wild is more suitable for paws, fins, beaks and claws. While...

  • Sexual Union

    Someone you know is a sex worker. Historian Melinda Chateauvert cites that slogan, from a San Francisco health and advocacy organization, in her new book...

  • Mighty Real: Janet Mock

    Janet Mock's memoir, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, came out this month. As for Mock, she came out...

  • Mulling Over Marijuana

    It's the one area of public policy that still prompts giggles and bad jokes about junk-food cravings, but the push to reform the nation's laws...