Recent Entries in Arts and Events
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Out and About: Weekend Picks
Photo by ewilfong FRIDAY JAZZ: If you have family in town, taking them to the Jazz Night in Southwest could be a good inexpensive activity. Tonight trombonist Bobby Felder will assemble a large band for 6-9 p.m. show. $5. For more jazz highlights this weekend, check out our This Week in Jazz post. MUSIC: Since it's the last Friday of the month, "AfroBeat For Ya Soul" is on at its new location, Bossa, with...
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Photo of the Day: November 27, 2009
Regretting that second helping of mashed potatoes? Or feeling guilty for sneaking that third piece of pie, even on the day after? Well redeem yourself by getting out, getting active and taking a nice walk. outtacontext shares a beautiful possibility for a recovery jaunt through the woods....
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There's Something About Lulu
Angel Torres and Sara Barker in Washington Shakespeare's production of Lulu. Photo by C. Stanley Photography. Lulu is bad news. Don't believe me? Just take a glance at the couch that resides immediately in front of front row, center, in Washington Shakespeare Company's production of this Nicholas Wright-penned mashed-up adaptation of two notorious Frank Wedekind plays. There you'll find the trail of broken hearts and broken bodies the seductress leaves in her wake, in...
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About Tonight
Photo courtesy of bslatas MOVIE: Cormac McCarthy’s Oprah-backed mega-bestseller, The Road opens today at a handful of theatres. You can view the trailer here, and be sure to check out the rest of our holiday weekend movie picks in Popcorn & Candy. MUSIC: At Liv, some of the area's most noted producers and talked-about emcees under one roof tonight including Slimkat78, XO, and Lola Monroe, $10, 9 p.m. LECTURE: Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman, host...
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Photo of the Day: November 25, 2009
The turkeys are coming, the turkeys are coming! Or fleeing, as is the case here. Synapped reminds us that our upcoming feast isn't great news for the turkeys....
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This Week in Jazz
Valery Ponomarev>> Unbuckled alum Matt Grason leads his live house band, House of Soul, tonight at the Bossa Bistro & Lounge. The group features Three Stars alum Charles Ostle on drums and monster keyboardist Jon Ozment. 10 p.m. $3 >> Trombonist Bobby Felder assembles a big band on Friday at Jazz Night in Southwest, for the first of several chances to see jazz orchestras over the next few days. The ensemble is pretty much...
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Popcorn & Candy: Cultish Personality
DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. The Room There are a lot of bad movies out there. Most fade into obscurity, as what makes them so awful is that they're simply forgettable wastes of time. Yet every now and then a bad movie comes along that becomes a timeless classic based solely on its staggering ineptitude. These films set the standard by...
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About Tonight
Photo by julia.m MOVIE: The Alliance Française, in partnership with the Bureau de Quebec, presents a screening of Claude Meunier's romantic comedy, Le Grand Départ / Honey, I’m in Love, about a man who leaves his monotonous wife for a much younger woman, but soon begins to wonder if the choice has really left him happier. At the Letelier Theater, 7 p.m., tickets are $9. The Washington Psychotronic Film Society is back at the...
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Photo of the Day: November 24, 2009
Perhaps it's this dreary weather that's putting us in the mood for an abstract image today, and christaki has come up with the goods. He cleverly combines his decaying subject's unusual color palette with careful framing – incorporating the artistic rule of thirds – to catch the viewer's eye. (EXIF)...
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This Week In Hip-Hop
XO is part of the "Capital City Music Tour," which is at Liv on Wednesday. Tuesday: >> R. Kelly is at Constitution Hall for shows tonight and tomorrow. Insert Kellz joke here. $65-$85, 8 p.m. both Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday: >> The brings some of the area's most noted producers and talked-about emcees under one roof at Liv. Included on the bill are Slimkat78, XO (pictured) and Lola Monroe. $10, 9 p.m. >> House...
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Can't Help Lovin' Dat Showboat
The cast of Signature's "Showboat." Signature Theatre's production of Showboat demonstrates two things: that sometimes a hefty dose of an old-school musical is just what you need, and that even those old chestnuts can still have some surprises in store. Take Terry Burrell's rendition of "Bill," Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's classic ode to inexplicable love (I remember the lyric, "I love him because he's...I don't know," getting a half hour-long rave from my...
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Weekly Music Agenda
MONDAY >> Sriram already offered plenty of reasons why you should head to the 9:30 tonight for Bebel Gilberto. Don't forget, it's an early show -- doors are at 6 p.m. $35. >> One part of the Black Cat's description of tonight's act, Cub Country, really caught our eye. Yeah yeah, the music stuff sounds cool. But "spare second bedroom"?!?! That is the stuff of fantasies, right there. $8 on the backstage, with Velvet....
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About Tonight
Photo by M.V. Jantzen MUSIC: Bebel Gilberto performs tonight at the 9:30 Club, in an early show (doors 6 p.m.). Tickets are $35, and check out our preview here. CLASSICAL: Catch the final performance of Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera, a rarely performed opera about a Marchioness who disguises herself as a gardener girl to find the man she loves, performed (with piano only) by Maryland Opera Studio. $21, 7:30 p.m. MOVIE: The Goethe Institut...
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Secret History: Chisel's 8 A.M. All Day
Our occasional series "Secret History" features profiles of classic D.C. albums as a way of looking back at the District's contributions to music over time. This installment finds DCist speaking with members of Chisel about their debut LP, 8 A.M. All Day (Gern Blandsten, 1996). Before the Pharmacists ever prescribed their first dose of politically-infused, Thin Lizzy-informed indie rock, Ted Leo headed up the D.C.-by-way-of-South Bend neo-mod-punk outfit Chisel. Filtering post-punk and hardcore through...
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Photo of the Day: November 23, 2009
DCist Pool contributor lorigoldberg captured the old time feeling of this tailor's shop. The old sewing machines, the reflections, the Diana's trademarked softness all add up to a picture that matches today's grayness....
