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by SUVs ing them to places that destroy any chance for acquiring
life-long love for learning.” “Funding should be the
same for every child no matter which public school
Lost amid the week’s other they attend,” agrees ward 1 Guy. Not so, says
Wilson Building scandals poster Kathy, who disagrees with the very idea
Was aLan suderman’s of calling the facilities “public,” since they’re
typically run by independent nonprofits.
revelation that
“Arguing that private, government con-
members of Mayor Vince Gray’s tran- tractors should get tax funding—without
sition team had pestered former D.C. proper government oversight strings—
transportation boss Gabe Klein on be- that is equal to that given a public enti-
half of private-sector clients—before ty that provides the same public service
preparing a transition report sharp- is absolutely LUDICROUS!,” she says.
ly critical of the Fenty appointee. The But some of Barras’ other defenders un-
“troubling” scoop got a shout-out in a dercut her arguments that too much bu-
Washington Post editorial and also came reaucratic oversight is lousy for charters.
up in a D.C. Council hearing. “I’m very “I think increasing oversight over char-
concerned about published press reports ters may be a good thing,” writes DC-
about possible conflicts of interest relat- ster, who goes on to add that “Public
ing to who gets the Circulator contract,” schools need to enroll all of the applying
said Ward 1’s Jim Graham. “We need to err students in the neighborhood, as Jonetta
on the side of clear removal from any deci- pointed out, and thus have a legitimate claim
sion-making process where you could stand to to greater funding.”
benefit yourself,” added Ward 6’s Tommy Wells. Barras’ piece also sparked some debate over
On our website, reaction is less unanimous, at the DC urban Moms message board. “My
as commenters wage a battle that echoes last year’s kids are in some very good charters in DC, but I also
election. “It’s stunning-amazing- that these folks who agree with her point that the whole point of charters
both had/have business before the city and served on is to be innovative and live or die on their merits,” writes
Gray’s transition team would not have recused themselves one anonymous poster. “It seems like the [Public Charter
and been walled off,” writes Drez. “This is just so basic.” School Board] has not done a good job of shutting down
“This feels a whole lot like a return to the Barry era,” adds the poorly performing ones or raising the bar—medio-
Hillman. But poster DCRez endorses the accusations of fering links. “Oh, and letting previous Directors that ran the cre charters have hurt the whole movement.” But anoth-
mismanagement, and accuses Suderman of ignoring the agency when it was last in the nation in just about every met- er anonymous poster defends the panel—and dings Bar-
veterans of the oft-lauded Anthony Williams administra- ric...run the transition? When it was spending 50% more than ras. “The Board is extremely scrupulous and has shut down
tion who also served on the transition. “DDOT needs to San Francisco for instance for horrible services for our constit- schools. And of course it is pro-charter. Wouldn’t you be
get its financial house in order and follow the contracting uents? No, that’s obviously not the best way to do it.” pro whatever board you sit on? That doesn’t mean they lack
laws of the District of Columbia Failure to do so makes all integrity.”
them ripe for waste, fraud and abuse.” Charter Dismemberers. Last week’s cover story by
With the flame war pretty much on schedule—a mayor- Jonetta Rose barras questioning D.C. charter school fund- Department of Corrections. Due to a reporting error,
al critic lampooning “One Citidiots;” a couple Gray support- ing riles many charter-school parents posting to our website. our story on armored-car robberies (“Brinks of Disaster,”
ers suggesting those who liken him to Barry are racist—some- The schools “should most certainly be held accountable 2/25/11) misstated a statistic. The figures for the number of
thing surprising happens: Gabe Klein himself jumps into the for what they achieve or fail to achieve with the public mon- bank robberies between 2008 and 2010 covered the District
fray. “Feel free to look at the financials online,” Klein says, of- ey,” writes a poster named alice. “However, charter school and Northern Virginia, not just the District.
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Sulaimon Soon-to-be-former D.C. Health This Brown ran for mayor last year, winning only 209 votes but serving as a foil to incumbent Adrian Fenty. Winner Vince “Political Bullshit”
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was let go. He blamed “political bullshit” and plans to sue the Gray administration over his dismissal.
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Remembering a big kid
By Joe Eaton Yes, he had recently dropped 200 pounds; the weight had Hunter got good at fooling the government workers paid to
come off during his second stint at an inpatient weight-loss pro- chase him. A smart-aleck kid too fat to run fast, he nonetheless
The first time I heard of Terrell Hunter, he was a success gram in rural Virginia, where he’d been sent after having been regularly put them all “in a trick box,” as he put it. I thank him
story—a 15-year-old from Southwest who had dropped more declared a ward of the city following his near-death from heart for letting City Paper tag along and tell his story. I wish it could
than 200 pounds and was learning to box at the YMCA. It was failure. Since returning home, however, Hunter had gained most have changed something.
2007, and I was a new writer at Washington City Paper, report- of it back. Worse yet, his mother had once again lost custody There are a few things I won’t forget about Heavy-T. Like
ing at a conference on childhood obesity. After the talk, I cor- of him after social-services officials concluded she was unable or how the teen asked 30-year-old women for their phone num-
nered the woman who told Hunter’s story. I was short on ideas unwilling to hold the line on his weight. But this time, Hunter bers, but slept with his stuffed dog. Or the time he got caught,
and here was an easy one to pitch conned a social worker into tak-
my editors, an inspirational tale ing him to McDonalds, and then
where things work out, the way slipped out the side door with a
they are supposed to. Big Mac and an Oreo McFlurry. I
But as anyone who spends mainly remember the way the kid
much time reporting on children barely half my age never showed
in trouble in Washington will tell fear, even when the adults around
you, things rarely work out the way him had caved in to it.
they’re supposed to. They didn’t One afternoon, Montgom-
for Terrell Hunter. On Feb. 20, ery, Hunter, and I were hang-
four years after I met him, Hunter ing out at Hunter’s mother’s
died in his sleep at his grandmoth- house in Southwest when the
er’s house from complications of police started hammering on
obesity. He was 19. He weighed the door. Montgomery and I
436 pounds. He had been in in- panicked, jumped into a pantry
tensive care units of local hospitals closet and hid, two journalists
three times in the previous year. on the wrong side of an episode
The news of Hunter’s pass- of Cops. I remember Hunter
ing wasn’t a surprise to me, and looking at us, stone calm, as he
probably isn’t to anyone who rounded the corner and headed
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read “The Battle Over Heavy- upstairs to find his shoes. Back
T,” the story that came out of downstairs, he put on his black
the many months photogra- Nike Air Max high tops, opened
pher Darrow Montgomery and the back door, and slid out, run-
I spent following him. It was not ning as hard as he could. As the
an inspirational tale. cops kept banging, we stood in
Soon after the obesity conference, I met Hunter and he told wasn’t going to foster care. He wasn’t going back to Virginia. In- the closet shaking with fear, wondering what to do now, and
me his story. Born and raised in the District, he rarely saw his fa- stead, he decided to run. how that kid kept it together.
ther, who had been just 15 when Hunter was born. If Hunter was From spring, though summer, and into fall, Hunter ducked Terrell Hunter is survived by his mother, Leslie Abbott; his
ever thin, he didn’t remember. By age 10, he weighed more than in and out of his mother’s home, hiding from police officers and father, Terrell Hunter Sr.; his stepfather, Bruce Wooten; sisters
200 pounds. Classmates at Bowen Elementary School ferried his Child and Family Services Agency workers, giving them the slip Sieda McCray and Jamika DeVaughn; a grandmother, Deborah
food to the second floor because he couldn’t brave the stairs. By whenever they caught up with him. He dropped out of Wood- Brown; and a grandfather, Charles Hunter. A wake will be held
13, he weighed more than 340 pounds, struggling with asthma row Wilson Senior High School. He stopped going outside dur- on March 5 at 10 am at Community of Hope at 905 Alabama
and a heart like a senior citizen. ing the day. He gained weight. Ave. SE, with a funeral immediately following. CP
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Another questionable appointment by the Gray administration
By Alan Suderman of me, but he just wouldn’t.” “finding it hard to believe that a member of
Gunn told Judge Lee Satterfield, who is the bar could have been so ill-informed, and
Another week, another campaign now the chief judge of D.C. Superior Court, made so little inquiry, about the nature of
supporter of Mayor Vince Gray’s who landed that Karim hadn’t struck her, but “could see it the proceedings.”
a cushy job with the District’s Medicaid agency in his eyes that it was a matter of time.” Gunn After the hearing, Satterfield granted Gunn
and turns out to have legal problems. also told the court that police had removed a a protective order, basing his decision “on his
Talib Karim, a Gray backer who recently rifle from their home; Karim said the rifle was assessment of the credibility and demeanor”
began a $133,000-a-year job as chief of staff his father’s firearm from the Korean War. of both her and Karim. The judge found that
in the Department of Health Care Finance, In court, Karim denied any physical abuse “since the [couple’s] child was born, and dur-
appears to have used physical force on his ex- and said his wife had been the one doing the ing the course of the marriage...[Karim] has
wife, according to D.C. Court of Appeals hitting. “Despite that, I never returned any pushed [Gunn], has aggressively held her down
rulings that upheld a protective order against type of strike or blow to her when she struck and grabbed her against her will.” Karim ap-
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ly landed job as a special assistant for the very
same department after concerns arose about
his past legal trouble, including a protective
“I would
imagine that
order issued against him. Karim’s hiring rais-
es even more uncomfortable questions about
the Gray administration’s vetting and hir-
problems with
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cording to a Court of Appeals ruling issued
July 1, 2010. His wife, Delicia Gunn, filed a me,” Karim said, according to court records. pealed. And in affirming Satterfield’s ruling,
petition to get a protective order against Kar- Karim also maintained that his wife had filed the court of appeals said evidence suggested
reserve now! Call the advertising im. In the petition, Gunn says she and Karim a protective order against him in order to gain that Gunn’s prime concern for filing the protec-
department to book your had a heated argument on Jan. 5, 2008, and leverage in a custody battle over their child. tive order “may not have been primarily related
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202-332-2100 to court to get a judge to approve the pro- who is an attorney and represented himself. if not overwhelming” evidence that the judge
washingtoncitypaper.com tective order, Gunn said Karim had on var- Satterfield became exasperated and lost pa- made the right decision in regard to “intrafam-
ious occasions “pushed me while I’m hold- tience with Karim’s lack of preparation for ily offenses,” while noting that “the level of any
Washington ing [the couple’s five-month-old] baby,” and the hearing, according to appeals court re- violence was not at all extreme.”
had “grabbed my arm and tried to force me cords. Karim “recognized that he was do- The court of appeals also ruled that Sat-
from not leaving my house” and “would pin ing a poor job in representing himself,” and terfield correctly rejected Karim’s request to
me down and not let me move and I would asked the judge to reschedule the case, the reschedule the hearing “solely because the
constantly tell him to let go of me, to get off court of appeals wrote. Satterfield said no, husband belatedly regretted his improvident
decision to represent himself.” (Which LL filed against him in 2003. He’s also been sued should submit their résumés directly to him.
believes is the legalistic way to phrase the old multiple times by a landlord and alleged to have In a later message, Karim wrote that “busi-
saw about a lawyer who represents himself defaulted on student loans and not paid child nesses and entrepreneurs interested in form-
having a fool for a client.) support. Karim says he’s had financial problems ing key relationships with the new Adminis-
In an interview, Karim tells LL his wife in his past and is working to resolve them. tration can email [Karim] to purchase tickets
had prevailed in her “allegations” because Karim is the brother of Omar Karim, a for the Muslim Dems VIP seating” at the
she’d been represented by a lawyer, which developer and fraternity brother to former Gray inauguration.
he says he couldn’t afford at the time of the Mayor Adrian Fenty who is at the heart of And in a message marked “DC Muslim
hearing. He says a “subtle” reading of the an ongoing council investigation into alleg- Dems Make History,” Karim wrote that on
appeal court’s decision shows that his lack of edly improper park construction contracts. Dec. 31, 2010, Gray “[lived] up to his promise
an attorney was the real reason why he lost, Omar Karim’s company, Banneker Ventures, to include the Muslim community in his Ad-
not because of the facts of the case. He then hired Gunn’s engineering firm for $70,000 to ministration, [and appointed] Talib I. Karim,
disparages Washington City Paper, saying the do work related to the park contracts, accord- Chairman of the Muslim Democratic Caucus
paper only reports the most “salacious” de- ing to The Washington Post. of DC, as a top official in the Department of
tails about city politics so other media will Talib Karim briefly made news during last Health Finance.” (The Post first reported last
follow along. Then he says it would be im- year’s mayoral campaign when his organiza- week that Karim had been hired.)
proper for LL to write about Karim’s per- tion, the Muslim Democratic Caucus, en- The department is actually called the De-
sonal past and do damage to his department dorsed Gray. The Post reported that Gray partment of Health Care Finance. Karim says
and its important work. was shocked by the endorsement and Kar- the transition team recommended him for the
“I would imagine that we’ve all had prob- im’s political split from his brother, an ar- job. City records show he started working for
DHCF on Jan. 3, 2011, the first full day of
Gray’s administration and two weeks before
It would be
DHCF Director Wayne Turnage took the
reins of the department. Last week, when
questioned about the hiring and firing of Su-
laimon Brown—who has accused the may-
some kind of
into Karim’s background. “The initial vetting
process only revealed financial challenges and
an intra-family/child custody dispute with a
heinous crime.”
former wife,” she e-mails. “Given the mayor’s
Monday directive of an extensive top down re-
view of all excepted service appointees, addi-
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would be one thing if I had committed some “I literally fell on the floor,” Gray told the previous jobs include working as a counsel on
kind of heinous crime.” Post after Karim’s group voted to endorse Capitol Hill, first for Texas Democratic Rep.
