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  • What We Leave Behind at Evolve Urban Arts

    By on October 7, 2010

    “What We Leave Behind” features works by encaustic collage artist Marty Ittner and painter Michele Cormier — visually dense works referencing the discarded physical and...

  • Robbie Schaefer at The Barns at Wolf Trap

    By on October 7, 2010

    Robbie Schaefer, the famed guitarist and songwriter from folk-rock band Eddie From Ohio and host of XM’s “Robbie Schaefer’s Stuck in a Real Tall Tree,”...

  • BSO Superpops: Gotta Dance!

    By on October 7, 2010

    In “Gotta Dance!” Jack Everly conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Superpops in a vast exploration of music and movement, as dozens of dancers join the...

  • Dogs and Dragons

    By on October 6, 2010

    It would be easy to read too much into the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and the fact that No Rules Theatre Company's...

  • Gay Altar

    By on October 6, 2010

    ''He's described in the script as having a deep and abiding love for Cher and all things show tunes.'' Patrick M. Doneghy is talking about...

  • Classical Gas

    By on October 6, 2010

    ''Everything -- everything is new,'' Antony Hegarty says, apprehensively, at the top of his new set Swanlights. What's new here? Well, not everything exactly. But...

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    By on October 6, 2010

    Facebook is either the greatest contribution to social networking or, according to Betty White, the greatest time suck ever invented. Whatever you think it is,...

  • Artistic in Arlington

    By on October 6, 2010

    ''Artisphere is the kind of place where you come and hang out, bring your friends, find new friends,'' says Norma Kaplan, division chief of Arlington...

  • Les Ballets Trockadero at The Kennedy Center

    By on October 6, 2010

    Les Ballet Trockadero is a playful, entertaining company of professional male dancers who perform — in tutus, tiaras and tights — ballet and modern dance...

  • Todd Wright at Jammin Java

    By on October 6, 2010

    D.C. native Todd Wright has supported acts including Lucy Woodward, the Pat McGee Band and Better than Ezra. Tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m....

  • Lizz Wright at The Birchmere — POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS

    By on October 6, 2010

    UPDATE: TONIGHT’S LIZZ WRIGHT SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO ARTIST ILLNESS. Refunds are available at place of purchase through 10/20. The Birchmere has rescheduled...

  • Mark Bittman at Sixth & I Synagogue

    By on October 5, 2010

    New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman offers The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living, recipes relying mostly on fruits, vegetables and...

  • The Wiz at Center Stage

    By on October 5, 2010

    Ease on down the road with Dorothy and her friends in The Wiz, a funked-up adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz featuring...

  • Esperanza Spalding at the Lincoln Theatre

    By on October 3, 2010

    Following two performances at the White House and a sold-out appearance at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, this bassist and vocalist returns to D.C. with...

  • Nature/Data at Industry Gallery

    By on October 3, 2010

    Nature/Data is the first solo U.S. exhibition for New York-based Italian designer and architect Antonio Pio Saracino, with works executed in plywood, metal, carbon fiber...