Going Out Gurus - D.C. Entertainment Dispatches - June 10, 2007

Bachelorette Superlatives

There's something about a bachelorette party that's a little bit like high school. All of your girlfriends now have jobs, apartments, maybe even mortgages -- but somehow they revert back to shot-guzzling party chicks in honor of your upcoming nuptials....

By Julia Beizer | June 14, 2007; 5:20 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (9)
Categories: Bars and Clubs
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'To Be' Seeing Some Shakespeare

The area's six-month Bard marathon, the Shakespeare in Washington Festival, is nearing its end. The festival wraps up this month, but there are still plenty of chances to catch some of the theatrics....

By Erin | June 14, 2007; 4:07 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Theater
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News to Digest

Restaurant Week dates have been announced, so it's time to start thinking about where to dine. It's still too early to book reservations at most of the promotion's top participants. In the meantime, there are hot deals at two popular...

By Erin | June 13, 2007; 1:34 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Restaurants
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A Guide to Free Summer Music

There's plenty of free music to be had in the Washington area during the summer months, but quantity does not always equal quality. While D.C. can't be expected to match New York when it comes to free entertainment, you'd think...

By David Malitz | June 12, 2007; 5:11 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (9)
Categories: Music
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Mai Tais Drying Up

It's almost always a sad occasion when a neighborhood restaurant makes way for a chain drugstore, especially when it's somewhere as storied as Yenching Palace, which served its last plate of General Tso's chicken yesterday and will reopen as a...

By Fritz Hahn | June 11, 2007; 2:03 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (12)
Categories: Bars and Clubs
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Setting Up Silverdocs

Starting tomorrow, reality returns to Silver Spring, Md. And by reality, I mean the annual Silverdocs film festival, an international celebration of documentary cinema that takes place right here in good 'ol Montgomery County, at the AFI Silver. With 100...

By Jen Chaney | June 11, 2007; 1:40 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (4)
Categories: Movies
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