Elizabeth Askew
The last time Hollywood came to DC, it was a convivial trifecta of decent musicians, fat politicos and syrupy inclusiveness of anyone with $300 in spare cash. This time, it is an occasion of “artful violence” and “audience participation,” as the National Theater demonstrates the art of behind-the-scenes combat tonight in Battleground! Finally, your dream [...]
The 9:30 Club has some amazing acts booked for the next few months, and many of them are already sold out. Here’s a list of upcoming shows with tickets still available.
MOCA DC, a small nonprofit gallery near the canal in Georgetown, prides itself on showing under-represented artwork. But its Erotica exhibit opening tonight is probably not the kind of material lacking for a market. It kicks off with a live photoshoot of a Playboy model, and marches on bravely from there.
St. Patrick’s Day joins Mardi Gras and New Year’s Eve as one of those celebrations whose continued observance relies on arbitrary binge drinking. It isn’t even St. Patrick’s Day yet, nine Dupont Circle bars will be adhering to the time-honored tradition of getting you sloshed, for cheap, for leprechauns or something, on Saturday night!
The Alliance Française is providing an opportunity to be almost grotesquely multicultural tonight. Their latest Carte Blanche Happy Hour is being held at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, and in honor of its venue it’s also celebrating the Jewish holiday Purim. So in addition to the usual French food and DJ, there’s hamantashen and [...]
DC is such a lively place, with its vagrants and whores and millionaires, and that’s just on Capitol Hill! The Washingtonian is holding a contest to find the best picture of our DC, depicting the banal theme of “Only in Washington.”
With Obama’s move to the White House, DC has blossomed into an international sex symbol of Hope and Possibility. It wasn’t always like this! Once upon a time, the city was just a swamp of slavery and despair. Cultural Tourism DC offers all the details in a podcast-aided tour for everyone who wonders what our [...]
DC is going all “Park City” on us this week: first the powdery snow, and now the Independent Film Festival, which opens tonight! The DCIFF will be showing over 120 documentaries, shorts, and feature films every night for the next two weeks.
Single-digit wind chills are good for nothing but justifying knocking off work early to go to Oyamel’s Tequila & Mezcal Festival tonight. Though we probably had you at “free tequila,” there’s more details, after the jump!
Georgetown — home of the cocktail-party-lovin’ metro-hatin’ DC elite — is not the easiest neighborhood in which to relax. But Pizzeria Paradiso, winner of a gajillion best-of-DC awards, is a refuge.
For those of us still abuzz from all the self-righteous furry-filled energy generated at CPAC this weekend, no need to come down yet! CommonWealth in Columbia Heights is hosting a Scotch tasting tonight, with enough glasses of single malt to keep us deluding ourselves well into the workweek. ]
Here’s a Peep Show for the whole family: The Washington Post is now accepting submissions for its third annual Peeps Diorama Contest, in celebration of the “candy” Peeps that are somehow representative of Easter, in America.
DC lives up to its sexy new reputation tonight, with not one but TWO events based on humanity’s favorite past time after reality TV.
The newest exhibit at the Hirschhorn (opening today!) is a retrospective of 97-year-old sculptor Louise Bourgeois. With a career spanning back to the 1940s and more than 100 sculptures in this exhibit alone, there’s a lot to know about Bourgeois. The Hirschhorn is giving two lectures to help out!
Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis plays DC-9 with his side band Witch. In true side-project tradition, he’s tossed the feedback-heavy guitar for which he’s best known and picked up moody drumming instead.Â
