Features
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Queer as Carrie
When Kimberly Peirce, director of the 1999 Oscar-winning drama Boys Don't Cry, was offered the chance to helm a remake of the 1976 horror classic,...
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The Decline and Fall of the Ex-Gay Movement
When Tracey St. Pierre was 16-years-old, she fell in love with a girl from her high school. They were head over heels for each other...
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Pipe Dreams
Go figure. The young celebrity musician behind the biggest and loudest musical instrument is himself relatively brash and audacious. Moreover, Cameron Carpenter, the international concert...
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Savage Intent
A decade ago Dan Savage irreverently propagated the term ''santorum'' as ''the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of...
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Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival
Sunday, October 6 E.L. DoctorowAndrew's Brain: A NovelMontgomery College Cultural Arts Center7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring7-8:30 p.m.$30 Monday, October 7 Man of Mystery: Walter MosleyPresented...
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From Wyoming to Washington
Setting the Stage TWO YEARS AGO, under the guidance of artistic director Paul Tetreault, Ford's Theatre launched the Lincoln Legacy Project to annually build programming...
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Transformational Faith
In marking these 15 years since the death of Matthew Shepard, Ford's Theatre has partnered with a number of other entities. Some of the partners...
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Special Events Calendar
Note: The sudden ''shutdown'' of the federal government may affect some performances at Ford's Theatre. Please read this update. Sunday, Sept. 29 The Laramie ProjectPay-What-You-Can...
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Carrying the Torch
''Torch Song Trilogy had a very big emotional impact upon me when I saw it the first time around,'' Michael Kahn says. Of course, that...
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Moving Up
''Have you always been a dancer?'' Actor Alex Mills gets that question a lot, since his principal work in the D.C. theater scene has been...
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Television: 31 New Shows for 2013
I'll say this now -- Fall 2013 will go down as one of the worst in recent memory for television. The caliber of entries is...
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Films for Fall 2013: Blockbuster Movies and Documentaries
Our long summer nightmare of terrible movies is over. For the rest of the year, we'll no longer slog through the bloated dregs of Hollywood....
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Galleries and Museums in D.C.
Museums and galleries often see their role as one of spotlighting and analyzing pivotal events and developments. So it should come as no surprise that...
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Dance: Ballet, Modern and Cultural Performances in D.C.
Washington may not be a capital when it comes to the art of dance, but a growing number of nationally known dance companies do call...
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Classical Music: Symphonies, Operas and Choral in D.C.
The region's fall classical music season doesn't start in earnest until after the leaves begin to turn. And then in no time it's holiday season,...
