Arts + Entertainment
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Will Calhoun at National Geographic Live!
Will Calhoun — most recognized as the drummer for the rock band Living Colour — has earned repeated praise for his fearless explorations of jazz,...
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Arena Stage Homecoming
The President and First Lady help open Arena Stage’s sparkling new Southwest complex with a gala ceremony on Monday, Oct. 25, but first comes a...
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Color Splash’s David Bromstad at Strosniders
Gay HGTV hunk David Bromstad — last week's Metro Weekly cover profile — gives an interactive, 90-minute presentation on color and decorating at three Strosniders...
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Purple Rain at Landmark’s E Street CInema
Through early November, Landmark’s E Street Cinema is hosting weekend midnight screenings of camp and cult classics. This weekend brings Albert Magnoli’s 1984 Purple Rain...
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Reel Affirmations Night of DADT on Screen
Reel Affirmations presents two military-themed films on Friday, Oct. 22 — A Marine Story, a drama starring Dreya Weber and Alex Everett, at 7 p.m.,...
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The Flying Karamazov Brothers at Wolf Trap
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov inspired this legendary American group's name and each performer has taken on a Russian persona. The Flying Karamazov Brothers offer...
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Belly Horror at The Birchmere
Now in its fifth year, the cabaret Belly Horror features performance artists in what is billed as "a sinisterly sensual smorgasbord of belly dance, inspired...
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Songs of the Dragons at Studio 2ndstage
Young Jean Lee's show is more jagged kinetic poem than traditional narrative, and it plays with stereotypes at a pace that is at once furious...
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Catie Curtis at Jammin Java
The New Yorker calls the energetic Catie Curtis, part of Massachusetts’ thriving lesbian folk scene, a “folk-rock goddess.” She puts on a lovely show, and...
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Henry VIII at the Folger
Robert Richmond directs Henry VIII, Shakespeare’s final history play that reverberates with power struggles — both political and personal — as Henry’s advisors, paramour Anne...
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Cho-sen One
When gay-fave Margaret Cho takes to the Warner Theatre stage Friday, Oct. 29, she won't be alone. Aside from the audience, there will be one...
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Law and Order
Last year it was The Blind Side. This year it’s Conviction. That feel-good, based-on-a-true-story film that allows established stars to flex their acting muscles by...
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Honky Cat
''I know you could be just like you should,'' Elton John sings at the top of his new set The Union. ''If it wasn't for...
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Sweet Harmony
''Throughout the '70s,'' says Carol Maillard, ''there were a lot of pop and R&B singers putting out songs that had something to do with people's...
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Truth and Consequences
Trying to draw a conclusion about Constellation Theatre Company is not unlike looking up into the night sky, trying to discern the actual figures of...