Gunn filed a second protective order against him in August. Sheila Jackson Lee and more recently for
Karim in January 2010, saying he was harassing The endorsement lead to Karim working on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Ka-
her on a continuous basis and she was “fearful Gray’s transition team. On the Muslim Demo- rim says much of the work he did on the Hill Near the Dupont Circle metro
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coach Mason ever had. The program’s ano- done all the recruiting for the [next] season,
nymity stings. after I’d done all the scheduling, and too late
“All the work, all the years, for what?” Pas- for me to find any other coaching job,” says
cale says. Pascale, 67, founded the football Pascale, who now works for Fairfax County
club in 1993, when friends on the school’s schools. “Nice guys.”
Patriot Gamer: Pascale started GMU’s football club with NCAA dreams.
Board of Visitors asked him to come over from John Moorhead, a punter, was the only
Georgetown University, where he was an as- Pascale-era holdover on this year’s squad. an NCAA program. That sure makes basketball look good!
sistant coach. He says administrators pledged “When I first talked to Coach Pascale at “There are schools around here that com- “The bottom line,” McGeehan continues,
to help elevate the program to NCAA status. freshman orientation,” Moorhead says, “he pete with a first-class program—Maryland, “is you can make it look like a program makes
(NCAA programs grant scholarships, club told me within two years we’d go from a club Virginia, Virginia Tech—plus the Red- money or loses money. It’s all up to who keeps
sports usually don’t.) It never happened. team to an NCAA Division I-AA program.” skins,” says O’Connor, “so we’d have to do the books. Basketball people kept the books.”
Pascale had already restored football as an Pascale did all a coach could do to make it the right way.” Mason spokesperson Adam Brick confirms
NCAA sport at Catholic University in the mid- that happen. His teams won several league ti- John McGeehan, a Fairfax business lead- that the school would use stadium and scholar-
1970s. He left in 1984 as the winningest head tles, even though Mason’s schedule was silly er, got involved with Mason football early in ship figures cited by McGeehan, but says they’re
coach in Catholic history. strong for a club squad, teeming with teams Pascale’s tenure. He says the roadblocks ad- based on CAA rivals: “If we aspire to NCAA
Pascale says Mason’s rebuilding job should that were either already NCAA sanctioned or ministrators threw in the coach’s way inspired 1-A, yeah, we would use those numbers.”
have been easier than Catholic’s, given the en- on the verge, including Tuskegee Institute, him to help raise money for stadium improve- In the first game after firing Pascale, against
thusiasm local businesses and students showed South Alabama, and Georgia State. ments and a endowed football scholarships, a Lincoln University in September 2008, Ma-
when he arrived. But his honeymoon at Ma- “We beat the hell out of South Alabama,” rarity in club football. son was held to minus-7 yards rushing dur-
son ended after just a year, with the 1994 hir- Pascale says. “And we beat Georgia State bad, McGeehan says he “doesn’t believe any” of ing a 34-7 loss. The Philly school was playing
ing of athletic director Tom O’Connor. too, scored up in the 60s. And now they’re the budgetary excuses, and claims sports offi- its first football game in 48 years. Where 90
O’Connor is most definitely a basketball both pretty big time, and Mason’s nothing.” cials crunch numbers as creatively the Nobel players routinely came out for Pascale’s team,
guy. His GMU bio shows that before taking O’Connor denies pro-basketball equals Laureates in GMU’s economics department. Mason’s student newspaper reported only 22
over Mason athletics, O’Connor had been anti-football, and points out that his résumé “O’Connor came in with a football bud- players dressed for 2010.
head basketball coach at Dartmouth and shows he’s played and coached high school get that counted 85 players, all on full, out- “They told me they wanted to go in a new
Loyola. He’s served on the NCAA’s Basket- football, and oversaw a football program of-state scholarships,” McGeehan says. “In direction,” Pascale says. “What direction is
ball Championship Committee, the body at Santa Clara University when he was AD D1-AA football, you can have up to 60 schol- that?”
that oversees men’s March Madness, and was there. Every decision he’s made has been in arships, not 85, and the players are definitely Moorhead said when he first joined the Ma-
named its chairman in 2008. the best interest of Mason’s bottom line. not going to be all out of state. Then he bud- son team, he enjoyed getting the free sweatsuits
O’Connor is a folk hero to most Masonites. “It’s not where we’re in a mode where we geted a 40,000-seat stadium, when the aver- emblazoned with “George Mason Football.”
In 2006, on his watch, Mason basketball had said we don’t want football,” he says. “It’s a age attendance for football in the CAA [Ma- “But I’d put them on and walk around, peo-
a “Hoosiers”-esque run to the Final Four. cost issue.” son’s NCAA conference] was 11,000. He ran ple would say, ‘Mason has a football team?’”
The Patriots head into this week’s Colonial O’Connor says economic feasibility studies up the numbers to say football’s too expen- he says, chuckling. “That sucked.”
Athletic Association tournament with the he’d commissioned showed it would take $90 sive. Meanwhile, Mason makes a licensing Moorhead, who’ll leave Mason in May hav-
nation’s longest active winning streak. million—$4 million for operating the football deal with [a soft drink company], and every ing never played an NCAA football game, no
So there’s no yardage in quibbling with team and $86 million for a stadium—to start dime from that goes in the basketball budget. longer wears the sweatsuits. CP
you didn’t let yourselves get bitter), and— if she isn’t completely exhausted (and it ap-
woman. My husband and I have been togeth- most importantly—instead of freaking out pears she wasn’t, as she was still awake when
er for 15 years. When we first met, the sex was and shooting down each other’s sexual fanta- your “very unsatisfying orgasm” was over)—
absolutely incredible. After we got married, the sies, you’re helping each other realize those to come through with a loving assist when
sex was good, not great. This was because we fantasies. Brafuckingvo. you’re desperate and she’s not feeling it, i.e.,
were busy raising our children. (My husband So how do you find the right young man? lie with you, talk dirty to you, stick a finger up
had custody of 4-year-old twins, children from Trawl the ‘Net, like all the other horndogs, your butt—whatever—for the 5 or 10 minutes
his first marriage, when we married.) The rea- and get your husband to help. (You asked it takes you to drain your sack. —Dan
son I know our sex life suffered while we were your friend to have that three-way, right?
busy raising the kids is that after the girls went Your husband can place a few “hotwife” ads.) I’m writing to ask you to help me spread the
off to college, things went right back to abso- Yes, there are fakers and flakes on Craigslist— word about an issue close to my heart. I am a
lutely incredible. lots and lots—but there are some real boys to 23-year-old woman without medical insurance
One night, we were talking about our sexual be had; there’s also FetLife.com and Ashley- who relies on Planned Parenthood. They have
fantasies, and I confessed that since my mid-30s Madison.com and a million other hookup done SO MUCH for me. They have provided
I’ve fantasized about being with a younger man. sites. Cast a wide net. me with birth control, annual pap smears that
He told me that he’d be fine with me living out Once you’ve found a potential Benjamin: I can actually afford, and emotional support
that fantasy if I would have a MFF threesome Make sure you know his real name, meet in that helped me get over an abusive relationship
with him. I agreed, and we had the MFF three- public, discuss safety (condoms) and sex- and sexual assault.
some with a friend of mine. ual health (tested recently?), and be sure to The U.S. House of Representatives passed
Here’s my question: How do I go about find- let him know that someone else—someone a bill last week that would cut all federal fund-
ing a gorgeous, college-age man? I thought about heavily armed—knows where you are and ing for Planned Parenthood. This isn’t just
posting an ad on Craigslist, but you’ve said that who you’re with and when you’re supposed an attack on American women. Planned Par-
most of the people on Craigslist are flakes and to be back. enthood educates the entire community about
picture collectors. Do you have better suggestions Here’s the tricky part: If you don’t get a sexual health and sexually transmitted infec-
for finding a straight college-age guy for a no- good feeling when you meet in person—if he tions. I know I don’t need to preach to you. I
strings-attached encounter? I’m in the Pacific seems dodgy, if his pics lied, if he gives off a plan to write to my senators about this, and
Northwest, if that makes a difference. Also, I’m rape-y/serial-killer-y/lawyer-y-fit-vindicat- I am encouraging everyone I know to do so.
a complete newbie to this, so I’d appreciate a run- ing vibe—don’t go through with it. What I ask is that you mention this in your
down of all of the usual safety advice when meet- P.S. Oh, what the hell: MRSB’s e-mail ad- column as soon as possible.
ing a stranger for sex. dress is [email protected]. —Dan —My Body, My Choice
—Mrs. Robinson Seeks Benjamin
P.S. Here is my e-mail address in case any of I’m a 24-year-old straight male. For the past six Done and done, MBMC. We used to have
your gorgeous, male, college-age readers in the months, I’ve been dating an amazing GGG girl. a regular feature called “Straight Rights
Pacific Northwest are interested: [e-mail de- We have amazing sex. The other night, after a Watch.” It lapsed when the Democrats
leted]. week of no sex, I came on to her in bed on Satur- took the House in 2006 and political at-
day night. She turned me down and said that she tacks on the sexual freedoms of straight
I don’t print the e-mail addresses of readers was OK with me masturbating on the other side people decreased. But the GOP is back in
looking for hookups, MRSB, as I am a profes- of the bed so she could sleep. After a very unsat- charge of the House and many statehous-
sional advice columnist, thankyouverymuch, isfying orgasm, I told her I understood her need es, and attacks on the sexual freedoms of
not a yentapimp for wannabe Mrs. Robin- to sleep, since we had an early engagement the heterosexuals—attempts to ban abortion,
sons. (It also gives my lawyer fits. “What if next morning, but that this was difficult for me. restrict access to birth control, destroy
you print this woman’s e-mail address and She said we’d have great sex the next day, which Planned Parenthood (which doesn’t just
this woman meets a nice young man who we did. Which one of us needs to be GGG in this serve straight people), even make it legal
turns out to be Ted Bundy?” says my law- scenario, should it happen again? to kill abortion providers (!!!)—are back,
yer, who is old enough to remember who Ted —Fucking Early Engagement and so, sadly, is Straight Rights Watch.
Bundy was—and Mrs. Robinson—but some- Botches Lovely Evening Hello? Heterosexuals? Your legislators
how not too old to lawyer.) need to hear from you, and they need to
But save for asking me to print your e- A week is a long time to go without at your hear from you now. And there’s an easy way
mail address in the column, MRSB, I ap- age and at six months and prekids, I realize, to make your voice heard: Go to istandwith-
prove of everything you and your husband but it sounds like the girlfriend more than plannedparenthood.org and add your name
are doing. Married olds everywhere should made it up to you the next day. As for who to an open letter to Congress, then swing
follow your example: You got through the needs to be GGG in this scenario, should it over to plannedparenthood.org, click Do-
lean years with decent-if-uninspired sex, happen again (and it will)… nate, and give what you can.
you didn’t become bitter about all that de- GGG demands a little something of both —Dan Savage
cent-if-uninspired sex, you got back to inde- of you. GGG requires you to stop whining
cent-and-inspired sex once the kids headed about having to wait 24 whole hours for awe- Send your Savage Love questions to mail@
to college (which you were able to do because some sex, FEEBLE, and GGG requires her— savagelove.net.
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The first thing you notice on the menu is what isn’t there: balls of pheasant meat.
beef. It’s the essential feature of South Korean restaurants, particular- The authenticity might explain why the new restaurant stands out
ly in barbecue form: beef ribs and bulgogi. in a region already dense with eateries from the peninsula. For that
But Pyongyang Soondae—Pyongyang Sausage—isn’t a South often elderly chunk of the Korean immigrant population that traces
Korean restaurant. It’s North Korean, so the menu skews toward sea- their ancestry to the North, the spot is unique. Owner Ma Young-Ae
food, poultry—and pork, pork, pork. The staple meat of the South is has been advertising heavily in the local Korean press, both print and
nowhere to be seen, except in a single soup dish. That would be naeng- TV, since opening her restaurant last fall. Among the customers lunch-
myun, the one northern dish every Korean knows, a buckwheat noo- ing on pork liver and intestines are Lim Sung-Il, 73, and his wife Hye-
dle soup with cucumbers and slices of beef, served cold, often with ice Gyung, 71, both of whom left Pyongyang as kids. Both made the trek
cubes in the broth. from Maryland to Pyongyang Soondae’s storefront, lured by child-
Most Korean restaurants advertise “Pyongyang naengmyun” as hood culinary memories.
a mark of authenticity, regardless of whether their chefs have ever Sitting near the border of Alexandria and Fairfax County on Lit-
been to the totalitarian-ruled city that serves as the soup’s namesake. tle River Turnpike—the restaurant-saturated main drag of Northern
Pyongyang Soondae does them one better, serving its version with Virginia’s Korean community—the restaurant doesn’t tout its unlikely
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origins, at least not in English. Its only Eng- sticks, she wound up in the army’s musical
lish-language sign, in the parking lot, features wing, or Yesuldan, performing songs of trib-
the name of the previous restaurant to occupy ute to the regime.
the narrow building. “Pyongyang Soondae” Eight years into her service, at age 25, Ma
is written above it, in Korean. joined North Korea’s security apparatus as
Which makes it the perfect place to find a an intelligence officer. She had married well,
restaurant owned by a former spy and oper- to a high-ranking army officer named Choi
ated by North Korean defectors. Gwang-Chul. He worked at one point for
Kim Jong-Il’s personal architect, designing
Clad in a red apron decorated with cats Kim’s summer home. Choi’s younger broth-
and hearts, Ma Young-Ae, 48, looks like the er, who worked in intelligence, pulled some
quintessential ajuma—a Korean woman who strings to get her the job.
has settled comfortably into middle age and the Working as an undercover agent afford-
privileges that accompany it: being bowed to, ed Ma the rare license to travel. Her assign-
getting seated first on the bus, giving unsolicit- ments took her to China, where she first got
ed advice to strangers. Her day revolves around into trouble.
restaurant work. By 9:30 in the morning, she’s “There was a flood,” Ma says, “and we
shopping for supplies. She works until at least couldn’t cross the river back [into North
10:30 each night. In her spare time, she listens Korea].” Bored, she wandered into a Ko-
to music and watches movies. She likes action rean church. The congregation, she recalls,
flicks, especially those about the FBI. was friendly. They had heard of the famines
A little more than a decade ago, Ma was an across the border and assumed she was a ref-
undercover agent for North Korea’s Ministry ugee, welcoming her with food. (“I didn’t tell
of Public Security, conducting drug investiga- them I was a government agent,” Ma says.)
tions. Her job was to bust smugglers—farm- The church members also sang hymns.
ers, mostly—who were exporting opium to They asked if Ma could play the piano. She
China. It was an odd assignment, considering could. They asked if she knew any hymns.
the North Korean government’s document- She did not. So they told her to play any
ed involvement in the drug trade itself: along songs she knew. There was a tune she had of-
with weapons and counterfeit “superdollars,” ten performed in the army, an anthem prais-
opium has been a key source of revenue for ing Kim Il-Sung. She proceeded to play it,
the cash-strapped regime. Ma says her job singing of the Great Leader’s revolution-
was a bit less righteous: She was tasked with ary glories, until the horrified congregation
busting smugglers operating without govern- asked her to stop.
ment approval. After a few days, the river receded and Ma
Besides a slight North Korean accent—pro- returned to Pyongyang. She wrote a report
nouncing ni as nei—there is little that would about her investigation, leaving out the part
make Ma stand out among Northern Virgin- about visiting the church. “After I turned it
ia’s large Korean community. in, they said, ‘write it again,’” she says. “So
Until she gets to talking about politics, I did. And they said, ‘write it again.’” She
that is. A devout Christian with the zeal of admitted to going to the church. At an un-
a convert—she found Jesus in South Korea, derground prison, she says, she was inter-
where she lived after abandoning the athe- rogated for a month. “They threw things at
ist North—Ma is waging a missionary cam- “Where do you think you are, me, and wanted to know if I was a Chris-
Craft Work
H Street NE’s original culinary gentrifier reinvents itself.
