Art

75 Years of Elvis at the National Portrait Gallery

by Hunter Gorinson
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Opening on what would have been the King’s 75th birthday this January 8th, the National Portrait gallery’ upcoming exhibition, “One Life: Echoes of Elvis,” will be looking back on popular depictions of the face that launched a thousand Vegas impersonators– and, yes, there will be ample amounts of black velvet.

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Holiday

2010 AD!! New Year’s Eve Parties in Washington, DC

by Hunter Gorinson
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Ten years after the turn of the millennium, we may not have hover boards, food pellets or universal language translators — but at least we haven’t forgotten how to party. As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, here are a few District venues that will be going all carpe diem at midnight on Dec. 31st. With 2010 just around the corner, it would seem that the future really is now. Or at least coming soon.

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Community

Nick Clooney, Cokie Roberts, and a Close-Up Look at “His Girl Friday”

by Hunter Gorinson
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With the latest installment of his Reel Journalism series at the Newseum, veteran reporter Nick Clooney is bringing along ABC correspondent Cokie Roberts for a showing and discussion of Howard Hawke’s beloved 1940 screwball romance, “His Girl Friday.” No, George won’t be there…but Cary Grant will.

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Dance

UPDATE: Thievery Corporation Schedule DJ Set, Multiple 9:30 Club Shows

by Hunter Gorinson
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Though their most recent tour this past October passed over DC in lieu of Charm City, fans of Thievery Corporation needn’t head into the new year without a live dose their trademark down tempo, genre-tripping electronica. On Saturday, December 12th, the DJ duo will get behind the decks at co-founder Eric Hilton’s 18th Street Lounge for an exclusive set that promises to dive deeply into their respective collections of esoteric aural oddities.

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Community

Sarah Palin Bringing “Going Rogue” to Fairfax

by Hunter Gorinson
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With her surprisingly dish-less memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” now on bookstore selves and plastered across cable news ad infinitum, Sarah Palin is taking her “anti”-media machine on the road…and to a BJ’s Wholesale Club near you?

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Music

Too High to Die: Lee “Scratch” Perry Back on U.S. Soil

by Hunter Gorinson
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Lee “Scratch” Perry may be one reggae’s longest-lived patron saints, but he also managed to drive Bob Marley out of his stable of recording artists, clash with The Clash and, not least, burn his own recording studio down to rid it of “unclean spirits.” (They don’t call him “The Upsetter” for nothing.) This winter, a precious few US audiences will have the chance to witness Perry walk the border between madness and genius live on stage.

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Art

Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens

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No, that’s not an arts elective that you passed on during sophomore year. Rather, it’s the title of an ongoing exhibition at The Phillips Collection highlighting the the role of surrealist photographer Man Ray “in shaping international understanding of African objects as art…in the 1920s and 1930s.”

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Comedy

Days After NYC Walkout, Tracy Morgan Nixes DC New Year’s Date

by Hunter Gorinson
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Just three days after his raunchy riffs on the Obamas‘ sex life caused mass walkouts at his Carnegie Hall show, “30 Rock” star Tracy Morgan has canceled his planned New Year’s Eve stand-up performance at Washington’s Warner Theatre — a venue a mere three blocks from the White House.

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Music

The Future Came True: An Interview with Devo’s Jerry Casale

by Hunter Gorinson
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Thirty odd years ago and long before anyone had heard of New Wave — let alone punk rock — art student Jerry Casale and two of his Kent State classmates founded a band and a philosophy: De-evolution, better known to the world as Devo.

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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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