Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Back in November, City Paper's Lydia DePillis asked, "Can the National Theatre finally come back to life?" For years, the elegant theater with the prime downtown location has been curiously …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 01:24PMWednesday, August 29, 2012
The District has granted a $12,000 contract to May 3rd Films for a 30-minute documentary about Ward 8. [WAMU]
Peter Marks on Whorehouse at Signature Theatre: "Let’s hope this foray into pe…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 07:58AMThursday, August 23, 2012
Fresh off the heels of Mayor Vince Gray's announcement of a Chuck Brown memorial in Langdon Park, The Howard Theatre has announced a new series, "Wind Me Up, Chuck! Mondays." The regular con…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:18PMTuesday, August 14, 2012
To mark the golden jubilee of Jamaica’s independence, the Art Museum of the Americas is presenting "Outward Reach," an eclectic mix of photographers and visual artists who have one foot in…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:53AMWednesday, August 8, 2012
Marvin Hamlisch, principal conductor of the NSO Pops orchestra between 2000 and 2011, has died at age 68. [WUSA 9]
Remembering Hamlisch, who could "get a little cocky," but with good reason …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:17AMFriday, July 27, 2012
Mayor Vince Gray dropped some big news this afternoon in a presolicitation event at the Lincoln Theatre: The historic U Street NW venue is officially looking for a new operator. A request f…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:09PMWednesday, July 11, 2012
If Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is right, America’s seventh president was an awfully emo guy. This Studio 2ndStage production, which opens today, puts an irreverent musical spin on Jackso…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 10:52AMGoogle maps the Smithsonian! [AP via Huffington Post]
Tareq Salahi is gonna git that Journey guitarist who stole his wife, by God! [DCist]
In an interview, Capital Fringe Executive Director …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 07:30AMMonday, April 9, 2012
In last week's feature about the Howard Theatre, I said that a strong public-relations campaign has been central to the theater's successful reopening. This afternoon's ribbon cutting outsid…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 03:17PMTuesday, March 27, 2012
Last year, Blues Alley owner Harry Schnipper wanted to buy the Lincoln Theatre.
One problem: The troubled city-owned historic facility wasn't for sale.
Of course, that's not what Schnipper s…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 09:00AMTuesday, March 20, 2012
At Mike Daisey's talk at Georgetown University Monday night, he said he wants to apologize to Ira Glass, and he acknowledged that he did not correct reporters who assumed he was telling the …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:07AMTuesday, March 6, 2012
Wow: The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony-award winning musical by the creators of South Park, is coming to the Kennedy Center in 2013. And that ain't the only huge show on the docket: In …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 01:05PMPeter Marks' take on the boxing in Studio Theatre's Sucker Punch [Post]
HuffPo UK spotlights photographer Martin Schoeller, whose images of female body builders are now showing at Arlingt…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:17AMWednesday, February 22, 2012
This morning, the Going Out Gurus gave us a glimpse of the Howard Theatre's entertainment schedule thus far. The lineup is star-studded—almost guaranteed to pack the house every night.…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 12:37PMTuesday, February 14, 2012
Shafted: Local artists didn't win squat in this year's Grammys. Unless you consider The Foo Fighters local.
Lady in White: Even D.C. media wasn't immune to the collective Whitney Houston …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:16AMTuesday, February 7, 2012
Israeli-style gaga, a 20th-century classic by choreographer Paul Taylor, and Philadelphia hip-hop. Which is more surprising: That one dance company would perform all three? Or that the troup…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:56AMThursday, January 26, 2012
Among other reasons Ron Paul would make an unlikely standard-bearer for the Republican Party is the fact that he, apparently, doesn’t think much of his party’s sainted first president. P…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 01:34PM 