He inherited the recipe from a previous chef, who quit one
day after the restaurant’s January grand reopening. The hasty
exit was just the latest in a series of calamities—including fire,
theft, and tax troubles—to befall the beloved boîte.
Even my server seemed skittish about the wings, a sur-
prise at this time of mass obsession with all things malt-
and hops-related.
Other local eateries have employed similar stout-based reci-
pes. At Chinatown’s brew-centric Regional Food and Drink,
for instance, there are no fewer than three menu items infused
with chocolate stout, all of them desserts: a decadent brownie, a
cleverly titled “bieramisu,” even an ice cream float.
The Argonaut’s unique approach (what is this, chicken
mole in a pint glass?) flips this convention on its clucking head.
Is this supposed to be an appetizer? Or a dessert? Either way, it
makes sense mainly as a gimmick to impress the beer geeks.
In fact, the Argo, now fully recovered from last summer’s
devastating kitchen fire, is poised to woo brew enthusiasts
like never before. Re-launched with 24 shiny new taps (up
from just four), the joint has a beer list that’s harder to navi-
gate than the Symplegades. Call it the Quest for the Golden
Photos by Matt Dunn
Pot Luck: The Argonaut Yeast: The overhauled menu includes micro-brews from Cal-
can make your corn on ifornia, Colorado, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Hamp-
the cob taste like the sea. shire, Ohio, and even Florida.
Adventurers beware: As the multiple asterisks on the
menu suggest, the venue’s actual stockpile of beers chang-
By Chris Shott the standard sides of celery and blue cheese dressing. On vi- es a lot faster than its printing capabilities. Also note the
sual inspection, the blackish wings look like they were mari- disclaimer that certain varieties are “limited in their year-
All sorts of foods go well with beer, and all sorts nated in used motor oil, or perhaps just left on the curb to col- ly availability or production, so we’ll rotate our selection of-
of brews pair well with food. Spicy hot wings and lukewarm lect grime overnight. Maybe this is what the locals mean when ten.” In fact, weeks after reopening, the Argo was already
lager? A classic combo. But, chocolate stout-flavored chicken they say that H Street hasn’t completely lost its grit. out of several stellar drafts, notably Gonzo Imperial Porter,
wings? The District’s craft beer craze has officially hopped Luckily, they taste a lot better than they look. Flying Dog Brewery’s potent (9.2 percent) tribute to the late
the suds shark. “We’re still trying to perfect the recipe,” says Demetrios Hunter S. Thompson.
The dark chocolaty poultry stands out like a greasy black Recachinas, the Argo’s interim chef, kitchen manager, and part- There are still plenty of high-octane options, of course. And
thumb from even the heavily beer-focused menu at the recent- time bartender. “Stout is a great flavor, but when you’re working the folks in the kitchen tend to incorporate ingredients from the
ly reopened Argonaut, the pioneering dive bar turned brunch with it, if you try to reduce it or anything like that, it gets super, bar into other food items, too. In addition to the dubious stout
spot at the rapidly gentrifying intersection where H Street NE super bitter.... We thought if we could control the flavor of the wings, both the Argo’s honey-drizzled onion rings and its crispy
meets Maryland Avenue and Benning and Bladensburg roads. chocolate, then it would be a good combination.” fried cod, served with fries and a tasty lemon curry sauce, are
You’ve probably heard of beer-can chicken. This is some- It’s an ongoing experiment that Recachinas, the former brewski-infused. The batter is made from the light-colored me-
thing else entirely. A little sweet, a little bitter and more than food manager at the D.C. Central Kitchen and one-time sous dium-bodied house IPA, which, in keeping with the eatery’s
a little dry, the bits of bony bird are bathed in hot sauce, but- chef for American cooking dominatrix Carole Greenwood at nautical theme, the staff calls “booty beer.”
ter, and Bell’s Special Double Cream Stout, then served with Buck’s Fishing and Camping, isn’t quick to claim as his own. “We’re very beer-heavy here,” says Recachinas. “Adding
Sailing Into New Waters: Roasted portabella stacks aren’t normal dive bar fare.
it to the batter basically infuses another layer owner; Magnuson the managing partner.)
of flavor.” “We opened in ’05 as a dive bar with very
little food and that worked really well...un-
Back in 2005, the Argonaut was one of til it didn’t,” Pines notes. Much like the cou-
eight properties snatched up as part of pro- ple (now doting parents) and the surrounding
lific D.C. restaurateur Joe Englert’s effort to residential areas (now settling into comfort-
“clean up” H Street, as Englert described able yuppiedom), the Argo has since opted for
it: “to recruit just not restaurants, but bak- a more family-friendly vibe. “We needed to
ers, chocolate shops, museums, flower shops become more of a restaurant and less of a bar,
and more to the strip.” The local trade journal so we hired a chef and managed to change our
Foodservice Monthly dubbed it the “Joe En- entire direction—and double our business!—
glert Entertainment District.” in two months.”
In a part of town previously known for For Act III, it seems, the restored Ar-
carry-out dispensed from behind bulletproof gonaut has managed to step it up on both
glass, the ensuing culinary gentrification in- fronts.
volved places that served Moroccan tapas, Its renewed focus on domestic crafts, in
German wursts, and Japanese sushi served particular, seems a direct challenge to H Street
with an ironic side of tater tots. Today’s H neighbor Granville Moore’s status as the
Street corridor offers duck confit at Smith neighborhood beer mecca. The culinary reca-
Commons, Philadelphia-style hoagies at libration, meanwhile, includes a concerted ef-
Taylor Gourmet and the uncomfortably fort to hop aboard the locavore bandwagon.
named “white trash crème brulee” from That’s where Recachinas, with his nonprof-
Dangerously Delicious Pies. it background and his penchant for sourcing
If you buy the notion that today’s young fresh local ingredients, comes in.
professionals regard food and drink the way Argonaut’s pasta du jour, for instance, is
their parents approached sex, drugs, and rock handmade at Floriana in Dupont Circle. Over
‘n’ roll, then consider H Street a burgeoning the past several weeks, the restaurant has ad-
Haight-Ashbury—albeit one promising a bet- vertised artisanal raviolis stuffed with short
ter kind of crabs. rib, lobster, and curry chicken, among the fea-
By those standards, the old Argonaut might tured proteins. But for all three of my recent
today seem pedestrian. The reinvented one, visits, it was the same entrée every night: green
though, keeps pace with the neighborhood’s pillows of spinach pasta, stuffed with ricotta,
increasingly baroque tastes. swimming in a creamy soup alongside floating
Proprietors Scott Magnuson and Shaar- chunks of garlic, mushroom, and cherry toma-
en Pine bought into Englert’s vision early on. to, sprinkled with parmesan shavings.
The affable couple serves as the public face of Recachinas wasn’t immediately sure how
the Argonaut. (Englert remains the principal well the localized ethics would sit with fans
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“emotionally and physically exhausting.” She also has resentative. “We all have our fingers crossed.”
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life; she broke up with her long-term boyfriend short- goes well, she could be back to work filming the sec-
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TheaTerCurtain Calls
Emerald Vile: What starts out as a Dublin comedy takes a bleak turn.
bad luck o’
adaptation “the only Hitchcock movie that
one can say that there is absolutely nothing of
the irish
Hitchcock in it.”
WSC company player Joe Palka deserves
his promotion here to the leading role of “Cap-
Juno and the Paycock tain” Jack Boyle, a retired merchant seaman
By Sean O’Casey
who, to paraphrase the family’s breadwinner—
Directed by Shirley Serotsky
Washington Shakespeare Company at that’d be his saintly wife, Juno (Cam Magee)—
Artisphere to March 20 does more work with a knife and fork than he
ever did with a shovel. To be fair, he was a sail-
Sean O’Casey’s 1924 Juno and the Paycock or in his prime years, which seems a salient
feels like a shrugging comedy about pover- point regardless of whether you believe his
ty, familial neglect, and alcoholism before it claims of “pains in me legs” that rule him out
gradually hardens into a head-shaking tragedy as a laborer. To what degree Serotsky wants us
about poverty, familial neglect, and alcohol- to condemn him as a layabout is opaque—per-
ism. Then add gang violence and unplanned haps intentionally so, perhaps not.
pregnancy to the litany of plagues—and nev- When the family receives word of an unex-
er mind that the gang in question claims a pected windfall, Jack goes on a tear of conspic-
self-governed Irish Republic as the end that uous consumption (as opposed to the bloody-
justifies its thuggish means. cough kind usually featured in plays like this),
You can say at least this much for Washing- running up bar tabs and bringing home indul-
ton Shakespeare Company’s inventively staged gences like a gramophone. All this unfolds as
production of this middle chapter in O’Casey’s the ink is barely dry on the treaty establishing
Dublin Trilogy: It gives each of the piece’s tonal the Irish Free State, a prize for which Jack’s
poles its due, boasts a handful of sterling per- son Johnny (a palpably frayed Jay Hardee) has
formances, and looks a peach. Indeed, Jessica given one of his arms and half of his wits—we
Moretti’s set, which takes away two walls of call it Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder now. But
the Boyle family’s circa-1922 tenement apart- as a stone-faced comrade reminds him, “No
ment and positions the audience on either side man can ever do enough for Ireland.”
to peer at one another across it, is almost too It might all be too relentlessly dour to bear
inviting for the claustrophobia this story needs. if not for lively supporting turns from a pair
The view of the time and place director Shir- of performers better known for their direct-
ley Serotsky affords us never comes into focus ing work of late: WSC artistic director Chris-
as sharply as our fellow patrons’ mugs, but she topher Henley stirs our sympathy and our
seems more interested in rendering O’Casey’s loathing as Jack’s two-faced drinking buddy,
text faithfully than in underlining its contem- Joxer, and as Mrs. Madigan, Kathleen Aker-
porary resonance. She’s hardly the first to han- ley is as warm and decent a neighbor to the
dle this material with white gloves: The influ- audience as she is to the pitiful, splintering
ential critic Andrew Sarris called its 1930 film Boyle clan. —Chris Klimek
MusicDiscography
butterflyDC.com Spaghetti It’s derivative, perhaps, but not offensively so. violin family is Dekker’s labelmate Jackie Per-
poSt-Rock
Besides, it’s called classic rock for a reason. ez Gratz, who sings and plays electric cello in
It’s challenging to maintain attention over the chamber-metal trio Grayceon. In addition
a full-length album’s worth of downtempo in- to Gratz, the San Francisco-based outfit fea-
Deep Politics strumentals, and it is to Grails’ enormous cred- tures a guitarist, Max Doyle, and a drummer,
Grails it that the majority of Deep Politics sticks. The Zack Farwell, but no bassist. Few bands try
Temporary Residence
band may not have fully transcended its influ- to forge metal without electric bass. But any
Voting By now, the term “post-rock” can safely ences, but it’s keen at incorporating them in a
way that draws focus to their chief strength, en-
doubts about the ampleness of Grayceon’s low
be consigned to the junk heap of history, along end are quashed on “Shellmounds,” the gal-
began with “alternative” and “Islamofascism.” So semble performance. If there is a through line loping highlight of the Grayceon’s third full-
February how to describe the music of Grails, a Port- on Grails’ latest, it is a certain kind of film mu- length All We Destroy. Even when Doyle plays
14! land, Ore., act that trades in moody, long- sic. Someone should introduce Grails to David spare, undistorted guitar, as he does on the Al-
form instrumentals? Chamber-doom? Neo- Fincher—this stuff would fit well with the di- bion-leaning intro, Gratz’s churning accompa-
cinematic? At its formation, the band was rector’s upcoming adaptation of The Girl With niment gives the song undeniable heft.
