Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington

    By on December 9, 2009

    I love to sing, but I'm no Susan Boyle. And until recently, I thought the shower was the only suitable place for my inner-diva. I...

  • Musical Stocking Stuffers

    By on December 9, 2009

    ''You better watch out, you better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why: Santa Claus is swinging in town.'' Yep, it's that...

  • Holiday Tunes

    By on December 9, 2009

    Ever seen a clarinet player with raindeer ears? You just might at the D.C. Different Drummers' holiday concert this Saturday, Dec. 12. ''The tradition is...

  • Playing the Heartstrings

    By on December 9, 2009

    There's nothing better than an uplifting movie to please the masses that's released just in time for the holidays. And if it involves sports, score!...

  • Stringing Along

    By on December 9, 2009

    ''It's hard to make a mandolin sound sad. You can play it in a minor key, but it's got a sprightly tone,'' says Catie...

  • A Light Fantastick

    By on December 2, 2009

    What would make life easier for all involved would be saying that Arena Stage's new production of The Fantasticks is…fantastic. It's a headline writer's dream...

  • Renaissance Man

    By on December 2, 2009

    You may know Dylan Davis, Cobalt bartender and promoter. Or Dylan Davis, Universal Gear model. This weekend, you can see another side to the popular...

  • All in the Family

    By on December 2, 2009

    There aren't many playwrights who can speak to us in an exceptionally accessible, relevant and funny voice while simultaneously, almost insidiously, delivering a dark, querulous...

  • House party

    By on December 2, 2009

    What once started as a Victorian Christmas Home Tour in Logan Circle more than 30 years ago has evolved to become the Logan Circle House...

  • Road Weary

    By on November 26, 2009

    The long and winding road leads... well, I don't know where. In The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy's recent short novel, it seemingly leads to...

  • Musical Monstrosities

    By on November 26, 2009

    ''Yeah, you make me wanna listen to music again,'' Adam Lambert sings at the top of his debut, For Your Entertainment. The album is as...

  • Lights! Camera! Fraction!

    By on November 26, 2009

    Apparently, all the world is not just a stage, it's a soundstage. As You Like It Over at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Sidney Harman Hall,...

  • Victorian Plunge

    By on November 26, 2009

    When a play arrives emanating even the vaguest whiff of the avant garde, even a theatergoing stalwart, finger poised over the ''buy tickets'' button, may...

  • Viral Campaign

    By on November 26, 2009

    Sometimes advertising becomes art. Case in point: Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell's Soup cans. Thinking broadly, Jeff McElhaney's advertising campaigns of the 1980s and '90s might...

  • Moon Men

    By on November 19, 2009

    Better than the first one. Still sucks. That's the distilled version for those who are sick and tired of hearing about ''The Twilight Saga'' and...