Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Iron Butterfly

    As one of the most well-known and accessible of operas, admitting a passion for Puccini's Madama Butterfly isn't likely to win you any brownie points...

  • The NSO celebrates India

    Christoph Eschenbach conducts the National Symphony Orchestra in a program, part of the Kennedy Center’s maximum INDIA festival, featuring Concerto for Four Soloists, a world...

  • Randy Newman at Strathmore

    Prolific film composer and musician Randy Newman, hot on the heels of his Oscar win, drops by Strathmore for a concert featuring many of his...

  • Glamour, Glitter and Gold benefits The DC Center

    There are still tickets available for Glamour, Glitter & Gold, an Oscar-watch gala benefitting The DC Center, Sunday, Feb. 27, at Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th...

  • Basra Boy and The Weir at Keegan Theatre

    In the one person show Basra Boy, The Keegan Theatre offers a look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their impact on the...

  • Oscar Nominated Shorts at the Avalon

    The Avalon Theatre offers two feature-length programs of the short films nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards, set for Sunday, Feb. 27 — a program...

  • The City Choir of Washington

    Robert Shafer conducts the choir in a concert tribute to 9/11 on its 10th anniversary year. Featured on the program are Haydn’s Mass In The...

  • Maura O’Connell at The Birchmere

    Irish singer Maura O’Connell got her start as vocalist for the traditional Celtic group De Dannan, but now as a solo artist, she offers contemporary,...

  • Video Games Live at Strathmore

    In Video Games Live, members of the National Philharmonic and National Philharmonic Chorale aim to combine the power and emotion of a symphony orchestra with...

  • Wanda Jackson at the 9:30 Club

    Recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Queen of Rockabilly — and former girlfriend to Elvis Presley — Wanda Jackson is...

  • Family Ties

    The Irish tenements of the early 1920s were a close-knit and crowded place. Seated cheek-by-jowl at the Washington Shakespeare Company's Juno and the Paycock, Sean...

  • Winds of Change

    When Valerie Coleman was forming what became the Imani Winds quintet, Mariam Adam says, ''she wanted the players to look like her.'' Specifically, Coleman, a...

  • Cultural Crossroads

    ''There's so much stuff going on,'' says Scott Kenison. ''It's really like multicultural on steroids.'' Kenison, chief operating officer of the Atlas Performing Arts Center,...

  • Oscar Night

    What movie are you rooting for to win at this Sunday's Academy Awards? The Kids Are All Right? Black Swan? As long as you like...

  • Sex and the Apocalypse

    Gregg Araki's Kaboom is a gay, sexually charged version of Donnie Darko. It's destined to either become a cult classic or fade into obscurity. The...