Features
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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,...
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Above and Beyond: Comedy, Readings, Discussions, Spoken Word, Multimedia, Tastings, Tours in D.C.
Next weekend ushers in the National Book Festival on the National Mall, and later comes a locally focused day-long literary event at the Folger Library...
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Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz
From Beyoncé to Pharrell Williams to the Zac Brown Band, if it’s big you want, big you can get this season at area concert venues....
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Stage: Live Theater and Musicals in D.C.
It never ceases to amaze how remarkably rich, involving and varied the theater scene in Washington is. But it's always been that way -- only...
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Kiki Starter
Recently, Ana Matronic left a voicemail. But it wasn't for Pickles, so she didn't ham it up. And since she was calling for a Metro...
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Robbie's Rules
Robbie Rogers never set out to make history. But on May 26, he did just that. Rogers had taken to the soccer field hundreds of...
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Marching On
The LGBT community and its struggles for equality will share the stage alongside other communities advocating for social justice as community organizers, activists and civil...
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A Date To Remember
When it comes to dates, Paul Kuntzler is a sort of human computer. ''I first came to Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1961, for John...
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Fired Up for the Future
At 35, Aisha Moodie-Mills was a long way from arriving on the scene when the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place. But...
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Frontline Figure
Eleanor Holmes Norton was 26 years old when somewhere around 250,000 people descended on the nation's capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and...
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Chantilly Trek
{Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (Photo by Todd Franson)} Depending on traffic, where you're coming from, and a few other variables, getting to the Smithsonian National...
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Aspirational Agitation
At the start of the 1970s, Faith Ringgold was commissioned to paint a mural for the female detention center at Rikers Island. One prisoner asked...