Washington
hitting lumped into the avant-metal category, some- the Dragon Tattoo. Trent Reznor can’t have all It doesn’t hurt that, when he does stomp
newstands
March 25 where between the fussy prog of Isis and the the cake. Until there’s a proper movie pairing, on the distortion, Doyle has one of the meat-
nihilistic squall of Neurosis. Several releases you’ll have to settle for a blacklight and your iest guitar tones in metal. According to sev-
Poncho
later, Grails have settled on a style more in- imagination. —Casey Rae-Hunter eral metal blogs, Doyle plays without a pick.
formed by Ennio Morricone than Mastodon. If true, this unusual approach might explain
With immersive compositions and muscular,
if restrained, musicianship, their latest, Deep cellocalypSe not only the otherworldliness of his tone—the
roundness of the notes as they move through
Sanchez
Politics, further refines the expansive sound All We Destroy the air—but also the abundance of notes them-
hinted at on efforts like the Black Tar Proph- Grayceon selves. Even when chugging through brutal
ecies series. Like fellow travelers Kayo Dot, Profound Lore chord changes on the opening of the Zeppe-
Grails are redefining “heavy” through a smart lin-esque “A Road Less Traveled,” Doyle al-
synthesis of beauty and ballast, and the result Anyone who thinks cello is for wimps ways seems to be peeling off in new directions,
is as gripping as it is evocative. needs to hear Eric Dolphy. The skronky saxo- weaving in and out of Gratz’s barbed-wire
Opener “Future Primitive” establishes phonist is perhaps best remembered for his 1964 melodies in a way that makes Grayceon sound
Fate Crimes
A big-budget tangle with the men who pull the strings. Plus! Norway’s The Wrestler
The Adjustment Bureau memory and life will be wiped. He’s told he
Directed by George Nolfi and Elise are to stay apart, but not why.
What makes The Adjustment Bureau so in-
A Somewhat Gentle Man
triguing is its butterfly-effect premise, ap-
Directed by Hans Petter Moland
plied to potential lovers who seem so natu-
By Tricia Olszewski ral together. Nolfi, who penned The Bourne
Ultimatum and Ocean’s Twelve, may have Da-
At 7:05 a.m. one New York workday, vid and Elise meet cute, but once they do
former Senate hopeful David Norris was sup- their conversations are easy and realistic, not
posed to spill his coffee. That meant he’d dash the too-clever (or, worse, thinks-it’s-clever)
home to change clothes. That meant he’d miss crap you find in most romances. Damon and
his bus. And that meant he wouldn’t run into Blunt’s characters are likable and decently
Elise, whom he once encountered in a ho- rounded, with ambitions beyond getting laid.
tel bathroom when he thought he was alone, They’re worth rooting for against the shad-
working on his concession speech the night he owy types keeping them apart.
lost the election. They were to go their separate Until you find out—as David inevita-
ways, and all would be right with the world. bly does—the reason why. Even before that,
At least that’s how things are run in The though, the ideas of fate and freedom keep The
Adjustment Bureau, writer-director George Adjustment Bureau compelling. (One of the se-
Nolfi’s adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story. nior adjusters, played by Terence Stamp, ex-
Nolfi’s directorial debut is like Sliding Doors plains that humans only appear to have agen-
crossed with The Matrix, an entertaining sci- cy, because during one of the periods in which
fi romance that’s exciting in more than the they were granted it, “We had the Dark Ages
usual will-they-or-won’t-they ways. Because for five centuries.”) The film is a curious little
the force keeping our central couple apart hybrid of actioner and love story, with a sense
isn’t wacky friends or crazy exes or ridiculous of danger that keeps things moving at a quick
self-doubt. It’s men in hats. clip. There are even some cool effects: Those
Yes, it sounds moronic, but trust me. Da- hats allow the adjusters to teleport through
vid (Matt Damon, as always a low-key charm- doorways, which means a character can jump
er) is a reformed fratboy and political wunder- from, say, a courthouse to Yankee Stadium to
kind. When he meets Elise (Emily Blunt) in Ellis Island. At its heart, the film is a sweet ro-
Illuminati-Gotten Gains: Damon and Blunt fight the guys controlling reality.
the bathroom, they have a fine conversation mance, but with its heady ideas and exciting
but never swap info because she’s kinda on the action, there’s no room for treacle. one anymore and would love a relationship sembles Mickey Rourke’s Randy the Ram.)
run, having crashed a wedding at the hotel. So with his kid, who’s now about to have his There’s humor throughout, which is typically
David is thrilled to see her on a bus shortly af- Hans Petter Moland’s A Somewhat own child. So when Jensen lends him a car very gentle but sometimes laugh-out-loud: Ul-
terward—he never did spill coffee on himself, Gentle Man is like a Norwegian version of The to stalk the rat, Ulrik instead uses it to spy rik is told he isn’t allowed to smoke whenever he
because one of the men who pulls the strings, Wrestler. Stellan Skarsgård plays Ulrik, a po- on Geir (Jan Gunnar Røise), eventually mak- lights up. When he gets into Jensen’s car to fi-
Harry (Anthony Mackie), was dozing. Oopsy. nytailed gangster just out of jail after serving ing a cautious visit that’s generally well-re- nally tail his snitch, it won’t start. Then there’s
But David + Elise is not part of The Plan, so 12 years for murder. But you get the feeling ceived. Otherwise, Ulrik’s day-to-day con- his trysts with Karen, lightning-quick encoun-
the men in hats (led by John Slattery) resort to he doesn’t want to leave, and it’s hard to blame sists of working as a mechanic, wondering ters in which she yells her bloody head off as he
intimidation to keep the two apart. Because he him: Waiting for him outside the prison gates is why the secretary at his shop (Jannike Kruse) thrusts dutifully.
is now ahead of his intended time line, David an expanse of gray sky and snow, a crappy room seems so damaged, listening to Jensen blath- The concern of the film, like The Wres-
catches a glimpse of the Adjustment Bureau that’s probably dingier than his cell, and pres- er about settling scores, and watching Polish tler, is redemption, finding a new purpose in
at work: When he walks into his office, high sure from his hotheaded and spiteful boss, Jens- TV with Karen, at least until she decides it’s life, making a fresh start. As Ulrik tentative-
from running into Elise, he barely notices his en (Bjørn Floberg), to kill the guy who ratted time to get it on. ly, and then confidently, moves toward these
co-workers are frozen as he runs to tell his con- Ulrik out. He has a grown son, Geir, who tells With its casually handled subplots, A Some- goals, you’ll find yourself engrossed—not
fidante Charlie (Michael Kelly) the news. But people his father’s dead. And after a dozen years what Gentle Man is ultimately a character study just somewhat but completely. CP
Charlie is also inanimate; he’s having his brain alone, Ulrik’s haggard landlady, Karen (Jorunn of a rather quiet character. Skarsgård under-
recalibrated by the bureau, a group whose Kjellsby), doesn’t seem like such a bad prospect plays his man of few words, but he’s capti- Web extra
work one normally never sees. But David does, when one day she brings him his usual dinner, vating and charming nonetheless, particular- We blog and blog and blog about
which means a stern talking-to and the threat and then drops trou and spreads her legs. ly when he watches Geir and smiles ear to ear. the D.C. Independent Film Festival.
that should he ever reveal what he’s seen, his Ulrik doesn’t really want to kill any- (It’s in such moments that he most strongly re- washingtoncitypaper.com/artsdesk
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18TH STREET LOUNGE 1212 18th St. NW. (202) 466- ZOO BAR 3000 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 232-
THU 3/10 eli paperBoY reed & The True loveS 3922. DJ Chicus, DJ Jahsonic. 4225. Big Boy Little.
w/ The Electrocutions
Rival CAFE SAINT-EX/GATE 54 LOUNGE 1847 14th St. NW.
SchoolS FRI 3/11 The Silver liNerS, The Honeyguns, The Blue
Line, Redline Addiction
(202) 265-7839. DJ DK. Folk
Sunday CHIEF IKE’S COSMO LOUNGE 1725 Columbia Rd. BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. (703)
clockWork w/ Ratt Moze, Chris Nitti, Phillip Goyette NW. (202) 332-2211. DJ East 137 & DJ Redstar.
3/6 FREE @ Hotel bar 21+
549-7500. Arlo Guthrie, Abe Guthrie, The Burns Sisters.
FUR NIGHTCLUB 33 Patterson St. NE. (202) 842-3401. WOLF TRAP 1645 Trap Rd., Vienna. (703) 255-1868.
SAT 3/12 eMpreSarioS (live band) - Fort Knox Recordings, Gabriel and Dresden. John Eaton.
DC w/ Funk Ark (live band),Thunderball (dj set)
LUX LOUNGE 649 New York Ave. NW. (202) 347-
World
gkYk w/ DJ Keenan + Metaphysical @ Hotel bar Free 21+ 8100. Lux Saturdays.
SUN 3/13 The rural alBerTa advaNTage
MAdAM’S ORGAN 2461 18th St. NW. (202) 667- KENNEdY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE 2700 F St.
w/ Pepper Rabbit
5370. DJ India. NW. (202) 467-4600. Kailash Kher.
Wed 3/16 BoYce aveNue w/ Alex Goot
YElawolf MARX CAFÉ 3203 Mt. Pleasant St. NW. (202) 518-
Monday
THU 3/17 Black dog proWl w/ Chute, Force Major
FRI 3/18 SWiFT TechNique
7600. DJ Luis.
classical
3/7 w/ A Cool Stick, Soul Cannon, Ponderosis MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman
Ln., N. Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Baltimore Sym-
to suBmit
epicdaNceparTYw/DJ DocRok@Hotelbar Free21+ phony Orchestra.
nicolE
SAT 3/19 MiXTape
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TUe 3/22 ellie gouldiNg w/ The Knocks
Wednesday THU 3/24 FujiYa & MiYagi w/ Brahms, Warm Ghost
3/9
FRI 3/25 aSoBi SekSu w/ Cults / Sun Airway ONLINE: washingtoncitypaper.com rock
BeckY w/ Djs Stereo Faith + Trevor Martin EMAIL: [email protected] 9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. STS9.
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FAX: (202) 332-8500 BLACK CAT 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-7960. Dum
SAT 3/26 STaNk w/ Dj Metaphysical @Hotelbar Free21+ Dum Girls.
SUN 3/27 FaMilY porTraiT w/ The Twerps MAIL: City List, Washington City Paper
IOTA CLUB & CAFE 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington.
Eli REEd Wed 3/30 STarFucker w/ Casiokids
2390 Champlain St. NW, (703) 522-8340. Tami D’mar, Matthew McGinn, Dayna
& ThE TRuE Washington, DC 20009 Kurtz.
lovES THU 3/31 The Felice BroTherS w/ Diamond Doves
FRI 4/1 civil TWilighT w/ A Silent Film, The Rassle
PLEASE INCLUDE JAMMIN’ JAVA 225 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. (703) 255-
Thursday
3/10 • your name 1566. That 1 Guy.
SAT 4/2 luckY duB CD Release Party
• e-mail JAXX 6355 Rolling Rd., Springfield. (703) 569-5940.
THU 4/7 SeNSeS Fail w/ The Ghost Inside, Man Borderline, Home Brewed, shangoband, The Under-
Overboard, Transit, Voyage In Coma • contact name studies, All in Karma, Rick Franklin, World of Light, LEDs
FRI 4/8 violeT SaYS 5 w/ The Fif, Phila Da Future, Dj • event name and Smoke Machines, Melissa Carroll, Rogue Mind.
EmpRESaRioS Beezy, Host Jae Mills REd PALACE 1212 H St. NE. (202) 399-3201. Mother
TUe 4/12 The greeNhorNeS w/ Hacienda
• event description
Saturday Mother, Velvet, Dance for the Dying.
3/12 • price
THU 4/14 Toro Y Moi w/ Adventure ROCK & ROLL HOTEL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.
• venue & address Rival Schools, Polica and Theives, Radar Fiction.
Wed 4/20 j-roddY WalTSoN aNd The BuSiNeSS
(4 WEEK RESIDENCY! )
• public contact number
VELVET LOUNGE 915 U St. NW. (202) 462-7625. Paul
• event date(s) & time(s) Michel, Solar Powered Sun Destroyer.
STEELY DAN
with the Miles High Big Band
KT TUNSTALLThe Solo Show
and featuring The Embassy Brats APRIL 13
THIS WEEK’S SHOWS On Sale Friday, March 4 at 10am
AUGUST 2
Corey Smith w/ Matt Stillwell Early Show! 7pm Doors ..........Sa 5 On Sale Friday, March 4 at 10am
Streetlight Manifesto w/ A Loss For Words & Larry and His Flask SATURDAY, MAY 14
Whitesnake •Tesla
Early Show! 4:30pm Doors ..................................................................Su 13 Sebastian Bach and more!
G.W. Lisner Auditorium • Washington, D.C.
THE
M DOORS
SHOW ADDED! 2:30P
Apocalyptica w/ Caverns Single-Day tickets On Sale Friday, March 4 at 10am THIS SUNDAY! SECOND
LAURIE BERKNER
Late Show! 10pm Doors. All 12/7 tickets will be honored. ............Su 13
Lucinda Williams w/ Dylan LeBlanc ..............................................Tu 15 Sugarland
w/ Little Big Town & Matt Nathanson BAND
MARCH 6
MAY 22
In association with Metropolitan Talent Presents
w/ The Secret Sisters ..............................Th 17
SOJA w/ Mambo Sauce & Chris Boomer ..............................................F 18 TICKETMASTER:
202-397-SEAT • 410-547-SEAT • 703-573-SEAT • 800-551-SEAT
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DeVotchKa w/ Mariachi El Bronx ......................................................Tu 22
The Mountain Goats ..........................................................................F 25 w/ Robyn
G.M.U. Patriot Center • Fairfax, VA
Old 97's w/ Teddy Thompson ..............................................................Su 10 D.A.R. Constitution Hall • Washington, D.C.
