Going Out Gurus - D.C. Entertainment Dispatches - March 21, 2010

Pedro Matamoros is back: 8407 opens for business

Chef Pedro Matamoros returns to the kitchen; 8407 opens in Silver Spring.

By Julia Beizer | March 25, 2010; 4:56 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Restaurants
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Got Plans? Redux: Fave spots in the suburbs

Where do you go when you go out in the suburbs?

By Julia Beizer | March 25, 2010; 4:10 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Misc.
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Got Plans? Put some spring in your step

If you're looking for ideas for the weekend, ask us a question. We're just about to start this week's live Q&A, when you can pick our (and your fellow readers') brains on anything about going out in D.C. Will you be heading outside Saturday? Entertaining some visitors? Looking to unwind after being cooped up working for too long? Join us at 1 today to make some plans.

By Anne | March 25, 2010; 12:48 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Misc.
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On stage in April

April is shaping up to be a magical month on stage. A man morphs into a bug in Synetic Theater's take on the Kafka classic, a car ride turns into a time-warping trip at Studio Theatre and alchemist Edward Kelley tracks down the philosopher's stone -- or does he?

By Stephanie Merry | March 25, 2010; 11:26 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Theater
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Hot tickets

Here's a list of the other upcoming shows you can snag tickets for beginning this week.

By Alex Baldinger | March 25, 2010; 7:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Events , Music
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Love nightclub to reopen this Saturday

Love, the city's largest and dance club, will reopen on Saturday night, almost three months after a New Year's Eve stabbing led police to close the club indefinitely.

By Fritz Hahn | March 24, 2010; 4:30 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Bars and Clubs
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RAMMY nominees announced

Tonight, the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington announced the nominees of its annual honors: the RAMMYs. These awards celebrate the best restaurants and culinary professionals in the area. And the nominees are...

By Anne | March 23, 2010; 7:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Restaurants
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Nightlife Agenda

If you love rock music, there are almost too many good choices this week: Dum Dum Girls, Wye Oak, Soft Pack, the Ruby Suns and Surf City, to name just a few. And that's not counting Chad Hugo of the Neptunes and N.E.R.D., who's spinning at U Street Music Hall, an '80s party with big-screen Atari games and a breakdancing competition at the G:40 exhibition, the Corcoran's annual Artini gala, which combines cocktails and culture, an appearance by Dipset's Jim Jones, the Jamaican DJs visiting Zanzibar on the Waterfront or superstar Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren's visit to Glow.

By Fritz Hahn | March 23, 2010; 6:42 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Bars and Clubs , Events , Music
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Michel Richard announces Michel in Tysons Corner

Michel Richard confirms: He's opening a third restaurant in Tysons Corner. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post) After several years of speculation about who might take over the old Maestro space in the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Michel Richard says he's...

By Tom Sietsema | March 22, 2010; 5:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Restaurants | Tags: Tom Sietsema
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James Beard Award nominees announced

The Beard Award nominees have been announced.

By Julia Beizer | March 22, 2010; 12:13 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Restaurants
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Free & easy events

There's no need to spend a fortune to have a great time out. This week, we suggest all kinds of offbeat ways to find some culture -- without spending a cent.

By Anne | March 22, 2010; 7:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Events , Free and Cheap , Misc.
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