Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Soundwaves

    GRAMMY GIRLS (AND RUFUS)... Did you hear- Kathy Griffin did, in fact, get her Grammy nomination. You know, the one she was angling for. The...

  • Smart Dance

    Who you calling a bimbo: Bimbo Jones Katherine Ellis is a powerhouse vocalist, as self-assured and larger-than-life as if ripped straight out of a gay...

  • Stage: The Best of 2008

    I wasn't sure that I'd be able to come up with a list for best shows of 2008. I'm not going to get all dramatic...

  • The Year in Music

    The year 2008 was a good one for recorded pop music, though not as great as it could or should have been, and most of...

  • The Best and Worst Films of 2008

    When the credits started to roll, did you jump to your feet and applaud or storm the box office and demand your money back- In...

  • Pretty in Pink

    Let's get right to the point. It is as silly and bubblegum as you thought it would be. Those question marks you included the first...

  • Musical Therapy

    You have to hand it to D.C.'s theater community. They never miss a chance to surprise or, perhaps more accurately, to shock. Arena Stage has...

  • Ring Leader

    Well, she did it. Britney Spears now has her comeback. Her new album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's main album chart and moved nearly...

  • Epic Intimacy

    It's been some 20 years since Victor Hugo's novel of students and street hustlers took to the stage in a spectacle about poverty, true love...

  • Broken Wing

    In many ways, the theater is an ideal home for the dramatic treatment of subjects controversial, disturbing and even sickening. Alive, breathing and intimate, the...

  • Winter Wonderlands

    Among the signs of the holiday season is the appearance of ''family friendly'' shows meant to bridge the divide between serious grown-up work and (the...

  • Flyboy

    'Tis the season for traditions. The stories behind some family traditions are unpacked every year like a favorite Christmas tree ornament. Others are observed because...

  • Bathhouse Blues

    If you were to record an album at a gay sex club, what kind of music would it be? Dance music seems obvious -- it's...

  • Musically Gifted

    Hilary Duff just released a Best Of collection. Sure, the Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire is only 21. Only five years and some eight hits into...

  • Life Songs

    After a recent dress rehearsal with the Capitol Pride Symphonic Band, director Joe Bello was feeling emotional. ''They actually moved me to tears on the...