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Stage: Our Critics’ 10 Favorite Moments of 2011
1) Joshua Conkel took only a few minutes to set up his outlandish premise in Washington Ensemble Theatre’s…
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WEDNESDAY 12/21 Burlesque: Is That a Candy Cane in Your Pocket? The Nutcracker opens with a holiday party;…
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The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events
WEDNESDAY 12/14 Visual Arts: Temporary Edifice I’m not sure why the big bamboo assemblage that is Compound has…
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The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events
THURSDAY 12/8 Stage: Fifty Nativities Mention Langston Hughes, and most people place the author in the Harlem Renaissance,…
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WEDNESDAY 11/30 Photography/Music: Not Fade Away A musician herself during her ’30s youth in Indiana, Jini Dellaccio became…
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FRIDAY 11/25 Comedy: Not-So-Black Friday In a career lately revived by his popular WTF With Marc Maron podcasts…
Music
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
From Das Racist and Hull to Lights and Chali 2na.
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WEDNESDAY 11/9 Stage: Sure Shooter The many joys of Annie Get Your Gun, the 1946 musical that proved…
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FRIDAY 11/4 Film: Woman in Green Eric Rohmer‘s 1986 masterpiece Le Rayon Vert (aka The Green Ray) delivers…
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FRIDAY 10/28 Books: Reconnaissance, War, Tragedy The tallest peak in the world has inspired a mountain of books, and…
Music
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
From Thelonious Monster to Harry and the Potters.
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WEDNESDAY 10/19 Fashion: Forever Wrapped To say Diane von Furstenberg has lived a fabulous life is a gross…
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The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Blackie, Chad VanGaalen, and the start of Earshot Jazz Fest.
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THURSDAY 10/13 Music: From Punk to Bifocals Like Patti Smith, Nick Lowe was only ever punk by association.…
