Going Out Gurus - D.C. Entertainment Dispatches - March 6, 2005

Positive Force

Fugazi hasn't officially broken up, but by all accounts the band has no plans to record or tour anytime in the foreseeable future. All of the band members have been working on different projects, including frontman Ian MacKaye, who formed...

By washingtonpost.com | March 11, 2005; 11:14 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Music
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Bathroom Sounds

Have you ever visited the bathroom during a concert just to escape the band for a few minutes? Well that ploy will never work for you anymore at the Birchmere where the club has installed a pretty fabulous speaker system...

By washingtonpost.com | March 10, 2005; 12:56 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Music
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Dancing Till Dawn

You know the feeling of meeting someone for the first time and developing such an intense connection that you stay up all night talking, a la Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in "Before Sunrise"? That's what tango dancing embodies, a...

By washingtonpost.com | March 9, 2005; 5:26 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Misc.
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A Very, Very Mad World

It's not easy to get in the mood for a play about the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School. But if you can manage it, head to the Round House Theatre in Silver Spring to check out "columbinus." I saw...

By washingtonpost.com | March 9, 2005; 4:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Theater
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All You Can Eat

We will be cheering on big eaters tomorrow, March 10, when D.C. area restaurants will contribute at least 25 percent of all sales to Food & Friends, the organization that prepares and delivers meals to people with HIV/AIDS and other...

By washingtonpost.com | March 9, 2005; 2:38 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Restaurants
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Am I Buggin' You?

I don't mean to bug 'ya. But I thought you'd want to know that tickets for U2's MCI Center dates go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Bono and co. bring the Vertigo tour to D.C. for...

By washingtonpost.com | March 8, 2005; 6:11 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (6)
Categories: Music
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Guess Who's Coming to Chevy Chase

Who would have thought that uptight, East Coast Washington could ever give Rodeo Drive or Madison Avenue a run for its money? Well, hold onto your Data Watch cards, there still won't be much competition for the fashion/shopping capital of...

By washingtonpost.com | March 8, 2005; 3:10 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (5)

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You're Getting Sleepy...

You have every right to be skeptical of someone like Flip Orley, who is billed as The Nation's Premier Comic Hypnotist. Besides having a title that's about as inspiring as The New Jersey Turnpike's Most Happenin' Rest Area, comic hypnosis...

By washingtonpost.com | March 7, 2005; 2:58 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Misc.
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A Really Big Beer

Oktoberfest is six months away, and when you're a fan of German beers, that seems like forever. To help tide me over, I often head to Cafe Mozart, a German deli/European pantry/bar/restaurant tucked into a nondescript office building near the...

By washingtonpost.com | March 7, 2005; 9:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Bars and Clubs
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