Arts + Entertainment
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Movie Review: Todd Solondz’s Dark Horse
You can’t fault Todd Solondz for trying. You can’t even fault him for failing. But what you can fault him for is not having the...
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Ai WeiWei’s exhibits
China’s most famous international artist — the designer of Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium built for the 2008 Olympics — is the subject of two exhibits...
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Mary Chapin Carpenter at Wolf Trap
Having got her start in bars and coffeehouses in the D.C. area in the early ’80s, Mary Chapin Carpenter is a “Hometown Girl” par excellence....
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Humorous Behavior
''When I was young I started by doing Bette Midler impressions,'' Michele Balan says. ''I was a female female impersonator.'' But Balan, it turns out,...
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Goapele at The Birchmere
Two years ago, the Oakland-based straight neo-soul singer Goapele headlined the Capital Pride Women’s Pride Concert. Now, the noted human rights activist, whose name means...
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Gay Chanticleer
''I THINK I'D PREFER IF YOU DIDN'T know anything special about me,'' Matt Alber sings at the start of his latest album Constant Crows. ''Yes,...
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Native Gold
''If people are in Olympics withdrawal and they want to follow up on a bit of the history,'' says James Ring Adams, ''this is a...
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Abstract Influence
''To me, it's one of the finest series of American paintings made during the 20th century,'' says the Corcoran's Philip Brookman, referring to the late...
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Review: 'Persona 4 Arena'
Genre-mashups aren't exactly a new thing in video games. Developers, just as movie directors and novelists do, will cheerfully borrow any idea that injects new...
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No Doubt’s video and remixes for “Settle Down”
No Doubt is releasing Push And Shove on Sept. 25. The debut single, “Settle Down,” features remixes by Major Lazer, Jonas Quant and Baauer. Check...
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A Clockwork Orange at the AFI Silver
As part of its retrospective “The Films of Stanley Kubrick,” the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre screens what is probably Kubrick’s most adventurous and bizarre...
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Virgin Mobile Freefest lineup announced. Features Jack White, Ben Folds Five and more…
The lineup for the this year’s Virgin Mobile FreeFest presented by LG will include Jack White, Skrillex, M83, NAS, ZZ Top, Santigold, Alabama Shakes, Ben...
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Kathleen Turner and Margaret Engel discuss Red Hot Patriot
On August 23, Kathleen Turner will take to the stage at Arena Stage playing late, legendary, liberal newspaper columnist Molly Ivins in Red Hot Patriot:...
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Stream: Miss American Bookworm from Glasgow’s Paws
The Glasgow-based Paws will release Cokefloat on Oct. 9, but the band has made one of the tracks, “Miss American Bookworm” available for streaming. Cokefloat,...
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Mein Kampf – Eine Komodie at Scena Theatre
Subtitled “A Portrait of the Fascist as a Young Man,” George Tabori’s Mein Kampf – Eine Komodie is an irreverent dark comedy about, naturally, Adolf...