The Dirty Heads w/ New Politics & Ballyhoo ..................................M 11
The Go! Team w/ Dom ........................................................................W 13
THE AP TOUR FEATURING
Black Veil Brides • Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows •
JUNE 5
I See Stars • VersaEmerge • Conditions ............................Su 17
Mogwai w/ Errors ................................................................................Tu 19
TICKETMASTER:
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NEVERENDER: SSTB
Coheed and Cambria Performing "The Second Stage Turbine Blade"
in its entirety. With acoustic/electric sets ............................................W 20
9:30 CUPCAKES
The best thing you could possibly put in your mouth.
Cupcakes by BUZZ... your neighborhood bakery in Alexandria, VA.
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Tickets for 9:30 Club shows are available through Ticketfly.com, by phone at 1-877-4FLY-TIX, and at the 9:30 Club box office. PARKING: THE OFFICIAL 9:30 parking lot entrance is on
9th Street, directly behind the 9:30 club. Buy your advance
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ALEX WINSTON
TWELVE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 1123 H St. NE. MAdAM’S ORGAN 2461 18th St. NW. (202) 667-
(202) 398-2655. Live R&B. 5370. One Nite Stand.
dJ Nights Jazz
1811 14TH ST NW
18TH STREET LOUNGE 1212 18th St. NW. (202) 466- BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Rear. (202)
www.blackcatdc.com
3922. DJ Sam “The Man” Burns, DJ Thomas Blondet. 337-4141. Amij.
AMERICAN ICE COMPANY 917 V St. NW. (202) 758- MAdAM’S ORGAN 2461 18th St. NW. (202) 667-
MARCH SHOWS
3562. Country Night with Bobby Sugar. 5370. One Nite Stand.
STEVE’S BAR ROOM 1337 Connecticut Ave. NW. TRYST 2459 18th St. NW. (202) 232-5500. Will Rast Trio.
THU 3 COUCH NIGHT: DJ RYAN HICKS &
(202) 293-3150. Sunday Fundays with DJ ChildsPlay.
World
DJ ROULETTE PLAY VINYL R ECORDS IN
THE RED ROOM ALL NIGHT! $FREE
SUN MARCH 6
HIP HOP, AND 90S POP $7 GEORGIA BROWN’S 950 15th St. NW. (202) 393-
ALEX WINSTON
DUM DUM GIRLS
SAT 5 4499. Jazz brunch.
TYPEFIGHTER $12
WILD FLAG
FLANAGAN’S HARP & FIddLE 4844 Cordell Ave., Coronas, The Kin, Via Audio.
THU 10 Bethesda. (301) 951-0115. Mary Ann Redmond.
THU MAR 10
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN, MARY TIMONY,
REBECCA COLE, JANET WEISS
YELLOWFEVER dJ Nights
World
WILD FLAG
THE AQUARIUM $13 RED ROOM
WYE OAK
18TH STREET LOUNGE 1212 18th St. NW. (202) 466-
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KENNEdY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE 2700 F St. 3922. DJ Brooksie.
SAT 12 THE EX
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SPRCSS $15
MAR 24 BLACK JOE LEWIS &
THE HONEYBEARS
THOSE DARLINS $15
moNday SCIENCE CLUB 1136 19th St. NW. (202) 775-0747.
Brown Rice Collective.
MAR 25 THE JOY U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-
SAT 12 HELLMOUTH HAPPY HOUR: FORMIDABLE
1 EPISODE OF BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER &
DRINK SPECIALS EVERY SATURDAY! 7PM MAR 26 SEBADOH
$18/$20
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rock 1880. Prince Paul, Stereo Faith, Jerome Baker III.
FRI MAR 11
APR 5 Tosin Aribisala.
WIRE $20
& MATT POND $13
(703) 522-8340. Dinosaur Feathers, Motel Motel.
APR 7
WYE OAK
BLACK LIPS
TRYST 2459 18th St. NW. (202) 232-5500. Peter Edel-
NEIL HAMBURGER
APR 8 JAMMIN’ JAVA 225 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. (703) 255-
WED 16 VIVIAN GIRLS $15
DJ REKHA
man Quartet.
THE KENNY K-STRASS STRASSER APR 9
1566. Chase Coy, Jimmy Robbins, School Boy Humor.
YO-YO EXTRAVAGANZA $13/$15
SAT MAR 12
$12 THE BOXER
TWINS JAZZ 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. The
MAJOR ENTERTAINER MIKE H APR 16 REd PALACE 1212 H St. NE. (202) 399-3201. Astro-
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THU 17 $10 $15 nautalis, Sims, Ardamus.
THE RAVEONETTES
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APR 17
FRI 18 $20
U-TOPIA 1418 U St. NW. (202) 483-7669. Bill Heid.
DJ DREDD $7
ROCK & ROLL HOTEL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.
80S MAYHEM:
Yelawolf, CyHi The Prynce, Low Budget’s Kaimbr.
SAT 19
AWESOME 80S DANCE PARTY STATE THEATRE 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. Blues
DJS STEVE EP, MISSGUIDED, KILLA K,
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(703) 237-0300. Rebelution, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub MAdAM’S ORGAN 2461 18th St. NW. (202) 667-
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SAT 19
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DJ LIL’E $7
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and other gay niches. Blowoff, mould’s DJ night with local eDm producer Richard morel, is a
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if you can get behind the premise, there’s absolutely nothing like it. Blowoff has to be the only
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World Folk
BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. WOLF TRAP 1645 Trap Rd., Vienna. (703) 255-1868.
(703) 549-7500. Atlan, Lilt. California Guitar Trio.
KENNEdY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE 2700 F St.
NW. (202) 467-4600. Gulabi Sapera. World
KENNEdY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE 2700 F St.
WedNesday
NW. (202) 467-4600. Tanusree Shankar.
go-go
rock TRAdEWINdS 5859 Allentown Way, Camp Springs.
(301) 449-1234. Big G and the Band.
9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. The Pogues.
thursday
BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.
(703) 549-7500. Robyn Hitchcock, Joe Boyd.
BLACK CAT BACKSTAGE 1811 14th St. NW. (202)
rock
667-7960. Say Hi, Blair, Yellow Ostrich.
JAMMIN’ JAVA 225 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. (703) 255-
1566. Tony Lucca, Jerad Finck, Brad Rhodes. 9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. OMD, Oh Land.
JAXX 6355 Rolling Rd., Springfield. (703) 569-5940. BLACK CAT 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-7960. Wild
Rotting Christ, Melechesh, Hate, Abigail Williams, Flag, Yellowfever, The Aquarium.
Lecherous Nocture. IOTA CLUB & CAFE 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington.
(703) 522-8340. We Were Kings, Delta Rae, Colours-
ROCK & ROLL HOTEL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.
lide.
Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea, Cotton Jones, Lightfoot.
JAMMIN’ JAVA 225 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. (703) 255-
ST. ELMO’S COFFEE PUB 2300 Mount Vernon Ave., 1566. Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social, Josh Abt, The
Alexandria. (703) 739-9268. Innocent Flannel. Regulars, American Babies.
VELVET LOUNGE 915 U St. NW. (202) 462-7625. Fan MCGINTY’S PUB 911 Ellsworth Dr., Silver Spring. (301)
Tan, Painted Face, Sensual Harassment. 587-1270. Chris Murphy
ROCK & ROLL HOTEL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625. Eli
dJ Nights “Paperboy” Reed and the True Loves, The Electricutions.
18TH STREET LOUNGE 1212 18th St. NW. (202) 466- STATE THEATRE 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church.
3922. DJ Kalani, DJ Version Sounds, DJ John Bowen (703) 237-0300. Dark Star Orchestra.
CAFE SAINT-EX/GATE 54 LOUNGE 1847 14th St. NW. VELVET LOUNGE 915 U St. NW. (202) 462-7625.
(202) 265-7839. Soul Call Paul. Daddy Lion, Goodman Brown.
r&B
SCIENCE CLUB 1136 19th St. NW. (202) 775-0747.
Formula with Vishal Kanwar.
U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588- TWELVE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 1123 H St. NE.
1880. Le Castle Vania, Smash Gordon, DJ Lisa Frank. (202) 398-2655. Live R&B.
Jazz dJ Nights
18TH STREET LOUNGE 1212 18th St. NW. (202) 466-
BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Rear. (202)
3922. DJ Sean Haney.
337-4141. Aziza Miller.
CAFE SAINT-EX/GATE 54 LOUNGE 1847 14th St. NW.
GEORGIA BROWN’S 950 15th St. NW. (202) 393- (202) 265-7839. DJ Wondermike.
4499. Jazz evenings.
CHIEF IKE’S MAMBO ROOM 1725 Columbia Rd. NW.
JO JO’S 1518 U St. NW. (202) 319-9350. Colie Wil- (202) 332-2211. Deja Vu ‘80s dance party.
liams featuring Ol Soul for a New Day.
HEAVEN & HELL 2327 18th St. NW. (202) 667-4355.
TRYST 2459 18th St. NW. (202) 232-5500. Lovesome ‘80s Rewind.
Thing Jazz Trio.
MOdERN 3287 M St. NW. (202) 338-7027. DJ Sound-
U-TOPIA 1418 U St. NW. (202) 483-7669. Paul Piper. traxx and DJ Face.
gyptian
Jamaican singer Gyptian’s “Hold You” (or “Hold Yuh”)
struck a chord with more than just reggae fans in 2010.
Thanks to 10-plus remixes with the likes of nicki minaj
and major lazer, the song became a crossover hit among
R&B, rap, soca, and reggaeton followers. The updates
feature a variety of additional rapped and sung verses, but
it’s Gyptian’s falsetto melody and the minimalist, finger-
plunking keyboard beat that still hypnotize. He’s been setting his patois-tinged vocals to music
since his 2005 roots-reggae single “Serious Times,” and in 2008 he began incorporating sleek
urban accents into his material. When the performer known as the Sexy Rasta was last in the
area five months ago, he rushed through a 25-minute set. Hopefully this time, the ladies’ man will
deliver a performance that lasts. GYpTiAn AnD eTAnA peRfoRm AT 11 p.m. AT DC STAR, 2135 QUeenS
CHApel RD. ne. $25. (202) 635-0089. —Steve Kiviat
Blues Tue., 3/8, at 7 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 8PM
CARLA L. PETERSON Discusses and signs Black
Marcel Khalife in
Flamenco Weekend:
COLUMBIA STATION 2325 18th St. NW. (202) 462- Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in
6040. Atomic Swing Club. Nineteenth-Century New York City. Politics and Prose,
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Fri., 3/4, at 7 p.m. Free.
Concierto Andalouse & Gala Flamenca
Pan American Symphony Orchestra
Folk (202) 364-1919.
TOM SHROdER ANd JOHN KONRAd The Washing- Joining PASO for a riveting performance of Spanish and Arabic
WOLF TRAP 1645 Trap Rd., Vienna. (703) 255-1868.
ton Post journalist and oil rig captain discuss and sign music isthe Middle East’s most famous oud player, folk singer,
Tom Paxton.
Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil and composer Marcel Khalifé, with flamenco dancers from Spain.
Disaster. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.
World NW. Sun., 3/6, at 5 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 7PM
KENNEdY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE 2700 F St.
NW. (202) 467-4600. Asima.
SARA WHEELER Discusses and signs The Magnetic
North: Notes from the Arctic Circle, an account of a
Paco Peña: Flamenco Vivo
trip to the North Pole, which includes experiences with Flamenco Music and Dance
a crew of Russian icebreakers and a group of reindeer
CoMedy
Bringing life to intoxicating rhythms, colors and sounds of Andalucía,
herders. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Spanish flamenco guitar master Peña and his company of young talented
Thu., 3/10, at 7 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. dancers, singers and musicians set the stage alight in bursts of glorious
ARLINGTON CINEMA ‘N’ dRAFTHOUSE 2903
Columbia Pike, Arlington. (703) 486-2345. Fri., 3/4 & BENJAMIN WITTES Discusses and signs Detention and improvisation and virtuoso flamenco technique. “Peña and his troupe of singers,
Sat., 3/5, Gallagher. Thursdays, Live stand-up comedy. Denial: The Case for Candor After Guantanamo, an dancers, and musicians exude apowerful magnetism that gleams with vitality.” - The Age
Saturdays, Open mic stand-up comedy. argument for a better approach to detention centers.
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Sat., FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 8PM
dC IMPROV 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 296-7008.
Gal Costa
3/5, at 1 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919.
Fri., 3/4–Sun., 3/6, Jeffrey Ross. Thu., 3/10, Joe Recca.
Jesse Cook
p.m. (202) 333-7970. Opening: “Covers.” Magazine (202) 536-8994. Opening: “Try a little tenderness as
cover paintings by Cindy Kane. painful as it seems.” Works by Ben Skinner. To April 8.
Mar 3
6 7pm WATCH Awards Ceremony
CURATOR’S OFFICE 1515 14th St. NW. Wednesdays– IRVINE CONTEMPORARY 1412 14th St. NW.
Saturdays, noon–6 p.m. and by appointment. (202) Tuesdays–Saturdays, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. (202) 332-8767.
387-1008. OngOing: “Amend.” Photos by Nicholas
Irish Trad.
ClOsing: “Saturnalia.” Work by various gallery artists.
8 Superstars! ALTAN w/LILT
The Discovery Series and Sheila Pye. To March 19. To March 5.
9 Live and Direct from 1967!
Robyn“Chinese
Hitchcock & Joe Boyd
ImanI WInds FLASHPOINT 916 G St. NW. Tuesdays–Saturdays, LONG VIEW GALLERY 1234 9th St. NW. Wednes-
GRAMMY-nominated noon–6 p.m. (202) 315-1310. OngOing: “Standing
White Bicycles”
days–Saturdays, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sundays noon–5 p.m.
ensemble’s only Atop the Ladder.” Mixed media work by Juan Tejedor.
(202) 232-4788. OngOing: New gallery artists group
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To March 26.
