Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Kid Rock

    By on October 15, 2008

    Altar Boyz is an incredibly funny show. Honest to the big G.O.D. In fact, heartfelt shout out to the Big G.O.D. Dude, thanks for the...

  • Tune Town

    By on October 8, 2008

    Teenage waist-land:(L to R)Cera, Yoo, Dennings, Jonathan Wright, and Gavron The infamous mix-tape. Admit it, you've made one and given it to a crush. Though...

  • Fading Dream

    By on October 8, 2008

    Jennifer Hudson says she had no particular concept in mind when developing her debut album. ''I wanted it to show flexibility and versatility,'' she says...

  • Dancing Duality

    By on October 8, 2008

    Economic turmoil. War. Chaos and totalitarianism. You think things are bad now? Let the In Series and the Washington Ballet transport you back to a...

  • Wonderful World

    By on October 8, 2008

    There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind who click on that Gossip Girl blog posting with wild abandon despite the spoiler...

  • Lovelorn Lads

    By on October 1, 2008

    Rich Morel has remixed and played Soft Complex's music at Blowoff. And yet the independent D.C. band remains relatively unknown among gays. ''We typically play...

  • Happy Phase

    By on October 1, 2008

    Ani DiFranco takes a cheap shot as her new album, Red Letter Year, opens. ''And representing the white race, a man with a monkey for...

  • Bloodbath

    By on October 1, 2008

    Contrary to what the old wives tale would want you to believe, cats do not actually have nine lives. A visit to Google quickly reveals...

  • She Males

    By on September 24, 2008

    To borrow from Victor/Victoria, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Juliet is a man, pretending to be a woman.... Oh. Wait. That's it. No need to borrow from...

  • Passion Play

    By on September 24, 2008

    With the Jumbotron extravaganza barely behind us, one must wonder, just a little, why the WNO did not chose this production of Bizet's The Pearl...

  • Deep Throat

    By on September 24, 2008

    Choke, based on a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, may be tough to swallow, but if you can get it down, it's really worth it. As...

  • Soundwaves

    By on September 24, 2008

    WHO DO U LOVE... Are you ready? One of gay clubland's favorite singers is returning with new material this fall. Well, yes, Whitney Houston may...

  • Bundle of Grief

    By on September 17, 2008

    For the first few months of her pregnancy, Andrea Askowitz didn't know what was wrong. ''I just felt really anxious and angry and just not...

  • Flying High

    By on September 17, 2008

    Oh, the drama. A would be king takes to a stage dressed in the pageantry of ancient Rome to greet his throngs of loyal followers....

  • Visiting Hours

    By on September 17, 2008

    In David Mamet's play Squirrels, the character Arthur describes the act of storytelling as going ''From nothing to nothing.... 'Nothing.' Rising action. Climax. Falling action....