Going Out Gurus - D.C. Entertainment Dispatches - May 14, 2006

Summer Lovin'

If you're like me, you've been wondering about the dates for the the summer 2006 Restaurant Week since January when the winter promotional week ended. Well, I just received confirmation from the Washington, DC Convention & Tourism Corporation that this...

By Erin | May 19, 2006; 2:41 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (6)
Categories: Restaurants
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One Great "Body"

The ninety minutes of "A Body of Water," currently on stage at Round House Theatre in Silver Spring, are some of the most fascinating and enriching minutes of theater I've seen in ages. In its understated way, the show provokes...

By Erin | May 19, 2006; 12:01 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Theater
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One More Dose of '24'

The fifth "day" of "24" wraps up on Monday, and if the last episode is anything to go by -- a Russian sub armed with missiles, a trigger-happy First Lady, hidden nerve gas canisters -- you probably won't want to...

By Fritz Hahn | May 19, 2006; 11:40 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Bars and Clubs
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May's the Steaks

The Palm restaurants are celebrating 80 years in business this Monday, May 21, and they're preparing to stuff diners to the gills with Palm-style lunch treats. For $19.26, after the year the original Manhattan location opened, lunch diners can feast...

By Erin | May 18, 2006; 5:20 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Restaurants
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Cracking 'The Da Vinci Code'

It's the most controversial film of the year, the thriller that will save Hollywood from its box-office doldrums and the picture that elicited snickers from those snobby Cannes critics. At least that's what you've heard. But what's the real deal...

By Jen Chaney | May 18, 2006; 12:55 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (7)
Categories: Movies
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Can't Get Enough of That Wonderful Duffy's

So far, it seems that every other bar opening in 2006 is an Irish pub. Ri-Ra expanded to Clarendon, Ned Devine's Irish Village appeared in Sterling and has plans to open in Centreville sometime soon, McGinty's Irish Pub arrived in...

By Fritz Hahn | May 18, 2006; 11:10 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Bars and Clubs
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