D.C.-area appearance
Tony Rice Unit show. To March 13.
w/Sierra Hull & Highway 111
Fri., March 4 FOUNdRY GALLERY 1314 18th St. NW. Wednesdays–
MEZZ GALLERY AT ARTISPHERE 1101 Wilson Blvd.,
Sundays, noon–6 p.m. (202) 463-0203. Opening:
12
John Eaton ASHFORD&SIMPSON JAY
HAYDEN
“Touch Points.” Water colors by Katherine Blakeslee.
Arlington. Daily, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. (703) 875-1100.
OngOing: “Sweet-Meat Cherry-Whip Flip.” Photos by
The Fabulous ’40s To March 27.
13
Victoria F. Gaitán. To March 12.
CD release party for a GALLERY AT VIVId SOLUTIONS 2208 Martin Luther
14 In the Bandstand • All Standing, Doors 6pm
new all-music album! MOCA dC 1054 31st St. NW. Wed.–Fri., 1 p.m.–6
w/AM Taxi
tograph.” Works by Gerard Lange. To April 8. “Erotica 2011.” To April 2.
CalIfornIa GuItar trIo
Rachelle Ferrell
GOVINdA GALLERY 1227 34th St. NW. Tuesdays– STUdIO GALLERY 2108 R St. NW. Wednesdays &
17
From Beethoven and Bach
Saturdays, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. (202) 333-1180. OngOing: Thursdays, 1–7 p.m.; Fridays 1–8 p.m.; Saturdays, 1–6
to “Bohemian Rhapsody”
18&19
Photos of Washington-area R&B musicians by Fer- p.m. (202) 232-8734. Opening: Photography by Iwan
Wed., March 9 Bagus. “La Serenissima–Views of Venice.” Works by
nando Sandoval. To April 2.
20 ‘Chinaberry
Elizabeth Grusin-Howe. “Mostly Grey.” Works by Peter
al dI mEola
Gaelic Storm
World sInfonIa
Rodney Crowell Sidewalks Tour’
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Market St., Ste. 103, Reston. Tuesdays–Saturdays,
Karp. To March 26.
21&22
pursuiT oF radical 11 a.m.–5 p.m. (703) 471-9242. Opening: “Emerg- TOUCHSTONE GALLERY 901 New York Ave. NW.
23 Madstone Productions Presents
THE HIGH KINGS
rhapsody Tour 2011 ing Visions: A Sense of Place.” Collaborative projects Wednesdays & Thursdays, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Fridays,
tueS. & Wed., March 15 & 16 between art and English students from Herndon and 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Saturdays & Sundays, noon–5 p.m.
FOURPLAY
celebraTion
3
special guesT:
w/Matt
Matt Maher, Derek Webb, Audrey Assad
Sat., april 2
6 BET
Órla fallon, formErly “MUSIC MATTERS” TOUR w/
of CEltIC Woman Anthony
COLIN HAY
MARSHA AMBROSIUS, MELANIE FIONA David
Sensational Irish singer/
harpist with a new release 7&8
Chris
Trapper City Lights PiCk: tuesday
9 Junior Brown The Wranglers
Wed. & thurS., april 6 & 7 Ruthie &
10 “standing atop
The Discovery Series
KatE lIndsEy, BUDDY GUY Sullivan
Quinn
11
mezzo-soprano
KIm pEnsInGEr 12&13
Tower of Power
Aimee Mann
the ladder”
WItman, pianisT for visual artist Juan Tejedor, real-world topography is a starting point, not a destination. in
14 Livingston Taylor Buskin &
18
thE InspECtor dor pieces Africa and South America back together, flips them so they’re unrecognizable, and
‘Soul Survivors’ feat.
libreTTo by mark campbell
ERIC ROBERSON & VIVIAN GREEN shades the areas based on how much human development has occurred. in “Bus Drawing—
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4 ELLE’MARCHELLE +
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5 KURIBACHEW
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6 ABDU KIAR & ZEMA BAND *
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7 INDUSTRY NIGHT
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LINE DANCING & AFTER PARTY
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show and DJ Dance Party with DJ“Simply DJ”between sets, 6:30-
Established in 1926 WIP GALLERY AT ARTISPHERE 1101 Wilson Blvd., BASRA BOY Rosemary Jenkinson’s world premiere
Amiri Baraka
OngOing: “Rosslyn: A Work in Process.” To March 13. high and getting into fights and trying to get laid,
trying to escape boredom. Josh Sticklin vibrates like a
WOHLFARTH GALLERIES 3419 19th St. NE. Wednes- hopped-up hummingbird as Speedy, a kid who decides
days–Saturdays, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. and by appointment. to make the army his ticket out of Belfast. His pal Stig
Friday (202) 526-8022. OngOing: “Sea to Mountain.” Sculpture (also Sticklin, of course) can’t believe he’s falling for the
Feb 25th
government’s line, enticed by the promise of adventure
William Parker
and works on paper by Carmela Knepler. To March 12.
and a cash bonus. And Sticklin is a charmer, charis-
WHERE THE BEAUTIFUL danCe
matic and tireless. It isn’t energy he wants for; just clar-
ity and precision. When he’s Stig and when he’s Speedy
PEOPLE GO TO GET UGLY isn’t always readily apparent. His physical and verbal
Saturday
GULABO SAPERA & PARTY Performs the snake stamina are impressive–he’s basically running and yap-
Succulent Soul Food and Live Music charmer’s traditional dance of celebration, or Kalbelia.
Feb 26th
ping full-tilt for 70 minutes–but Basra Boy could use a
Mardi Gras
Part of the Maximum India festival. Kennedy Center moment or two of quietude for the audience to locate
Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Tue., 3/8, at 6 p.m. itself in the continuity of the story. (CK) Keegan The-
Inside Music of
Free. (202) 467-4600. atre at Church Street, 1742 Church St. NW. Saturdays
Curtis Mayfiled
at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.; Sundays at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
the Madam
with
NATYALAKSHANA Classical dance forms are given $20–$25. Closes March 12. (703) 892-0202.
with a modern twist by performers from A perfor-
THE CHOSEN The story of two boys, two fathers, and
mance by members of the Instiute of Choreography two very different Jewish communities in Williams-
Artist in Residence and Innovative Dance in Bangalore. Part of the
Maximum India festival. Kennedy Center Millennium
burg, Brooklyn. Two passionate, intelligent boys com-
Beads,
Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Mon., 3/7, at 6 p.m. Free. (202)
Tuesday
Reuven is injured by Danny, a unique friendship is born.
467-4600. Based on the novel by Chaim Potok. Theater J at Arena
Mar 1st
Babes
Stage, 1101 6th St., SE. Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.;
Charles
NIGHT OF FLIGHT Joy of Music’s youth dance compa-
Thursdays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.;
nies, Urban Impact and Groove Elements, will perform
and Booze
Sundays at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $30–$60. Closes
McPherson
with the resident adult company, Dcypher Dance, at March 27. (202) 488-3300.
the Reston Hospital Center and Washington Wizards’
THE COMEdY OF ERRORS Though you’d think a
$6 Absolut Drinks and joint event, Night of Flight. Verizon Center, 601 F St.
NW. Sat., 2/26 at 5 p.m. $25–$99. (202) 628-3200.
play with a pair of identical twins named Antipholus,
Robert
literature, wouldn’t need a lot of add-ons, director
$250 for the best set of B--S! Homos performs remixes of the company’s classic piec-
es. Performances highlight Black gay life in the early Aaron Posner and his cast manage to get a high per-
Glasper
(that’s BEADS you pig!)
centage of the evening’s laughs with non-textual jests.
1990s are updated with pop culture references and
(BM) Folger Elizabethan Theatre, 201 East Capitol St.
new pieces. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. Sat., 3/5, at SE. Tuesdays–Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays at 8 p.m.;
Featuring the Johnny Artis
Experiment!
8 p.m & Sun., 3/6, at 7 p.m. $22. (202) 269-1600. Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. and
7 p.m. $30–$60. Closes March 6. (202) 544-7077.
Mardi Gras Band TANUSREE SHANKAR dANCE COMPANY A perfor-
mance by the contemporary Indian dance troupe. Ken- CYMBELINE It’s later, lesser, loopier Shakespeare–but
Fri & Sat
nedy Center Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. Wed., it turns out that even when the Bard’s at less than
LIVE MUSIC
Akua:
Mar 11th & 12th
3/9, at 6 p.m. Free. (202) 467-4600. his best, a stylish staging can be something striking
indeed. (TG) Shakespeare Theatre Company at Lans-
MONDAYS WORd dANCE THEATER Performs “Preludes: Duncan, burgh Theatre, 450 7th St. NW. Tuesdays & Wednes-
Funk and R&B Sand & Chopin.” Lang Theatre at Atlas Performing days at 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays & Fridays at 8 p.m.; Satur-
changes
Ladies Night
Kenneth
w/ Latin & World Beats
Whalum lll
FRI/SAT/SUN in 2009, then-22-year-old director Tomás Rehorek made a bit of a splash on the festival
Local & National Blues Acts circuit with his debut feature Changes. While there has been no shortage of excellent Czech
cinema in recent years, much of it—including Divided We Fall, I Served the King of England,
SPECIAL EVENTS ON Tuesday and Protector—still dwells on World War ii or the Cold War. Rehorek’s film is a modern, urban
OUR 2ND FLOOR Mar 15th
Bohemian Caverns
assembly of four interwoven storylines, mixing a young couple unable to conceive, a single
Tuesday: Live Band @ 9pm
Jazz Orchestra
mother flailing to make ends meet, a middle-aged track coach emptied of confidence, and an
Wednesday: Open Mic @ 8pm aged spinster wasting away in her farmhouse. The visual style—on-the-run cinematography
Thurs & Sun: Karaoke @ 9pm
Mondays @ 8pm
cutting between street life, domestic anguish, and religious iconography—is colorful and
Fri & Sat: House Party manic, not unlike Danny Boyle at his jumpy best. How the four plots combine isn’t exactly
w/ DJ India @ 10pm "This group is
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Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Performance
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 7:30 PM
FREE pre-performance lecture at 6:15 PM
Kennedy Center Opera House
PATRICE ONEAL
blues singers of her time. Starring Bernardine Mitchell. visceral update of Greek myth. Director Michael John
MAR 3 - 6 MAR 6 MAR 10 - 12 MAR 16 - 20 Metro Stage, 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria. Thursdays Garcés’ staging blends candle-lit spirituality and
Apr 15 - 17 and Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.; matter-of-fact brutality into a plausibly raw, modern
“Roastmaster General” Great American Comedy HBO & Winner of BET’s America’s Premier
on Comedy Central Festival Audition “Coming to the Stage” Comic Hypnotist from MICHAEL MCDONALD Sundays at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. $45–$50. Closes March myth. (BM) Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641
Apr 21 - 23
*special event* Showcase Entertainment Tonight 20. (703) 548-9044. D St., NW. Wednesdays–Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays
JO JUDAH BOBBY
TONY ROCK
at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 3 p.m.; call for other
KOY FRIEDLANDER SLAYTON
AN IdEAL HUSBANd Oscar Wilde’s comedy revolves
Apr 28 - May 1
times. $30–$65. Closes March 6. (202) 393-3939.
around blackmail, political corruption, and public and
private honor in late 19th-century England, where ON THE RAZZLE Tom Stoppard’s reworking of a Vien-
Give the Gift of “an ideal husband” must be above reproach in both nese farce about a pair of shop clerks who sneak off
spheres. Sir Robert Chiltern is a well-regarded politi- to the big city seeking a bit of adventure rattles along
SOLD OUT!
LAUGHTER!!! cian happily married to a loving wife. His status as an reasonably amusingly in Olcott’s ever-in-motion stag-
MAR 24 - 26 MARCH 30 MAR 31-APR 3 APRIL 7 - 10 gift certificates, ideal husband is threatened when evidence of a past ing for Constellation Theatre Company. The puns are
Comedy Central Local college comics NBC’s “30 Rock”, The pitbull of comedy cds, & comedy indiscretion appears. Sir Robert turns to his friend impressive, and if the cast is a little ragged around the
Lord Goring, who takes matters into his own hands. edges, and the staging more frenetic than polished,
& “Chelsea Lately”on E!
*special event*
compete for a
spot in the finals
Comedy Central and
“The Late Show”
from HBO,Showtime
& “The Tonight Show”
school classes Shakespeare Theatre Company at Sidney Harman Hall, chalk that up to over-reaching by an admirably ambi-
610 F St., NW. Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.; tious troupe. (BM) Constellation Theatre at Source,
Thursdays & Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m. & 8 1835 14th St. NW. Thursdays–Saturdays at 8 p.m.;
p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $20–$98. Closes Sundays at 2 p.m. $25–$30. Closes March 6. (202)
April 10. (202) 547-1122. 204-7741.
JOSEPH ANd THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR ONE FLEA SPARE Alexander Strain’s thoughtfully
dREAMCOAT Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musi- conceived production puts design hard to work, with
cal tells the story of Jacob’s favorite son, Joseph, and lighting and sound schemes that comment on Naomi
how he rose from slavery in Egypt to becoming the Wallace’s alternately blunt and poetic dialogue. The
Pharaoh’s right-hand man. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 sets and costumes, caked in the most convincing
Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Olney. Wednesdays–Fridays, 8 sort of filth, certainly convey the play’s grimy sense of
p.m.; Saturdays, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. and place. It’s all very effective–up to the point where it
7:30 p.m. $34–$54. Closes March 20. (301) 924-3400. begins to feel like Wallace has said what she came to
say about class and money and power and passion,
JUNO ANd THE PAYCOCK Sean O’Casey’s 1924 Juno
and hasn’t quite turned her thoughts yet to how she’ll
and the Paycock starts off feeling like a shrugging com-
get her characters off the stage. There are indelible
edy about poverty, familial contempt, and alcoholism
images aplenty here, on the stage and in the actors’
before gradually hardening into a tragic dirge about
mouths. It’s just there are maybe one or two to spare.
poverty, familial contempt and alcoholism. Say this
(TG) Forum Theatre at Round House, 8641 Colesville
for Washington Shakespeare Company’s inventively
Road, Silver Spring. Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m.;
staged production of this middle chapter in O’Casey’s
Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. $25.
