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26 Miles Is Far From Typical Female Fare
A scene from Round House's 26 Miles. Round House Theatre's production of 26 Miles will lose potential audience members with its plot synopsis, which features the words "mother," "daughter" and "heart-warming," and conjures up thoughts of Steel Magnolias and chick flicks. Yet there's barely any hugging, crying or any stereotypically feminine gestures iin this intelligent exploration of divorce and estrangement. Thanks to a solid script by Quiara Alegria Hudes, 26 Miles rises well above...
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Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on DCist. Pirate Radio, the new comedy starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, from the creator of Love Actually. In theatres 11/13. Ballroom with a Twist, a new production with dancers from So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars, 11/20 and 11/21 at the Music Center at Strathmore. GroupOn, using collective buying power to bring you one ridiculous coupon each day....
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Overheard in D.C.: A Strange World
Photo by lovedc There's a lot of weird things in the world: Snuggies, hairless cats, Glenn Beck's Christmas book for kids, for example. And some things just defy explanation. Overheard of the Week Wednesday Night at at Duffy's Irish bar: Guy 1: "If he were as broke as he said he was, why did he keep buying Segways?" Guy 2: "He couldn't give up the lifestyle." (Pause) Guy 2: "I think he paid for...
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Out and About: Weekend Picks
Photo by dr kim veis ["o] FRIDAY ART: Tomorrow is the start of the FotoWeek DC festival, a must-attend six-day photography extravangza. Consult the Arts Agenda for more details on our picks for the fest. Tonight, check out the opening reception at FotoWeek Central in Georgetown (on M Street between 33rd and 34th Streets NW), starting at 6:30 p.m. for $20 at the door, or $15 in advance. MUSIC: We highlighted Falls Church native...
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Another Guilty Plea in OCTO Case
Yusuf Acar Yusuf Acar, the former D.C. computer security official who was arrested and charged in March for his part in a bribery scheme that allegedly funneled phony contracts and pay checks through the District's Office of the Chief Technology Officer, is expected to plead guilty, the Examiner reports. The full terms of the plea agreement are not yet known, but "Acar would pay back more than $200,000 in stolen money, including $69,000 in...
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Photo of the Day: November 6, 2009
Technology is amazing; that a simple camera phone can capture such an image. And with jim_darling's keen eye and knack for color and composition, you get one gorgeous photograph....
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The Weekly Feed: Running from Pigs Edition
Image courtesy of woolennium Dish of the Week: Kimchee jigae Where: Adam Express, Mandu The swine flu appears to be aggressively making its way around town, and it sounds like it's going to hit a lot more people before they are able to get the vaccine. I, too, am riding the snot rocket to hell. But in addition to chicken soup, I recommend kimchee jigae. Kimchee jigae is a stew made with pork stock,...
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DCist Preview: Thao & Portland Cello Project
Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down are at the Black Cat tonight. Photo by Tarina Westlund, courtesy Kill Rock Stars. By DCist Contributor Adam Mazmanian Tonight’s Black Cat show will be a homecoming of sorts for Thao Nguyen. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter was born and raised in Falls Church, but by her own admission, she was too busy with college at William & Mary, and maybe "not well connected enough" to get very...
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D.C. Cutting Back its H1N1 Vaccine Clinics
The D.C. Department of Health announced Thursday that it is reducing the hours and frequency of its free H1N1 vaccine clinics in order to be able to send more doses to doctor's offices and community health centers. DOH says that over 11,000 people have been served in D.C.'s clinics in the past two weeks. Some of the changes include an earlier closing time of 1 p.m. (instead of 4 p.m.) for this Saturday's clinics,...
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DCist Preview: Kailash Kher & Kailasa @ Lisner
When Kailash Kher starts talking about music, it is tempting to dismiss him as someone waxing philosophical about metaphysical concepts, without any substance behind his words. But after a few minutes of listening, it becomes clear that he is the real deal. This palpable enthusiasm comes from a man who sees music as food for the soul, and an ultimate expression of spirituality. "Music is to me is not just a source of entertainment,...
