Metro Weekly

All posts by Randy Shulman

  • M*A*S*H at AFI’s Silver Theatre

    The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre screens a new 35mm print of this 1970 film revolving around the antics of Hawkeye (Donald Sutherland) and Trapper...

  • Dancing at Lughnasa at Shenandoah University

    The Second Stage Theatre Series of Shenandoah Conservatory Performances opens with Brian Friel’s Tony Award-winning Dancing at Lughnasa. Based loosely on the lives of Friel's...

  • The Saint Plays at Factory 449

    John Moletress directs The Saint Plays, incorporating six short plays, including two written for this cycle, by Erick Ehn. The production offers a theatrical journey...

  • The Great Game: Afghanistan

    The Shakespeare Theatre Company presents a two-week, limited run of the internationally lauded production The Great Game: Afghanistan, offering perspectives on current and historical conflicts...

  • Abba – The Music at Wolf Trap

    Waterloo, a tribute band to the Swedish disco fab four, returns to Wolf Trap to entertain with note-for-note recreations of hits including "Dancing Queen," "Fernando"...

  • Laura Veirs at The Birchmere

    In less than a year’s time Laura Veirs, a Portland, Ore.-based folk artist, has released a widely praised new album, July Flame — her seventh...

  • Visions of our Solar System at Long View Gallery

    Images from"¦Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System features Michael Benson’s work in creating composite mosaics and prints drawn from decades-old raw or partially processed photographs...

  • The 9:30 Club launches its own label starting with Justin Jones

    The storied 9:30 Club is launching its own label with a release from Virginia native Justin Jones, who makes dark, country-tinged rock. On Tuesday, 9:30...

  • Chess at Signature Theatre

    Chess does its very best to make you believe that there is nothing sexier than a board game. Signature Theatre has decided to kick the...

  • Crosby, Stills and Nash at Pier Six

    David Crosby (aka Melissa Etheridge’s baby daddy), Stephen Stills and Graham Nash are still showing off their intricate vocal harmonies and talking politics ever since...

  • Krista Detor at Jammin’ Java

    The traditionally Americana artist Krista Detor is touring to support her forthcoming lush and dark indie-pop album Chocolate Paper Suites. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 7:30...

  • Suzanne Carriero at Borders Books & Music

    In The Dog Who Ate the Truffle, veteran food critic Suzanne Carriero recounts her time in Umbria and shares recipes and traditions of the modern-day...

  • Of Montreal, tonight at the 9:30 Club

    The Athens, Ga., band Of Montreal has ties to the French Canadian city in name only — but critics love their indie-rock just the same....

  • Jaws at the AFI SIlver

    In celebration of the 35th Anniversary of Jaws, the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre screens the original summer blockbuster from Steven Spielberg. It’s the movie...

  • Touchstone Gallery reopens

    Penn Quarter’s Touchstone Gallery, started in 1976, reopens in its new space, a custom-designed, ground-floor site next to Acadiana restaurant, with a group show featuring...