Dublin Trilogy: It gives each of the piece’s tonal poles
Closes March 12. (240) 644-1100.
its due, boasts a handful of sterling performances,
and looks a peach. (CK) Washington Shakespeare REd HERRING Michael Hollinger’s farce of features a
HUGGY LOWDOWN Company at Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. spy versus a counter-spy, set in the cold war and involv-
AND Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m.; matinees Saturdays & ing everything from the H-bomb to the FBI to Joseph
CHRIS PAUL Sundays at 2 p.m. $20-$35. Closes March 20. (800) McCarthy’s daughter. Washington Stage Guild at the
494-8497. Undercroft Theatre of Mount Vernon Place United
Methodist Church, 900 Massachusetts Ave., NW.
MORGUE STORY A famous comic book artist, frus-
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at
trated with her personal relationships, meets two
2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. $40–$50.
weird men with equally weird lives. One is a perverted
Closes March 27. (240) 582-0050.
sociopathic coroner; the other is a chronically catalep-
Nov 26 - 28
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Emergence
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Broken Images
starring Shabana azmi
Award-winning actress Shabana Azmi stars in
Girish Karnad’s psychological thriller about a
relatively unknown Hindi short story writer who
suddenly becomes wealthy and famous by SUN., MAR. 20, 7PM
writing a best-seller in English. Directed by Alyque
Padamsee. Performed in English. The Del McCoury Band Friday Night Eclectic
march 16 at 8 p.m. Just like the hip party you would host—if you
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n New York workday, former Senate hopeful David
GNOMEO ANd JULIET The Shakespeare classic gets
Norris (Matt Damon) was supposed to spill coffee on
himself on his way to his desk job. That meant he’d an update with garden gnomes. James McAvoy and
run back home to change clothes. That meant he’d Emily Blunt voice the title characters, who–between
STUDIO Serial killers. Avenging angels. Love-sick demons. This is the stuff n TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT In this 80s throwback
rom com, Topher Grace plays Matt Franklin, a
king in 1925, is about to deliver an address at the Brit-
ish Empire Exhibition. He steps up to the microphone
The Barber of Seville of Terminus. Hold on tight as three strangers are ripped from their recent MIT graduate. Instead of embracing youp-
piedum, he moves home and takes a part-time job at
and then–silence. Followed by a stutter in which he
april 8 – 16 daily lives and thrown into a fantastical world that promises to can barely get a word out. Fast forward to 1934, and
a video store. When he runs into his high school crush,
the duke known as Bertie still has a stutter, but the
shock and thrill. Recommended for mature audiences only. $35 Lori Frederking (new Hollywood It Girl Teresa Palmer),
perspective has shifted to behind-the-scenes and the
and she invites him to a party, he thinks he might have
mood lightens considerably. Tom Hooper’s film, written
a chance with the girl of his dreams. With Anna Faris,
by David Seidler, has the appearance of royalty with the
Dan Fogler, and Chris Pratt. (See washingtoncitypaper.
com for venue information) personality of a commoner–a stubborn, self-deprecat-
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as Turner’s alter-ego Big Momma. After his stepson UNKNOWN After a car accident in Berlin, Dr. Martin Har-
Trent (Brendan T. Jackson) witnesses a murder, the two ris (Liam Neeson) awakens to find that his wife (January
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from mysterious assassins, he struggles to uncover the
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Dinosaurs 3D: Giants of Patagonia (NR) 40 mins. Justin Bieber Never Say Never: The Director’s Fan Fri. 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50; Sat. 10:15, 12:50, 3:50,
Fri.-Sat. 2:25, 4:25, 6:25; Sun.-Thu. 2:25, 4:25 Cut 3D (G) 115 mins. 6:50, 9:50; Sun. 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15; Mon.-Tue.
Fri. 1:20, 7:20; Sat. 7:35; Sun.-Tue. 1:20, 7:20; Wed. 2:15; Wed. 2:15, 5:15; Thu. 2:15
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D (NR) 44 1:20; Thu. 1:20, 7:20
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center mins. Black Swan (R) 110 mins.
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring Fri.-Thu. 10:25, 12:25 The King’s Speech (R) 111 mins. Fri. noon, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45; Sat.-Sun. 10:00,
Fri.-Sun. 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10; Mon.-Thu. 1:15, noon, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45; Mon.-Thu. noon, 2:15,
(301) 495-6700 4:10, 7:10, 10:10
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 4:45, 7:15, 9:45
42nd Street (NR) 89 mins. No Strings Attached (R) 110 mins.
Sun.-Mon Washington Dulles International Airport 14390 Air & Blue Valentine (R) 114 mins.
Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly Fri. 11:55, 2:50, 5:25, 8:20, 11:05; Sat. 4:45, 7:15, Fri. noon, 4:15, 9:00; Sat.-Sun. noon, 4:15, 9:00;
Arugba (NR) 97 mins. 9:50; Sun. 11:55, 2:50, 5:25, 8:20; Mon.-Tue. 2:50, Mon.-Thu. noon, 4:15, 9:00
(202) 357-2700 5:25, 8:20; Wed. 1:25, 4:00; Thu. 2:50, 5:25, 8:20
Thu. 9:45
Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag (G) 40 mins. Cedar Rapids (R) 86 mins.
The Athlete (Atletu) (NR) 89 mins. Rango (PG) 107 mins.
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3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:30; Sun. 10:45, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45,
Legends of Flight (NR) 40 mins. 6:00, 8:50
Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (NR) 106 mins. 8:00, 10:00; Mon.-Thu. 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:00
Fri.-Thu. 11:00, 1:45, 4:30 Take Me Home Tonight (R) 114 mins.
Fri. 7:00, 9:15; Sat. 9:30; Sun. 9:00; Tue.-Wed. 9:00 Even the Rain (Tambien la lluvia) (NR) 103 mins.
To Fly (NR) 34 mins. Fri.-Sun. 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30; Mon.-Thu.
Black Swan (R) 110 mins. Fri. 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50, 12:15; Sat. 11:15, 1:40,
Fri.-Thu. 1:00, 3:45 1:45, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30
Fri.-Thu. 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 4:30, 7:20, 9:50, 12:15; Sun. 11:15, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20,
True Grit (PG-13) 110 mins. 9:50; Mon.-Thu. 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50
The Fighter (R) 114 mins.
DISTRICT
Fri.-Sat. 11:30, 2:20, 5:30, 8:10, 11:00; Sun. 11:30,
Fri.-Mon. 2:20, 4:40, 7:05; Tue. 2:20, 4:40; Wed. The King’s Speech (R) 111 mins.
2:20, 5:30, 8:10; Mon.-Thu. 2:20, 5:30, 8:10
2:20, 7:05; Thu. 2:20, 4:40, 7:05 Fri. 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40, 12:15; Sat. 10:30, 1:00,
Unknown (PG-13) 109 mins. 4:00, 7:00, 9:40, 12:15; Sun. 10:30, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00,
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) (NR) 96 mins.
Sun. 1:00; Mon. 7:00
West End Cinema Fri.-Thu. 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 9:40; Mon.-Tue. 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40; Wed. 11:00,
2301 M Street NW 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40; Thu. 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40
Libeled Lady (1936) (NR) (202)419-3456 AMC Mazza Gallerie Monty Python and the Holy Grail (PG) 89 mins.
Sat. 7:20; Sun. 4:45 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW Fri. midnight; Sat. midnight
The Fighter (R) 114 mins.
Platinum Blonde (1931) (NR) 89 mins. Fri.-Sat. 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30; Sun. 12:30, 2:45, (202) 537-9553 Oscar Nominated Shorts 2011: Animation (NR)
Sat. 3:00; Tue. 7:00 5:00, 7:15, 9:30; Mon.-Thu. 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Fri. 3:00, 7:30, 11:45; Sat. 11:00, 3:00, 7:30, 11:45;
Carmen in 3D (PG-13) 175 mins.
Secret Agent (1936) (NR) 86 mins. Sat. 1:00; Wed. 6:30 Sun. 11:00, 3:00, 7:30; Mon.-Thu. 3:00, 7:30
Inside Job (PG-13) 108 mins.
Sat. 1:00; Sun. 7:00 Fri. 4:30, 7:00; Sat. noon, 4:30, 7:00; Sun. noon, Oscar Nominated Shorts 2011: Live Action (NR)
Drive Angry 3D (R) 104 mins.
Shall We Dance (NR) 109 mins. 4:30; Mon.-Tue. 4:30; Wed. 4:30, 7:00; Thu. Fri. 2:10, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10; Sat. 5:05, 7:40, 10:10; Fri. 12:45, 5:15, 9:30; Sat.-Sun. 12:45, 5:15, 9:30;
Fri. 4:45; Sat. 5:00; Wed. 6:30 Sun. 11:30, 2:10, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10; Mon.-Tue. 2:10, Mon.-Thu. 12:45, 5:15, 9:30
Kaboom (NR) 88 mins.
The Social Network (PG-13) 120 mins. Fri.-Sat. 11:00 5:05, 7:40; Wed. 2:10; Thu. 2:10, 5:05, 7:40 A Somewhat Gentle Man (En ganske snill mann) (NR)
Fri.-Thu. noon, 9:20 Gnomeo & Juliet 3D (G) 84 mins. 105 mins.
Putty Hill (NR) 87 mins.
Fri. 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 9:10; Sat.-Sun. 10:20, Fri. 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; Sat. 10:05, 12:15,
Fri.-Thu. 3:30, 5:30, 7:20, 9:00
12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 9:10; Mon.-Thu. 2:40, 4:50, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; Sun. 10:05, 12:15, 2:45, 5:15,
Washington Psychotronic Film Society The Social Network (PG-13) 120 mins. 7:45, 10:00; Mon.-Thu. 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45,
7:00
The Passenger, 1021 7th St. NW Fri. 2:10, 9:15; Sat. 1:00, 2:10, 9:15; Sun. 1:00, 2:10; 10:00
(202) 736-1732 Mon.-Tue. 2:10; Wed.-Thu. 2:10, 9:15 Hall Pass (R) 98 mins.
Fri. 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05; Sat.-Sun. 11:40, 2:20,
The Dungeons of Harrow (1962) 5:00, 7:30, 10:05; Mon.-Thu. 2:20, 5:00, 7:30 Regal Gallery Place
Tue. 8:00 AMC Loews Cineplex Uptown 707 7th St. NW
Just Go With It (PG-13) 110 mins.
3426 Connecticut Ave. NW (202) 393-2121
Fri. 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50; Sat.-Sun. 11:00, 1:50,
National Air and Space Museum (202) 333-FILM #799 4:30, 7:10, 9:50; Mon.-Thu. 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 99 mins.
Lockheed Martin IMAX Theatre 7th St. & Independance The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 99 mins. Fri.-Sat. noon, 12:40, 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:40, 7:40,
Ave. SW Justin Bieber Never Say Never: The Director’s Fan
Fri.-Sat. 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30; Sun. 1:30, 4:00, Cut 3D (G) 115 mins. 9:20, 10:20, midnight, 12:50; Sun.-Thu. noon,
(202) 633-4629 7:00; Mon.-Thu. 4:00, 7:00 12:40, 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:40, 7:40, 9:20, 10:20
Fri. 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00; Sat.-Sun. 11:20, 2:00,
Hubble 3D (G) 45 mins. 4:40, 7:20, 10:00; Mon.-Thu. 2:00, 4:40, 7:20 Beastly (PG-13) 95 mins.
Fri.-Thu. 10:20, 12:25, 3:00, 5:05 AMC Loews Theatres Georgetown RISE Encore (NR) 120 mins. Fri.-Sat. 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:20, 9:40, 11:50; Sun.-
Legends of Flight (NR) 40 mins. 3111 K St. NW Mon. 7:30 Thu. 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:20, 9:40
Fri.-Thu. 11:25, 1:30, 4:05 (202) 342-6441 Big Momma’s: Like Father, Like Son (PG-13) 107
Rango (PG) 107 mins.
To Fly (NR) 34 mins. The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 99 mins. Fri.-Sun. noon, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20; Mon.-Thu. mins.
Fri.-Thu. 2:25 Fri.-Sat. 11:40, 2:30, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40; Sun. 11:40, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 Fri.-Thu. 12:30, 3:00, 5:40, 8:20, 10:50
2:30, 5:20, 8:00, 10:25; Mon.-Thu. 2:30, 5:20, 8:00, Unknown (PG-13) 109 mins. Drive Angry 3D (R) 104 mins.
National Gallery of Art 10:25 Fri.-Sun. 12:05, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40; Mon. 2:45; Fri.-Sat. 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15, 12:40; Sun.
Tue.-Thu. 2:45, 5:20, 8:00 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15; Mon. 12:25, 2:50,
East Building Auditorium 4th St. & Constitution Ave. NW Beastly (PG-13) 95 mins.
10:15; Tue.-Thu. 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15
(202) 842-6799 Fri.-Sun. 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00; Mon.-Thu.
2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 Avalon Theatre The Fighter (R) 114 mins.
A Woman Like That (NR) 93 mins. Fri.-Sat. 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30, 12:15; Sun.-Thu.
Sat. 1:00 Biutiful (R) 147 mins. 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW
1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30
Fri.-Sun. 11:50, 6:10; Mon.-Thu. 6:10 (202) 966-6000
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Gnomeo & Juliet 3D (G) 84 mins.
Criticism (NR) 80 mins. Black Swan (R) 110 mins. The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 99 mins.
