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  • Growing Pains

    By on September 24, 2003

    In the liner notes to Erykah Badu's ambitious if perplexing EP Underground Worldwide, she writes that several tunes were inspired by her ''Frustrated Artist Tour...

  • Missing the Boat

    By on September 24, 2003

    Maybe it's just me. Maybe I've come to expect too much from a Tom Stoppard play by way of cerebral titillation and a love affair...

  • Powerless Flower

    By on September 24, 2003

    You've got to at least admire Ken Ludwig for doggedly attempting to revitalize the classic farce genre. His early efforts, Lend Me A Tenor and...

  • All Good

    By on September 24, 2003

    Something had to come along. Something charming, funny, even addictive. We just never thought it would come from ABC. Sure enough, the network's new sitcom,...

  • Toast with the Most

    By on September 24, 2003

    Villaware's Uno Classic Since their introduction into the home in 1926, toasters have become a culinary icon spawning dozens of incarnations -- from the classic...

  • Funny Girl

    By on September 17, 2003

    ''Next to ‘Why do you always serve chicken?' and ‘Can I have a table as far away from my ex-lover as possible?‘ the most-asked Gala...

  • Night Riders

    By on September 17, 2003

    Photography by Michael Wichita Zipping around in bumper cars may be child's play compared to today's high-intensity roller coasters and gravitational thrill rides. But the...

  • Everyday Terror

    By on September 17, 2003

    On the second anniversary of the September 11th attacks I thought about the kinds of ''domestic'' terrorism that America has chosen to ignore for so...

  • Tactile Impressions

    By on September 17, 2003

    ''He might be the best-known artist no one knows, '' David C. Levy, Director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, says of J. Seward Johnson,...

  • Eyes on the Prize

    By on September 17, 2003

    That giant sucking sound you'll be hearing this Sunday night will be the TV industry planting a big fat French kiss on HBO. And that...

  • Mucho Mexico

    By on September 17, 2003

    ''Are you a Mexi-CAN or a Mexi-CAN'T? '' a blue-spectacled, quirky fellow named Sands (Johnny Depp) asks a hired henchman near the start of Once...

  • Three's Company

    By on September 17, 2003

    From the moment that a bouncing young man knocks on the front door of a rural Canadian farmhouse and steps into the lives of two...

  • Soundwaves

    By on September 17, 2003

    CREATING A NEW BUZZ… DC nightlife watchers were abuzz last week over the return of Buzz to Nation after a yearlong exile in Baltimore. Buzzlife...

  • Color Me Now

    By on September 17, 2003

    Raven's Rage, Wine Tasting, maybe Hot Amber? In the world of wall paint ''Red'' simply doesn't describe a whole lot. With paint for every shade...

  • Small Plates, Big Tastes

    By on September 17, 2003

    Photography by Todd Franson Everywhere you look these days restaurants are increasingly emphasizing small portions, either as a reflection of cultural preferences or as a...

  • Northern Exposure

    By on September 17, 2003

    The trouble, of course, with the recent burst of gay and lesbian characters on American TV is that they become the immediate targets of self-appointed...

  • Books Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    As always, the bookstores promise to overflow this fall with books galore, offering a respite from the terrifying reign of the beach books. Well, perhaps...

  • Art Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Ave SW 202-357-2700 www.asia.si.edu Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure -- The first major exhibition to survey the artistic traditions of...

  • Dance Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    CLARICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER University of Maryland College Park 301-405-ARTS www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu FOOTWORKS PERCUSSIVE DANCE ENSEMBLE and STEP AFRIKA! -- Two locally-based groups present Soulmates, exploring...

  • Film Preview

    By on September 10, 2003

    SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS CABIN FEVER -- A flesh-eating virus devours a group of campers in this eagerly awaited horror flick from director Eli Roth. Talk about...