Metro Weekly

All posts by Randy Shulman

  • Gay/Bash! at the Black Cat

    Local DJ Joshua spins for Gay/Bash! A Queer Night of Rock and Pop Gems, a party featuring gay-popular pop throughout the years — or at...

  • Classical Treatment

    ''Until very recently, I went out of my way in all of my songs to... in the second person,'' says singer-songwriter Dar Williams. ''Because then...

  • Put on the Gloves Fashion Show Fundraiser at Town

    Put On The Gloves Fashion Show is a benefit for the Trevor Project and its suicide prevention work. The event also benefits the Capital Queer...

  • Legacy of 'The Laramie Project' [video]

    Few plays have taken root in the public consciousness — and served as the public conscience — as has ''The Laramie Project,'' Moises Kaufman and...

  • The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires

    In “Tango Inferno: The Fire Within,” The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires, Argentina’s most acclaimed dance company, performs to traditional tango music played by...

  • Author Mark Hertsgaard at Politics and Prose

    Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth documents innovative responses from various regions around the world already struggling with climate change-driven problems like...

  • Pianist Sofya Gulyak at the Kennedy Center

    The Washington Performing Arts Society presents Russian pianist Sofya Gulyakin her Kennedy Center debut in a program that includes Schubert, Chopin, Franck and Ravel. It’s...

  • The Dismemberment Plan at the 9:30 Club

    A D.C.-based indie-rock band formed in 1993, The Dismemberment Plan actually dismembered a decade later, in 2003, with a final show at the 9:30 Club....

  • Pianist Tzimon Barto with the NSO

    Christoph Escenbach conducts the NSO and guest pianist Tzimon Barto in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, plus a few pieces from Bernstein. Then, actor Richard Dreyfuss reads...

  • Return to Haifa at Theater J

    A gripping drama from Tel Aviv’s Cameri Theatre, Return to Haifa follows a young soldier torn between his Palestinian birth parents who fled Haifa during...

  • Maria La O & Pagliacci at The InSeries

    The In Series’s latest “pocket opera” powerhouse double-bill of passion, betrayal and revenge, features Ernesto Lecuona’s Cuban zarzuela masterpiece Maria la O and Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s...

  • The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

    What if Mr. Darcy was just Darcy? That question is essentially answered in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, a pre-Victorian era lesbian love...

  • Genesis at The Warehouse

    Winner of Best Drama at the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival, Genesis returns for an eight-show engagement at the Warehouse at an opportune time, as it...

  • Symmetries at Long View Gallery

    “Symmetries” features photographs from Ernesto Santalla’s collage series, uniquely documenting Washington’s record-breaking snows of 2010. Santalla trudged through the inhibitive landscape, camera in hand, capturing...

  • Yo La Tengo at the 9:30 Club

    Based in Hoboken, N.J., Yo La Tengo, the long-lasting indie-rock band with an extensive catalogue and a devoted fan base will perform a set that...