Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Girlyman at the Barns of Wolf Trap

    By on October 29, 2011

    The long-established queer acoustic-leaning folk-pop trio of Nate Borofsky, Doris Muramatsu and Ty Greenstein has become a quartet with the addition of JJ Jones. They’ve...

  • Cabaret Macabre

    By on October 29, 2011

    Happenstance Theater’s Halloween inspired Cabaret Macabre features melodramatic music played live and performances by local actors including Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, Esther Williamson and Gwen...

  • Classics Galore at Landmark’s E Street

    By on October 28, 2011

    The E Street Cinema launches its first-ever “Capital Classics” series this Halloween weekend with the 1958 original The Fly, the horror flick about a scientist...

  • Review: Moby at the Fillmore

    By on October 28, 2011

    Moby admitted to being a former raver at his concert at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday, Oct. 26. He said he was even one...

  • WIT’s Scary Funny Halloween Weekend

    By on October 28, 2011

    The Washington Improv Theater presents a rotating lineup of “frightfully funny” skits for its “Scary Funny” Halloween weekend, all concluding with “Die! Die! Die!,” a...

  • Halloween on Screen at AFI

    By on October 28, 2011

    This year’s annual scary cinema series at the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre focuses on the centennial of horror icon Vincent Price with screenings of...

  • AIDS Walk is tomorrow!

    By on October 28, 2011

    D.C. councilmember and former Whitman-Walker Clinic director Jim Graham, Whitman-Walker employee Joe Izzo and retired Army nurse Maudie Jones are the grand marshals for the...

  • Going Green

    By on October 27, 2011

    We all know that the Moor of Venice is supposed to be a hothead, but is he supposed to be this flat-out hot, too? In...

  • Blasphemy in Idaho

    By on October 27, 2011

    Whatever the purveyors of the nation's entertainment may believe, or not, there is something about the recent tide of religious fundamentalism that has them running...

  • Review: CSS and MEN at the 9:30 Club

    By on October 27, 2011

    At the end of its concert at the 9:30 Club on Monday night, Oct. 24, the Brazilian dance-rock band CSS gave a Beastie Boys-esque rap-chant,...

  • Privileged Information

    By on October 27, 2011

    Sometimes, Anthony Dortch Jr.'s parents just don't understand. ''My parents look at my artwork,'' he says, ''and sometimes go, 'Why? Why not just make some...

  • Cult Clash

    By on October 27, 2011

    Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen and Sarah Paulson (Photo by Jody Lee Lipes) It won't surprise you to learn that a movie with Martha...

  • Saint of Killers

    By on October 27, 2011

    It's impossible to discuss St. Vincent -- the recording project of 29-year-old guitar goddess Annie Clark -- without bringing up dichotomies. The postpunk powerhouse combines...

  • Troubadour of Trust

    By on October 27, 2011

    Tom Nichols is moving to the next stage, literally and figuratively. After years as CFO of the World Wildlife Fund and African Wildlife Foundation, he...

  • War and Witchcraft

    By on October 27, 2011

    As Arms and The Man opens, Amy Quiggins flutters across the stage playing Raina Petkoff as if she were Barbie come to life. She's giddy...