Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Thrill Seekers

    By on September 1, 2010

    Planet Snoopy will be closed next Saturday night, Sept. 11, during Brother Help Thyself's annual outing at Kings Dominion. '' is for the kids......

  • True Love

    By on September 1, 2010

    ''I would have loved for my mom to have had a relationship with someone,'' says comedian Loni Love. Love was raised with her brother by...

  • The Lonely Guy

    By on September 1, 2010

    The American. It's rather a bland title. But if you bring a star's name into it -- for example, ''George Clooney is…The American'' -- you...

  • Swedish Delight

    By on September 1, 2010

    ''Somebody alert the authorities, I got criminal intent,'' Robyn raps on one hip hop-flavored track on her playfully sublime new EP, Body Talk Pt. 2....

  • Game Boys

    By on September 1, 2010

    When unhindered by such things as a degree in history or political science or more than passing knowledge of the works of, well, any of...

  • The Sound of Music at Wolf Trap

    By on August 31, 2010

    Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved Broadway musical celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a week-long run at Wolf Trap's Filene Center. Mandy Bruno stars as...

  • Now in theaters: Eat Pray Love

    By on August 31, 2010

    Recently divorced and desperate to break her pattern of serial relationships, Elizabeth Gilbert packs her belongings into storage and begins a year-long, three-country quest to...

  • These United States at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

    By on August 30, 2010

    Jesse Elliott leads this alt-country/indie-rock band These United States. With roots in D.C. and Lexington, Ky, it’s said to be one of rock's best kept...

  • The Whole Plate Project at the Art Reactor Gallery

    By on August 30, 2010

    Art Reactor Gallery is a new artist-run photo-focused gallery/workshop/studio space in Hyattsville presents its first curated exhibit. The Whole Plate Project focuses on photographs made...

  • Native Musicians in Popular Culture at the NMAI

    By on August 28, 2010

    The National Museum of the American Indian’s “Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture” explores the many native artists who have had successful...

  • Juried Exhibition at the CITY Gallery

    By on August 28, 2010

    For those of you not joining the wolf pack at the Glenn Beck Rally for Teabagging, consider instead checking out the CITY Gallery, for which...

  • The Vibrator Play at Woolly Mammoth

    By on August 27, 2010

    Aaron Posner directs Sarah Ruhl’s 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony-nominated In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play, kicking off Woolly Mammoth’s 31st season....

  • Lifehouse at DAR. Tickets on sale Aug. 28 at 10am

    By on August 27, 2010

    The founding members of Lifehouse had their roots as a Christian band but made a smooth, quick, and profitable transition into alternative rock, forging several...

  • Joo Young Oh at The Kennedy Center

    By on August 27, 2010

    Celebrated teenage violinist Joo Young Oh performs a recital called "Passion of the Violin," featuring selections from Tartini, Saint-Saëns, Milstein and Sarasate. Saturday, Aug. 28,...

  • Phillips Collection After 5

    By on August 26, 2010

    Until Labor Day, the Phillips Collection turns its popular monthly Thursday After 5 event, which mixes art and entertainment and offers food and cash bar,...