Arts + Entertainment
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Queer youth gang doc “Check It” screens at FilmFest DC
Documentary follows the members of a gang formed to fight back against anti-LGBTQ violence
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Filmfest DC brings 60 features, documentaries and shorts to AMC Mazza Gallerie
The festival opens with Lucas Belvaux's This Is Our Land, a timely tale about the appeal of populism
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Ballet Across America celebrates diversity in American ballet at the Kennedy Center
Misty Copeland and Justin Peck curate two distinct programs
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Todrick Hall brings Straight Outta Oz to the Howard Theatre
Hall reenacts his hour-long visual album live
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RuPaul’s Drag Race will return for a tenth season
Strong ratings ensured Mama Ru and co. will be back for more in 2018
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The Choral Arts Society brings a world-premiere commission to the Kennedy Center
In addition to Jake Runestad's original work, Mozart and Bach will also feature
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Library of Congress to screen every episode of Queer as Folk
It's the British original, not the American remake
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Survivor’s Zeke Smith outed as transgender by gay contestant
Host Jeff Probst slams the outing as not "okay on any level," while praising Smith's composure
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Ford’s “Ragtime” is almost “shockingly relevant” to what’s going on in America
Police brutality, women's rights and immigration all feature in the musical
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Pointless Theatre’s “d0t:: a RotoPlastic Ballet” is a “robot puppet spectacle”
It addresses the struggles of assimilation and obsoletion within a changing power system
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Jane Hirshfield reads her essays and poetry at Folger
Hirshfield has written two books of essays and eight collections of poetry
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Gallery: Black Artists of DC present “Transitions”
Russell Simmons, Daniel T. Brookings, Akili Ron Anderson and more show works at the Carlyle Hotel
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Scottish Pride: An interview with Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro
Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil gets candid
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Arena’s “A Raisin in the Sun”: Five Stars (Review)
A Raisin in the Sun endures as a timeless jewel, and Arena’s production is a chance to see it truly shine
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ColorFEST Conference focuses on those who are LGBTQ and deaf
Workshops, panels and speakers address issues of identity and the LGBTQ experience
