Going Out Gurus - D.C. Entertainment Dispatches - January 3, 2010

Restaurant Week extensions: The deals continue

We offer a list of restaurants extending the Restaurant Week promotion.

By Julia Beizer | January 8, 2010; 10:42 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Restaurants
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Got Plans? Redux: Meeting new people in 2010

Got Plans? chatters have made New Year's resolutions to get out more in 2010 -- just the thing we like to hear.

By Julia Beizer | January 7, 2010; 3:31 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Misc.
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Got 2010 plans? Join us at 1.

Is one of your 2010 new year's resolutions to get out more? We can help with that. The first Got Plans? of 2010 will be at 1 p.m. today, so come on and join the fun. Restaurant Week kicks off...

By David Malitz | January 7, 2010; 12:36 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Misc.
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Izakaya-inspired: The Source's new lounge menu

On Jan. 20, The Source plans to replace the American-themed menu the lounge currently offers with a new selection of sushi, sashimi, noodles, dumplings and dishes cooked using the Japanese charcoal grilling technique known as Robata.

By Julia Beizer | January 7, 2010; 10:03 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Restaurants
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Hot tickets

Wilco returns to the area for the first time since last summer's sold-out performance at Wolf Trap.

By Alex Baldinger | January 7, 2010; 7:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Events , Music
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New at Brasserie Beck: happy hour

My biggest gripe about D.C.'s best beer bars? The lack of happy hours. ChurchKey, the Brickskeller and the Black Squirrel all have great selections, but you can't drop in for a discounted beer after work. So when news of a...

By Fritz Hahn | January 5, 2010; 10:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Bars and Clubs
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Nightlife Agenda

"The Message" was a brand new tune when this photo of Grandmaster Flash was taken in 1982. He's still rocking clubs around the world -- catch him Saturday at Ibiza. (Chris Walter/Photofeatures International) Catch hip-hop legend (and Rock and...

By Fritz Hahn | January 5, 2010; 6:45 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Bars and Clubs , Events , Music
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Top chef says adieu to Central Michel Richard

Chef Cedric Maupillier has parted ways with Central Michel Richard, reports his former boss. "He did a great job: Two years at Citronelle and three years at Central," says Michel Richard, singing the praises of his former chef at the...

By Tom Sietsema | January 4, 2010; 1:32 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Restaurants | Tags: Tom Sietsema
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Free and easy events

Play ping-pong, learn about improv comedy from pros or take the kids to an indoor Martin Luther King Jr. celebration -- they're all things you can do without spending a cent this week. Monday Will Rast Trio at Tryst Pianist...

By Anne | January 4, 2010; 7:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Events , Free and Cheap
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January mixtape

Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas performs at the 9:30 club on Jan. 12 in support of his first solo album. (RCA Records) The first mixtape of the new year has a different look; thanks to the MySpace takeover of imeem,...

By David Malitz | January 3, 2010; 6:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Music
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The Black Cat becomes a hotspot for movies and drinks

Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze and Tom Cruise star in 1983's "The Outsiders," which screens at the Black Cat on Sunday night. Grab a $5 beer-and-a-shot combo and enjoy. (Warner Bros) The first week of...

By Fritz Hahn | January 3, 2010; 5:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Bars and Clubs , Movies
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