Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Rising Star

    By on January 26, 2012

    ''I can't even straighten my hair,'' the unforgettable Afro-headed character Michael Flores joked in Todd Graff's endearing indie film Camp from 2003. ''That's kind of...

  • Colorful Soul

    By on January 26, 2012

    Jamie Scott killed his lover. ''I hear the sirens blaze in the distance, her blood still on my hands,'' Scott sings on the moody, lilting...

  • Aimee Mann at The Birchmere

    By on January 24, 2012

    The former lead singer of 1980s new-wave band ‘Til Tuesday (“Voices Carry”), Aimee Mann gained further recognition as a solo artist for her work on...

  • Close, Mara Among Best Actress Oscar Nominees; Plummer, McTeer Get Supporting Nods

    By on January 24, 2012

    Among the nominees for Academy Awards announced this morning are several who were nominated for playing characters from across the spectrum of LGBT identity, including...

  • Time Stands Still at the Studio

    By on January 21, 2012

    After seeing Donald Margulies’s stunning Time Stands Still, now at Studio Theatre, you just might walk away contemplating changes in your own life. Chiefly about...

  • The Brad Linde Sextet at Hamilton Live

    By on January 21, 2012

    A co-founder of the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra among other jazz ensembles, saxophonist Brad Linde brings his eponymous sextet to Hamilton Live, the new performance...

  • Joshua Bell at the Kennedy Center

    By on January 21, 2012

    After helping kick off the National Symphony Orchestra’s season last fall, the classical music superstar Joshua Bell returns to the Kennedy Center for a Washington...

  • Cheryl Wheeler’s double stop

    By on January 20, 2012

    A natural storyteller with a fantastic sense of humor and spontaneity, Cheryl Wheeler performs many songs in concert that haven’t even been recorded on one...

  • Glenn Fry’s “unrestrained urges”

    By on January 20, 2012

    Local silk-screen artist Glenn Fry’s “unrestrained urges” is meant to be “an homage to vintage gay porn magazines.” Though tame by today’s porn standards —...

  • Review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

    By on January 20, 2012

    I can't give Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close a chance. It's bullheaded and downright selfish of me, but I just can't do it. Seconds into...

  • Ozomatli brings its festive sound to the 9:30 Club

    By on January 20, 2012

    A more thoroughly Latin-flavored Black Eyed Peas, the Los Angeles-based Ozomatli may actually be even more fun and festive. And then there is its advanced...

  • Red at Arena Stage

    By on January 20, 2012

    It’s become so difficult to get tickets to Arena Stage’s production of the Tony-winning Red, the theater has already extended the run an extra week...

  • Catie Cares

    By on January 19, 2012

    No matter how you look at her, Catie Curtis is certainly not unsung. Not only has the gay singer-songwriter earned substantial accolades for her craft,...

  • Channeling a Legend

    By on January 19, 2012

    ''Growing up I wasn't a big fan of Ethel Merman,'' says Rita McKenzie. ''It wasn't that I didn't like her. I just thought, 'Wow, she's...

  • Review: Little Murders

    By on January 19, 2012

    A small company with an intrepid spirit, The American Century Theater taps another piquant time and mood in America's 20th century with Jules Feiffer's Little...