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  • Guess Who's Coming to CPAC?

    Andrew Breitbart does not play nicely with others. He's prone to endless fits on Twitter, pointing his fire hose of tweets at a person for...

  • Right Turns

    There is, of course, the old canard that a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged. Just from my personal experience, though, I know that...

  • Keeping the Faith

    Twenty-four years ago, George Michael launched Faith with an organ playing the melody from ''Freedom,'' a hit he had with Wham! a couple years prior....

  • Insurance Fraud

    Why are there so many out-of-shape, middle-aged men in Cedar Rapids running around in their underwear? Because it's meant to be funny. It isn't. Tim...

  • Solid Goldman

    Julie Goldman got turned on to standup comedy by one of her teachers at temple. ''Oh my god,'' she recalls thinking, ''I can write my...

  • Cake Off

    Ever see a cake with a watersports theme, euphemistically speaking? If you've ever been to Scarlet's Bake Sale, the annual cake auction fundraiser at the...

  • Divine Date Nights

    The Obama cachet goes a long way. Whether it's first lady Michelle's refreshing flair for fashion or Barack's global goodwill, the Obamas certainly have delivered...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: It's time to get real. It's time to take the workload and just do it. It's time to accept we don't operate in...

  • Special Event on Sunday at Studio: LGBT Community Discussion following Marcus

    On Sunday afternoon, Feb. 13, following the 2 p.m. matinee of Tarell Alvin McCraney‘s stunning Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet, the Studio Theatre, in...

  • RA Xtra: Children of God

    Kareem J. Mortimer’s tough and touching drama, set in Brazil, Children of Godfocuses on two young men struggling to come out. The film screens as...

  • Euan Morton at Signature

    After performing last year in the wonderful revival of the rock musical Chess, Euan Morton returns to Signature, this time to perform his amusingly titled...

  • Pianist Radu Lupu with the NSO

    Gianandrea Noseda makes his NSO debut conducting renowned pianist Radu Lupu in a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Also on the program is...

  • Lauryn Hill at Ram’s Head Live

    Given recent shows elsewhere, she might start this show late. But that Lauryn Hill — that’s Ms. Lauryn Hill now, she insists — is set...

  • Marriage Talk in Annapolis

    Hundreds of supporters and opponents of legal recognition of same-sex marriage in Maryland filled the state's Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee room in Annapolis on Tuesday,...

  • Linkin Park

    Linkin Park, the tuneful nu-metal/rap rock band, stops in D.C. on its world tour supporting last year’s A Thousand Suns, a middling concept album about...

  • Gang of Four at the 9:30 Club

    Gang of Four, the definitive punk-funk/post-punk band, has returned 30 years after storming the airwaves and inspiring everyone from R.E.M. to Red Hot Chili Peppers...

  • Do It with Justin [video]

    Our latest series, ''Do It with Justin'' premieres on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Subscribe to Metro Weekly's YouTube channel so you don't miss the

  • Obit: Jeff Coudriet

    Sunday was somber as news spread about the passing of local gay activist Jeff Coudriet. After several months of battling lung cancer, Coudriet, a native...

  • Out in the Silence at Artisphere

    D.C.-based filmmakers Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer’s 2010 documentary Out In The Silence focuses on a popular young jock brutally bullied at his small-town high...