Fri. 12:15, 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 11:00; Sat. 11:55,
Sat. 4:00 Fri.-Thu. 3:20, 9:40 Fri.-Thu. 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00
2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 11:00; Sun. 11:55, 2:10, 4:20,
Women Art Revolution—A Secret History (NR) 83 Carmen in 3D (PG-13) 175 mins. Changes (NR) 6:30, 8:40; Mon. 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40; Tue.-Thu.
mins. Sat. 1:00; Wed. 6:30 Wed. 8:00 11:55, 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40
Sun. 4:30 Cedar Rapids (R) 86 mins. The Fighter (R) 114 mins. Hall Pass (R) 98 mins.
Fri.-Sun. 1:10, 3:50, 6:20, 8:45; Mon.-Thu. 3:50, Fri.-Sat. 2:15, 7:45; Sun. 7:45; Mon. 2:15, 7:45; Tue.- Fri.-Sat. 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30, 12:50; Sun.-
National Museum of Natural History 6:20, 8:45 Wed. 2:15; Thu. 2:15, 7:45 Thu. 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30
Johnson IMAX Theatre 10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW Drive Angry 3D (R) 104 mins. Inside Job (PG-13) 108 mins. I Am Number Four (PG-13) 104 mins.
(202) 633-4269 Fri.-Thu. 10:30 Fri. 11:30, 5:00; Sat.-Sun. 5:00; Mon.-Thu. 11:30, Fri.-Thu. 12:15, 2:55, 5:30, 8:10, 10:45
5:00
Arabia 3D (NR) 40 mins. Hall Pass (R) 98 mins. Just Go With It (PG-13) 110 mins.
Fri.-Sat. 11:25, 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:25; Sun.-Thu. Fri.-Sat. 12:25, 3:15, 5:50, 8:40, 11:15; Sun. 12:25, Race To Nowhere (PG-13) 83 mins. Fri.-Sat. 1:00, 3:45, 7:05, 9:55, 12:35; Sun.-Wed.
11:25, 1:25, 3:25, 5:25 3:15, 5:50, 8:40; Mon.-Thu. 3:15, 5:50, 8:40 Tue. 8:00 1:00, 3:45, 7:05, 9:55; Thu. 1:00, 3:45, 9:55
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1:20, 2:25, 3:50, 4:55, 6:20, 7:25, 8:50, 9:55 The Illusionist (L’illusionniste) (PG) 82 mins.
P&G Montgomery Mall Cinemas
7101 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda Red Riding Hood (PG-13) 120 mins. Fri.-Sat. 12:50, 5:10, 9:40; Sun.-Thu. 12:50, 5:10
AMC Magic Johnson Capital Center Thu. 12:01
800 Shoppers Way, Largo (301) 767-9555 The King’s Speech (R) 111 mins.
Take Me Home Tonight (R) 114 mins. Fri. 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:05, 10:40; Sat. 9:30, 12:10,
(301) 324-4220 Gnomeo & Juliet (G) 84 mins.
Fri.-Sat. 1:00, 3:20, 5:35, 7:55, 10:20, 12:40; Sun.- 2:50, 5:30, 8:05, 10:40; Sun. 9:30, 12:10, 2:50, 5:30,
Fri.-Sat. 10:00, noon, 2:30, 4:30, 6:45, 8:55; Sun.
The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 99 mins. Thu. 1:00, 3:20, 5:35, 7:55, 10:20 8:05; Mon.-Thu. 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:05
10:00, noon, 2:30, 4:30, 6:45; Mon.-Thu. noon,
Fri.-Sat. 11:50, 2:35, 5:15, 8:00, 10:40, 12:45; Sun.-
2:30, 4:30, 6:45 True Grit (PG-13) 110 mins. The Last Lions (NR) 88 mins.
Thu. 11:50, 2:35, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30
The King’s Speech (R) 111 mins. Fri.-Sat. 10:00, 12:25; Sun.-Thu. 10:00 Fri. 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:40, 9:50; Sat. 10:50, 1:00,
Beastly (PG-13) 95 mins. 3:10, 5:20, 7:40, 9:50; Sun. 10:50, 1:00, 3:10, 5:20,
Fri.-Sat. 11:30, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00; Mon.-Tue. Unknown (PG-13) 109 mins.
Fri.-Sat. 10:00, 12:10, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40, 11:30; 7:40; Mon.-Thu. 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:40
11:30, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30; Wed. 2:30, 5:00, 7:30; Thu. Fri. 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15, 12:40; Sat. 11:55, 2:30,
Sun. 10:00, 12:10, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40; Mon.-
11:30, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 5:10, 7:50, 10:15, 12:40; Sun. 11:55, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50,
Thu. 11:55, 2:25, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40
Rango (PG) 107 mins. 10:15; Mon.-Thu. 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 Arlington Cinema ‘n’ Drafthouse
Big Momma’s: Like Father, Like Son (PG-13) 107
Fri.-Sat. 11:00, 1:35, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35; Sun.-Thu. 2903 Columbus Pike, Arlington
mins.
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Fri.-Sat. 10:05, 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10, 11:55; Sun.
10:05, 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10; Mon.-Thu. 12:50, 127 Hours (R) 95 mins.
3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Majestic 20 Sat.-Mon. 9:50; Wed. 9:50; Thu. 7:30
Drive Angry 3D (R) 104 mins. 900 Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring Alexandria Old Town Theater The Green Hornet (PG-13) 108 mins.
Fri.-Sat. noon, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 11:00, 12:20; Sun.- (301) 565-8884 815 1/2 King St., Alexandria Fri. 9:50; Mon. 7:30; Tue. 9:50; Wed. 7:30; Thu.
Thu. noon, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10 The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 99 mins. (703) 683-8888 9:50
Gnomeo & Juliet (G) 84 mins. Fri. 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:55, 7:40, 9:20, 10:10,
The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 99 mins. Tangled (PG) 100 mins.
Fri.-Thu. 11:20, 1:50, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 11:50, 12:35; Sat. 12:15, 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:55,
Fri. 5:45, 8:10; Sat. 1:00, 2:15, 5:45, 8:10; Sun. 1:00, Sat. 11:30; Sun. 12:30
7:40, 9:20, 10:10, 11:50, 12:35; Sun. 12:15, 1:45,
Hall Pass (R) 98 mins. 2:15, 5:45, 8:00; Mon.-Thu. 5:45, 8:00
2:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:55, 7:40, 9:20, 10:10; Mon.-Thu. Tron: Legacy (PG) 127 mins.
Fri.-Sun. 10:50, 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20; Mon.-Thu. 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:55, 7:40, 9:20, 10:10 The King’s Speech (R) 111 mins.
11:00, 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Sat. 4:15; Tue. 7:15
Fri. 5:15, 7:45, 10:00; Sat. 12:30, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45,
Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13) 116 mins.
I Am Number Four (PG-13) 104 mins. Thu. 12:01 10:00; Sun. 2:30, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45; Mon.-Thu. 5:15,
Fri.-Sat. 10:20, 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:20, 12:10; Sun. 7:45 Cinema Arts Theatre
10:20, 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:20; Mon.-Thu. 1:05, 3:50, Beastly (PG-13) 95 mins. Fair City Mall, 9550 Main St., Fairfax
6:35, 9:20 Fri.-Sat. 1:30, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:30, 12:30; Sun.- (703) 978-6991
Thu. 1:30, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:30 AMC Courthouse
Justin Bieber Never Say Never 3D (G) 105 mins. 2150 Claredon Blvd., Arlington 2011 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Ani-
Fri.-Thu. 1:20, 6:50 Big Momma’s: Like Father, Like Son (PG-13) 107 mated Shorts (NR)
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Justin Bieber Never Say Never: The Director’s Fan Fri.-Sat. 12:55, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10, 11:40; Sun.-Thu. The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 99 mins.
Cut 3D (G) 115 mins. 12:55, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 Fri. 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10; Sat.-Sun. 11:15, 1:45, 2011 Oscar Shorts (NR)
Fri.-Sun. 10:30, 4:00, 9:30; Mon.-Thu. 4:00, 9:30 4:45, 7:30, 10:10; Mon.-Thu. 4:45, 7:15, 9:55 Fri.-Thu. 12:15, 4:30, 9:00
Cedar Rapids (R) 86 mins.
Rango (PG) 107 mins. Fri. 2:55, 5:50, 8:15, 10:25; Sat.-Sun. 12:30, 2:55, Barney’s Version (R) 132 mins. 2011 Oscar Shorts: Animated (NR)
Fri.-Sat. 10:25, 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50, 12:15; Sun.
10:25, 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50; Mon.-Thu. 11:05, 1:40,
5:50, 8:15, 10:25; Mon.-Thu. 2:55, 5:50, 8:15, 10:25 Fri.-Sun. 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45; Mon. 3:45, 6:40,
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4:20, 7:00, 9:50 Drive Angry 3D (R) 104 mins. 2011 Oscar Shorts: Live Action (NR)
Fri.-Sat. 2:00, 4:20, 6:45, 9:25, midnight; Sun.-Thu. Black Swan (R) 110 mins. Fri.-Thu. 12:15, 4:30, 9:00
The Roommate (PG-13) 93 mins. 2:00, 4:20, 6:45, 9:25 Fri. 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40; Sat.-Sun. 10:40, 1:30,
Fri.-Sat. 10:10, 12:40, 3:20, 5:50, 8:20, 10:50; Sun. The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13) 99 mins.
Gnomeo & Juliet (G) 84 mins. 4:10, 7:00, 9:40; Mon.-Thu. 4:10, 7:00, 9:40
10:10, 12:40, 3:20, 5:50, 8:05, 10:25; Mon.-Thu. Fri.-Thu. 9:50, 12:20, 2:30, 4:45, 7:30, 9:40
12:40, 3:20, 5:50, 8:05, 10:25 Fri.-Thu. 1:10, 3:15, 5:30, 7:35 The Fighter (R) 114 mins.
Fri. 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00; Sat.-Sun. 11:00, 1:40, Cedar Rapids (R) 86 mins.
Take Me Home Tonight (R) 114 mins. Gnomeo & Juliet 3D (G) 84 mins. Fri.-Thu. 10:10, 12:10, 2:25, 4:35, 7:40, 9:50
Fri. 2:15, 4:25, 6:25, 8:35, 10:40; Sat.-Sun. 12:05, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00; Mon.-Thu. 3:50, 6:50, 9:25
Fri.-Sat. 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10, 12:40; Sun.-
Thu. 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 2:15, 4:25, 6:25, 8:35, 10:40; Mon.-Thu. 2:15, 4:25, Just Go With It (PG-13) 110 mins. The Fighter (R) 114 mins.
6:25, 8:35, 10:40 Fri. 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55; Sat.-Sun. 10:20, 1:15, 4:15, Fri.-Thu. 9:45, 4:40, 9:35
Unknown (PG-13) 109 mins.
Fri.-Sat. 11:10, 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45; Sun.-Thu. The Grace Card (PG-13) 101 mins. 7:15, 9:55; Mon. 4:05, 6:45, 9:20; Tue. 4:05, 9:20; The Illusionist (L’illusionniste) (PG) 82 mins.
11:10, 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:35 Fri. 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30, 12:10; Sat. 12:10, 2:35, Wed.-Thu. 4:05, 6:45, 9:20 Fri.-Thu. 10:00, noon, 2:00, 4:05, 6:05, 8:00, 9:45
4:50, 7:10, 9:30, 12:10; Sun. 12:10, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, No Strings Attached (R) 110 mins.
9:30; Mon.-Thu. 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 The King’s Speech (R) 111 mins.
Bethesda Row Cinema Fri. 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50; Sat.-Sun. 10:30, 1:20, Fri.-Thu. 9:55, 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:05
7235 Woodmont Ave, Bethesda Hall Pass (R) 98 mins. 4:20, 7:10, 9:50; Mon.-Thu. 4:20, 7:05, 9:50
Fri. 1:15, 3:05, 4:00, 5:40, 6:35, 8:05, 9:05, 10:35, True Grit (PG-13) 110 mins.
(301) 652-7273 The Rite (PG-13) 112 mins. Fri.-Thu. 12:05, 2:20, 7:20
11:35; Sat. 12:25, 1:15, 3:05, 4:00, 5:40, 6:35, 8:05,
Fri. 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30; Sat.-Sun. 10:10, 1:00,
Another Year (PG-13) 129 mins. 9:05, 10:35, 11:35; Sun. 12:25, 1:15, 3:05, 4:00,
4:00, 6:50, 9:30; Mon.-Thu. 4:00, 6:30, 9:10
Fri. 1:10, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40; Sat.-Sun. 10:30, 1:10, 5:40, 6:35, 8:05, 9:05, 10:35; Mon.-Thu. 1:15, 3:05,
4:05, 6:55, 9:40; Mon.-Thu. 1:10, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40 4:00, 5:40, 6:35, 8:05, 9:05, 10:35 Take Me Home Tonight (R) 114 mins.
Fri. 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20; Sat.-Sun. 10:00,
Barney’s Version (R) 132 mins. I Am Number Four (PG-13) 104 mins.
12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20; Mon.-Thu. 4:50,
Fri. 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55; Sat. 10:20, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, Fri.-Sat. 12:45, 3:30, 6:10, 8:45, 11:15; Sun.-Thu.
7:10, 9:45
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I Am Number Four: The IMAX Experience (PG-13)
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Biutiful (R) 147 mins. 104 mins.
Fri. 1:45, 4:50, 8:15; Sat.-Sun. 10:45, 1:45, 4:50, Fri.-Sat. 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40, 12:15; Sun.-Wed. 2772 S. Randolph Road, Arlington
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Black Swan (R) 110 mins. Just Go With It (PG-13) 110 mins. 127 Hours (R) 95 mins.
Fri. 4:35, 7:25, 10:00; Sat.-Sun. 11:30, 4:35, 7:25, Fri.-Sat. 2:05, 4:45, 7:30, 10:05, 12:35; Sun.-Thu. Fri. 2:55, 7:20; Sat.-Sun. 10:10, 2:55, 7:20; Mon.-
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