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Morning Roundup: Local Ties Edition
Photo by JOkazaki On a sad day after the killing of 13 people at Ft. Hood in Texas, the Post is delving into the local ties of suspected shooter Maj. Nidal M. Hasan. He was born in Arlington, graduated from Virginia Tech, prayed at a mosque in Silver Spring and spent the better part of his professional career caring for trauma victims at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He apparently went on the...
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Go Home Already: Senselessness
Photo by erin m The Associated Press has the best information we've seen coming out of Fort Hood. An officer who's been identified as Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan allegedly opened fire at this military base, leaving 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman and apprehended two other soldiers in what appears to be the worst mass shooting ever to occur at a U.S. military base.The biological father of one of...
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Girls & Real Estate @ The Black Cat
Girls @ the Black Cat. Photo by Holly Le. You'd be forgiven for thinking that the Real Estate/Girls show Tuesday night at the Black Cat was an extended tribute to The Clean, an open-mic homage to the under-known but influential Kiwi punk band. Hell, the show might have been a two-set-long cover act, the way both bands indulge in heavy chorus pedal and simple chord progressions and fancy-free songs about summer love. You'd certainly...
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Michael A. Brown Wanted an Investigation Before He Didn't
D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) As the political fracas continues over the $82 million in parks and rec contracts that D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty quietly funneled through the D.C. Housing Authority (much of it handed to contractors with cozy ties to the mayor), members of the D.C. Council are demanding accountability. None more so than Council member Michael A. Brown (I-At Large). Or not. No, he is. Really. We think. Since...
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Popcorn & Candy: Continental Drift
DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Michelle Williams and Gael García Bernal in Lukas Moodysson's 'Mammoth'. 2009 AFI European Union Film Showcase Tonight is the kickoff of the AFI and the European Commission Delegation's annual European Union Film Showcase. The festival, now in its 22nd year, collects some of the best European film from the previous year's festival circuit, often screening some...
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New Discount Bus Option to Philly, Wilmington, Boston
New York businessman Joel Azumah wrote to DCist today to let us know that his discount bus line, modestly dubbed TransportAzumah, will be launching several new routes servicing D.C. this month. Refreshingly, these routes will not be servicing New York. Instead, Azumah plans to offer non-stop bus service from D.C. to Wilmington, Philadelphia and Boston. TransportAzumah's sorry looking web site doesn't instill a lot of confidence, but given that cheapo bus giants Bolt and...
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A Cate Blanchett DuBois-powered Streetcar
There’s a huge star at the center of the Sydney Theatre Company’s much-hyped, Liv Ullman-directed, wholly satisfying new staging of A Streetcar Named Desire, which sold out its Kennedy Center run before the curtain rose on the first preview. I speak, of course, of the dramatist Tennessee Williams. That’s no slight on Cate Blanchett, who fronts, fights, twirls and finally, crawls her way through a towering, plaintive gut-punch of a performance as Blanche DuBois,...
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About Tonight
Photo by Kevin A. Koski MUSIC: Kurt Vile will be at the Black Cat's Backstage tonight with his full band, The Violators. D.C.'s own Benjy Ferree opens. 8:30 p.m., $10 in advance, $12 day of show. Or head to Asylum for the return their free "Cakes & Kisses" hip-hop open mic night, featuring The Five One, Green Tea, Madam Madon, Laelo Hood and DJ Jav, with free cake and Hershey's kisses for all. 9...
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Wolfmother @ 930 Club
Typically I try not to describe a band's sound by listing every obvious influence and antecedent. But when it comes to Wolfmother, the exercise is almost impossible to avoid. Their sound is a skein of 70's rock tropes. Songs contain blatant borrowings from Steppenwolf, Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, etc. Everything from little riffs, to entire melodies, to more esoteric thematic robberies. It's not bad to borrow but there is certainly a big difference between what someone like Jack White has managed to do with his influences and what Wolfmother is doing with theirs.
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Woolly Keeps the Audience Running Full Circle
The dangling apartment setting of Woolly's Full Circle. When it comes to Woolly Mammoth's season-opening production of Full Circle, sometimes you just have to run with it. Literally. This is a show where the audience relocates from separate rooms to a central location, from the complex lobby to the main theater. All the movement helps contribute to the chaos in which the show is set – in East Germany, just after the collapse of...
