Metro Weekly

All posts by Randy Shulman

  • Misstallica — All-Girl Tribute to Metallica

    What will it sound like to have a woman sing “Enter Sandman” or “One”? Misstallica — All-Girl Tribute to Metallica is your chance to find...

  • Lizz Wright at The Birchmere

    A blues-fired R&B singer with a countrified bent and a gospel and jazz background, New Yorker by way of Georgia Lizz Wright sometimes powers her...

  • Nick Galifianakis at Politics and Prose

    If You Loved Me You’d Think This Was Cute features searing black-and-white illustrations from Nick Galifianakis, best known as the cartoonist sidekick to syndicated advice...

  • Special Event on Sunday at Studio: LGBT Community Discussion following Marcus

    On Sunday afternoon, Feb. 13, following the 2 p.m. matinee of Tarell Alvin McCraney‘s stunning Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet, the Studio Theatre, in...

  • RA Xtra: Children of God

    Kareem J. Mortimer’s tough and touching drama, set in Brazil, Children of Godfocuses on two young men struggling to come out. The film screens as...

  • Euan Morton at Signature

    After performing last year in the wonderful revival of the rock musical Chess, Euan Morton returns to Signature, this time to perform his amusingly titled...

  • Pianist Radu Lupu with the NSO

    Gianandrea Noseda makes his NSO debut conducting renowned pianist Radu Lupu in a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Also on the program is...

  • Lauryn Hill at Ram’s Head Live

    Given recent shows elsewhere, she might start this show late. But that Lauryn Hill — that’s Ms. Lauryn Hill now, she insists — is set...

  • Linkin Park

    Linkin Park, the tuneful nu-metal/rap rock band, stops in D.C. on its world tour supporting last year’s A Thousand Suns, a middling concept album about...

  • Gang of Four at the 9:30 Club

    Gang of Four, the definitive punk-funk/post-punk band, has returned 30 years after storming the airwaves and inspiring everyone from R.E.M. to Red Hot Chili Peppers...

  • Out in the Silence at Artisphere

    D.C.-based filmmakers Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer’s 2010 documentary Out In The Silence focuses on a popular young jock brutally bullied at his small-town high...

  • The Alexandria Kleztet

    Exciting and innovative, the Alexandria Kleztet has been combining traditional Eastern European Jewish music with diverse influences for more than a decade. The free concert...

  • Tynan at the Studio Theatre

    Philip Goodwin stars in Tynan, a one-man show, from Richard Nelson and Colin Chambers, about the great theater critic Kenneth Tynan, based on his diaries...

  • Evil Cat

    The Washington Psychotronic Film Society, dedicated to independent, experimental, low-budget, off-the-beaten-path filmmaking, presents a weekly Tuesday night screening series. This Tuesday offers the 1986 film...

  • Unevenlane at Dance Place

    Under the artistic direction of founder Mary Lane, Unevenlane offers stories connecting with emotions to create richly layered dances full of curious intersections, angles, and...