Comedy

“A John Waters Christmas” at the Birchmere…Need We Say More?

by Hunter Gorinson
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On Thursday, December 17th, Baltimore’s resident auteur and enfant terrible, John Waters, will be headed to the metro area to present his one-man show extolling his obsession with all things Christmas. But beware: this ain’t exactly the Andy Williams Holiday Spectacular and barf bags are most definitely not included.

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Atlanta

Celebrate “Day of the Dead” All Month Long at Rosa Mexicano

by Hunter Gorinson
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Tre swanky “metropolitan Mexican” (you heard it here first) eatery Rosa Mexicano will be shaking off post-Halloween withdrawal pains nationwide with an extended, month-long celebration of Central America’s macabre Day of the Dead festival through November 22nd.

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National

Cate Blanchett’s Kennedy Center Sell-Out

by Hunter Gorinson
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Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett’s turn as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” has not only been drawing rave reviews, but also achieved an all too rare Kennedy Center milestone: a complete and total sell-out of all 24 performances.

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National

Seven Nights with America’s Favorite…Neocons? All Aboard the Commentary Cruise

by Hunter Gorinson
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How will Washington’s rich and right-wing be closing out the summer of 2010? Why with a seven day cruise through the waters that they one day hope to drill, of course. For the low, low price of six thousand bucks, you too can to join the minds behind the “general, yet Jewish” journal of hard right, neoconservative punditry, Commentary, for a journey into a cold, rogue body: the Bering Sea. (But feel free to insert your own cheap Palin crack here.)

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Food

JJ’s “Chili” Cheese Steak Challenges at 14th & U

by Hunter Gorinson
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For fifty years, Ben’s Chili Bowl has reigned supreme as U Street’s designated spot for artery clogging culinary pleasures. Now, a newcomer to the DC foodie scene at 1939 14th St. NW is making a play for not only a slice of Ben’s pork-rich profits, but co-opting their most famous condiment as well. Enter: JJ’s Chili Cheese Steak.

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Los Angeles

Metallica Helps In Hunt For Missing Fan

by Leah Gillis
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It’s not often that bands get involved in their fans lives, it’s usually the other way around.
But Metallica is no ordinary band.
They are the kind of band that actually most everyone likes. You might not be a metal head, but something about one of their songs pulls you in and you like it, and as [...]

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Community

Digging into P.G. County’s New Dinosaur Park

by Hunter Gorinson
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Even if some putz at NBC4 was disappointed because he was expecting real live velociraptors, yes, Laurel’s Dinosaur Park is almost complete and, if you ask us, it’s probably one the best things that Prince George’s County has ever blown tax dollars on.

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Festival

A Grindhouse Thanksgiving at Palace of Wonders

by Hunter Gorinson
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For the third year running, H Street’s Palace of Wonders will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday in the only way appropriate for the freaskshow/burlesque/ curio cabinet-themed bar — with cheap booze and sleazy cinema.

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Music

The DC Concert Rundown for November 2009

by Hunter Gorinson
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When Steely Dan, Jon Spencer, Devo, the Pixies and Saul Williams (and many, many more) go toe-to-toe for your hard earned Black Friday spending money…

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Art

“Eighth Wonder of the World” Coming to National Geographic

by Hunter Gorinson
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Beginning this November 19th, the National Geographic Museum will be hosting one of the West’s largest all-time exhibitions of sculptures and artifacts recovered from what the museum’s curators have dubbed the “eighth wonder of the world”: the Terra Cotta Army of unified China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang.

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Boston

Broken Lizard on Comedy Tour Throughout the Fall.

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You’ve laughed at their antics during their movies Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest. And now you have the chance to see them perform live during a comedy tour! Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffeman, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Eric Stolhanske are all set to perform their sketch comedy before a live audience. And they will [...]

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Community

Stocking Up for the Zombie Apocalypse at Ranger Surplus

by Hunter Gorinson
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First came fallout shelters, then the the Y2K scare, but, these days it appears that the latest apocalyptic threat breathing down the neck of the humanity is…zombies. Luckily, one chain of metro area army surplus dealers is prepping the populace for our inescapable confrontation with the undead. Enter the Zombie Bag — a grab-it-and-go pack of essentials that will help ensure the continued survival of the human race (or at least your friends and loved ones).

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Sports

Skeeball Gets Organized at the H Street Country Club

by Hunter Gorinson
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Outside of Ocean City, Washingtonians would be hard pressed to find a spot to get their skeeball on outside of Chuck E. Cheese. The Atlas District’s designated go-to for margaritas and mini-golf, the H Street Country Club, however, has found a cure-all for your boardwalk entertainment woes: the DC Amateur Skeeball League. Hell, they even encourage drinking during game time.

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Art

Herblock: A Master on Display at the Library of Congress

by Hunter Gorinson
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Today, October 13th, would have been the hundredth birthday of Herbert Block, better known to the world as Herblock — the nation’s most widely influential political cartoonist and polemicist of the highest caliber. In honor of the centennial of the four time Pulitzer Prize winner’s birthday, The Library of Congress today launched a six-month retrospective entitled “Herblock!” that highlights some best the artist’s best and most poignant work.

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Baltimore

The (Low, Low) Cost of Living: Liberated Trash and the Art of Something for Nothing

by Hunter Gorinson
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With coupon clipping now vogue once again after years of gourmet chic in supermarket aisles throughout the nation, freethinkers up and down the East Coast are taking the concept to its extreme and turning the capitalist model of “supper time” on its ear. They’re doing it by forgoing the edible excesses of years past and, in the process, are redefining the old adage of “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” That’s right: they’re eating from the dumpster.

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