Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Modern Marvel

    By on December 15, 2004

    How do you know when you're having a good time at the theatre? You're smiling ear to ear, from curtain rise to curtain fall, check....

  • Underwhelmed

    By on December 8, 2004

    After Mitsubishi tapped Dirty Vegas to promote its Eclipse model two years ago with the song ''Days Gone By,'' the band became the most popular...

  • Uncoupling

    By on December 8, 2004

    In Closer, four strangers drawn together by fate form into romantic pairs and then proceed to uncouple and re-couple, in the process ripping each other...

  • Soundwaves

    By on December 8, 2004

    MCLACHLAN'S CALLING… Some videos are worth celebrating because they're so good. Gwen Stefani's “What You Waiting For?” for example. And some videos are worth celebrating...

  • Dickens Nouveau

    By on December 8, 2004

    Just when you thought you knew Ebenezer Scrooge and his shopworn miserly antics, just when Charles Dickens seemed a safe bet for an evening filled...

  • Mythbuster

    By on December 1, 2004

    It's been six years since Bill Condon made the phenomenal Gods and Monsters, which explored the hushed tragedy of James Whale, the gay director behind...

  • Earnest Melodrama

    By on December 1, 2004

    When Molly Smith invites Everett Quinton, renowned alum of Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company, to direct The Importance of Being Earnest at Arena Stage, it's...

  • Triumphant Trio

    By on November 17, 2004

    Here's a little secret: if ever there's a time to bum rush a box office, it's now. Get tickets while you still can to Aaron...

  • Soundwaves

    By on November 17, 2004

    A DANCE BAND RISES… Way Out West is a dance music band. Think about how strange that concept is. And refreshing. You see, Way Out...

  • Home Movies

    By on November 17, 2004

    A pale, dark-haired boy of about 13 approaches Jonathan Caouette in the lobby of the Landmark E Street Cinemas. He is visibly overwhelmed, barely able...

  • Living Dolls

    By on November 17, 2004

    If they make it past three or more films, horror movie icons typically make the leap from terror to comedy. It's not always the best...

  • Another Sunday

    By on November 10, 2004

    Boy, oh boy does it sound promising on paper: the world premiere of a new musical from Michael John LaChiusa and playwright John Strand, directed...

  • Soundwaves

    By on November 10, 2004

    DJ Irene A ROCKSTAR LESBIAN DJ... She looks like a lesbian. She sounds like a lesbian. And she is, in fact, a lesbian. But few...

  • Roots

    By on November 10, 2004

    You've heard about it, you've wondered about it, you may even have fantasized about it. But will it be tough on the backside? Come on,...

  • Blue-State Pop-Punk

    By on November 10, 2004

    As bruising as the 2004 election was to gay Americans, it's no time to grin and bare it, or to flee. Listen to your inner...