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  • A Complete Guide to Dining Out for Life 2012

    By on April 19, 2012

    A complete guide to all participating restaurants as of press time, by neighborhood, including meals and what percentage of each bill will be donated to...

  • Bully Pulpit

    By on April 19, 2012

    Last month, Bully was fighting for its life. After being handed an R rating by the Motion Picture Association of America -- effectively ruining any...

  • Street Wise

    By on April 12, 2012

    Growing up in suburban Maryland, the most dangerous element in young Cyndee Clay's life may have been going to public school. Hers was a conservative...

  • Kahn Bravura!

    By on April 4, 2012

    Ask Michael Kahn if he's happy and here's the response you'll likely get: ''Last night, I was walking around the house and I said to...

  • Unchained Arias

    By on March 28, 2012

    Joey Arias is one strange fruit. That's true not just because the gay male performance artist gained some fame a couple decades ago singing –...

  • Born to Puppeteer

    By on March 28, 2012

    When Basil Twist saw Joey Arias flirting with his puppets, he knew it was fate. ''They had so much chemistry together,'' Twist says. ''The puppets...

  • Film: Spring Arts 2012

    By on March 21, 2012

    In order of scheduled release date. Dates subject to change at the whim of a studio executive. MARCH THE HUNGER GAMES – Set in a...

  • Stage: Spring Arts 2012

    By on March 21, 2012

    ADVENTURE THEATRE Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Glen Echo, Md. 301-634-2270 adventuretheatre.org Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — Book...

  • Pop Music: Spring Arts 2012

    By on March 21, 2012

    9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW202-265-0930930.com Fatboy Slim – The dance music legend (3/23) Band of Skulls w/We Are Augustines (3/24) Housse De Racket (3/25)...

  • Classical Music: Spring Arts 2012

    By on March 21, 2012

    ARTISPHERE 1101 Wilson Blvd. Arlington 703-875-1100 artisphere.com National Chamber Ensemble – Violinist Leonid Sushansky and pianist Carlos Rodriguez perform Brahms’s sonatas for violin and piano...

  • Dance: Spring Arts 2012

    By on March 21, 2012

    ALDEN THEATRE McLean Community Center 1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, Va. 703-790-0123 mcleancenter.org/alden Limited Visibility — A World Premiere by CityDance’s resident dance company, Christopher K....

  • Art: Spring Arts 2012

    By on March 21, 2012

    1708 GALLERY 319 West Broad St. Richmond, Va. 804-643-1708 1708gallery.org Oscar Munoz: Ambulatorio – Black and white aerial photographs of artist’s hometown of Cali, Colombia, are installed...

  • Above and Beyond: Spring Arts 2012

    By on March 21, 2012

    AFI SILVER THEATRE 8633 Colesville RoadSilver Spring301-495-6720afi.com/Silver Bill Plympton – ”The king of indie animation” discusses and screens a selection of his works, including Weird...

  • In the Pink

    By on March 14, 2012

    Jeffrey Johnson has been part of Washington's cultural fabric for 15 years, even if he got his start on the stages of Columbia, S.C. But...

  • Making a Splash

    By on March 8, 2012

    It's March 1, and Judy Dlugacz – '''de-loo'-gatch,' it's very common in Poland'' – is getting ready for a party. She's got a day to...