Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • Hitchcocked

    ''I'll never be able to watch a Hitchcock movie again without laughing,'' said one viewer of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps in a posting to...

  • Re-emergence

    Just what is Sade's problem? Some might question why it took the singer Helen Folasade Adu -- Sade for short -- a decade to return...

  • Above and Beyond: Comedy, Spoken Word, Tastings, Tours, Etc.

    BARNS AT WOLF TRAP 1645 Trap RoadVienna, Va.703-255-1900wolf-trap.org The Second City 50th Anniversary Tour – Chicago’s historic comedy troupe celebrates 50 years of improv and...

  • Classical Music

    BACH SINFONIA Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center Montgomery College Georgia Avenue and East-West Highway Silver Spring 301-362-6525 bachsinfonia.org The Art of Lute/The Art of...

  • Dance

    CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER University of MarylandCollege Park, Md.301-405-ARTSwww.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu Gesel Mason — Through dance, personal stories and video images, Women, Sex, & Desire: Sometimes...

  • Museums and Galleries

    1708 GALLERY 319 W. Broad St.Richmond804-643-17081708gallery.org 20th Annual Art Auction — ”Home Is Where The Art Is” is the gallery’s largest fundraising event of the...

  • Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz

    BARNS AT WOLF TRAP 1645 Trap Rd. Vienna, Va. 703-255-1900 wolf-trap.org Greg Brown (3/12) Altan – Traditional Irish music ambassadors to the world (3/15) Battlefield...

  • Readings and Lectures

    BORDERS BOOKSTORES Chelsea Handler Various locations borders.com Chelsea Handler — Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang (3/27, 18th & L Streets NW) Lloyd Constantine — In Journal...

  • Stage

    AMERICAN CENTURY THEATER Master Class at Kennedy Center Gunston Theater II2700 S. Lang St.Arlington, Va.703-998-4555americancentury.org Stalag 17 — The Academy Award-winning film adaptation of this...

  • Lube Job

    ''Grease has something to say about the family we choose,'' says Jeff Buhrman. ''GLBT people understand that concept about choosing our family, defending each other....

  • Full Exposure

    ''There's an air of mystery and danger to the Black Party,'' says Jamin Ruhren. ''I think that maybe that got to me, not realizing that...

  • A Perfect 10

    In 1996, Kendra Kuliga won a drag king contest she entered on a dare from a friend. ''A panel of femme judges gave me 10s...

  • Jewish Soupçon

    ''I think if one were to ask Andy Warhol about the impact he's had on Josh Kornbluth in finding his Jewish identity, he would be...

  • Soap Opera Expressionism

    ''Sometimes the resentment still comes up,'' says Thom Bierdz. ''But I believe in life after death, so I believe that mom's okay, just somewhere else.''...

  • Phase Shift

    Nancy Eddy flubbed her debut performance as a singer-songwriter. ''I was so nervous,'' says Eddy. ''I remember I stopped in the middle of a song...