Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Reentry: Final performances!

    In Reentry, Emily Ackerman and KJ Sanchez offer an unflinching look at the lives of Marines returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Based on interviews with...

  • Little Dragon at the 9:30 Club

    Yet another noteworthy Swedish electronic-pop band, Little Dragon offers dreamy downtempo music, merging R&B, new wave and experimental pop. The Japanese-born Yukimi Nagano is the...

  • Chromeo at the Fillmore

    Chromeo is loftily touted as “the only successful Arab/Jew partnership since the dawn of human culture.” The Montreal-based duo of P-Thugg and Dave 1 performed...

  • Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

    Even Lilly has some bad days, but when you have movie-star sunglasses and a purple plastic purse, how bad can it be? From the book...

  • Win tickets to Girlyman!

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  • Girlyman at the Barns of Wolf Trap

    The long-established queer acoustic-leaning folk-pop trio of Nate Borofsky, Doris Muramatsu and Ty Greenstein has become a quartet with the addition of JJ Jones. They’ve...