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  • Dance: Fall Arts Preview 2014

    By on September 11, 2014

    Now in its sixth year, the Velocity DC Dance Festival, held at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Sidney Harman Hall, has become fall’s leading showcase of...

  • Diana Krall returns to Strathmore

    By on August 13, 2014

    Krall has made her mark as one of the most successful jazz artists ever

  • Strathmore enlisted many of the biggest names in Washington’s scene for its food festival

    By on July 31, 2014

    Strathmore enlisted many of the biggest names in Washington's scene for its food festival

  • Photo of Lily Tomlin

    Tales of the Tomlin

    By on March 20, 2014

    There is no argument: Lily Tomlin loves show business. And that love has driven her from stage to screen and back again, countless times. With...

  • Rah-Rah for Rye Rye

    By on March 6, 2014

    ''My show is really high-energy, a lot of dancing -- Baltimore club dancing,'' Rye Rye says. Anyone who's seen the Charm City rapper perform knows...

  • Marvin's Room

    By on January 16, 2014

    ''It was very heartbreaking for our whole company.'' Marissa McGowan is recalling the 2012 death of storied American composer Marvin Hamlisch. ''He meant so much...

  • Bright Bolivian Art

    By on December 19, 2013

    ''If you've traveled anywhere in Ecuador or Bolivia or Peru, you probably remember those great textiles that you see in all the markets over there,''...

  • Lady in the Limelight

    By on October 3, 2013

    ''I would torture my family with made-up arias and stuff, and sing around the house,'' Sutton Foster says of her childhood days in Georgia and...

  • Summer Concert Highlights Around D.C., Maryland and Virginia

    By on July 11, 2013

    JULY · Special Agent Galactica (7/12, 7/26, Black Fox Lounge) · Skylar Grey (7/14, U Hall) · Jill Scott (7/15, Wolf Trap) · Lee Dewyze...

  • Untraditional Tidings

    By on December 13, 2012

    Got the holiday spirit – but tired of tradition? Call it bah-humbug blasphemy, but most area theaters and concert venues aim to entice the average...

  • Olivia Newton-John comes to Strathmore

    By on November 11, 2012

    From the films Grease and Xanadu to the mega-pop hit “Physical” to LOGO’s Sordid Lives, Australian performer Olivia Newton-John has managed to achieve a sense...

  • David Byrne and St. Vincent live at Strathmore

    By on September 26, 2012

    Quirky pop mastermind and Talking Heads founder David Byrne teamed up with introspective, indie darling St. Vincent to create the idiosyncratic album Love This Giant,...

  • Passionate Feeling

    By on September 20, 2012

    Melissa Etheridge ends her new album 4th Street Feeling in a state of heat, plain and simple. ''I think I'm ready to try my hand...

  • Uking it Up

    By on August 8, 2012

    ''Did you know we had 964 ukulele players last year?'' Marcy Marxer is reminiscing about the success of last year's UkeFest at Strathmore, which attracted...

  • In Tune

    By on July 12, 2012

    ''I think a lot of people weren't even sure what a cappella music was before The Sing Off,'' says Eliza Berkon. Berkon's D.C.-based a cappella...