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Heartfelt Tribute
Holly Twyford almost chokes up recalling the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, when fear and death ran rampant. ''I still have a kind of...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Something unexpected has turned up. Is it throwing a monkey wrench in the works? Is it a call to establish a new paradigm?...
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Band Camp
DC's Different Drummers: Symphonic Band (Photo by Rob Mesite) Have you ever seen classical musicians lip-synch to pop songs – in drag? ''You're seeing members...
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Country Rose
Forget death and taxes -- the two biggest constants in our world are heartache and the classic sound of Nashville. Luckily for us -- though...
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Inspiring Betrayal
Stephen Pevner is a busy guy. After jetting off to Europe last week, where he attended a film festival in England, took a short trip...
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American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra at NOVA
Daniel Spalding leads an orchestra consisting of students aspiring to become classical professionals, along with guest artist pianist Jeffrey Jacob in an “Orchestral Brilliance” program...
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Seeking Adoption Equality
On Monday, Oct. 31, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act – a bill previously introduced in the House by...
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The Boys from Syracuse at The Shakespeare
Why would the Shakespeare Theatre Company offer a musical concert version of the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys From Syracuse? Because it’s based on...
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V V Brown at DC9
The British chanteuse V V Brown — like a poppier Estelle — returns to DC9 a year and a half after touring in support of...
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Amtrak makes formal announcement about WiFi expansion
Just one week after confirming that it was conducting a soft launch of free WiFi service on its Northeast Regional trains, Amtrak announced that it...
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Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby
The Washington Ballet revives The Great Gatsby choreographed by its artistic director Septime Webre. Local actors E. Faye Butler and Will Gartshore, plus tap dancer...
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We Were Here at the West End
David Weissman and Bill Weber’s powerful, captivating and carefully crafted We Were Here — having just screened at Reel Affirmations — is so much more...
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National Register to Accept Kameny House
The house and office belonging to recently deceased gay civil rights pioneer Frank Kameny will be added to the National Parks Service's Register of Historic...
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Rachael Yamagata at The Birchmere
Born in Alexandria and educated in Bethesda, alternative-rocker Yamagata is touring in support of her third long-player with a title nodding to her roots here...
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Harry Belafonte at Politics and Prose
Harry Belafonte’s Sing Your Song recounts the life of the entertainer and outspoken activist for global civil rights, from his early years of poverty in...
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Marsha Ambrosius
Former Floetry member Marsha Ambrosius tours in support of her solo debut, Late Nights and Early Evenings, which includes the title song and the single...
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The Book Club Play at Arena
A new work by Arena Stage’s resident playwright Karen Zacarias, the comedy The Book Club Play focuses on a woman who seems to have it...
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Habit of Art: Final Performances!
This is your last weekend to see Alan Bennett’s play-within-a-play, which follows an imagined meeting between openly gay poet W. H. Auden and closeted composer...
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Celebrating the best in Jewish writing
The Hyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival celebrates the year’s best in Jewish writing, from emerging and established authors the world over, and...
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SpeakeasyDC’s Boo: True Scary Stories
“Boo: A Night of True Stories about Things That Are Scary” features writers recounting true stories about frightful encounters, terrifying moments and spooky predicaments. Stephanie...
