Going Out Gurus - D.C. Entertainment Dispatches - April 18, 2010

DJ school set to open in Bethesda

Banking on the idea that the area is teeming with wannabe DJ Shadows, a pair of D.C.'s better-known turntablists are helping to launch a local DJ school modeled after New York's famed Scratch Academy.

By Lavanya Ramanathan | April 23, 2010; 7:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Misc. , Music
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Got Plans? Redux: All-star concerts

In today's Got Plans, we asked you to name an all-star concert lineup and you responded with acts as diverse as Madonna and Paul Robeson. Well done, folks.

By Julia Beizer | April 22, 2010; 4:50 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Misc.
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Sweetlife Festival giveaway on today's Got Plans?

We're giving away tickets to the Sweetlife Festival on today's chat.

By Julia Beizer | April 22, 2010; 10:05 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Misc.
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Hot tickets: John Mayer, Santana and Passion Pit

John Mayer performs July 31 at Jiffy Lube Live (Brian Jones/AP) Thanks to an interview with a certain adult publication earlier this year, John Mayer showed the ability to turn heads with his thoughts as well as his guitar...

By Alex Baldinger | April 22, 2010; 7:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Carrie Underwood, DAR Constitution Hall, Henry Clay People, John Mayer, Live Nation, Steve Winwood, Ticketmaster, Zane Lamprey
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Coming soon: Biergarten Haus and Buddha Bar updates

Let's break up the Wednesday afternoon boredom with news about opening dates for two much-anticipated openings on the D.C. bar scene: Biergarten Haus and Buddha Bar.

By Fritz Hahn | April 21, 2010; 5:06 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Bars and Clubs
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The Next New Truck in Town

The newest soon-to-be-addition to our mobile street-food scene. Suzan Povich, proprieter of New York's Red Hook Lobster Pound, is working on a four-wheeled solution to your sudden lobster roll cravings.

By Justin Rude | April 20, 2010; 6:34 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Restaurants
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Nightlife Agenda: Eighteenth Street Lounge anniversary, Animal Collective, Hot Chip

Eighteenth Street Lounge celebrates its 15th anniversary with a special DJ set from - who else? - Thievery Corporation. Electro-pop group Hot Chip makes the rounds on Saturday, Animal Collective's movie "Oddsac" is screened in Silver Spring and genre-hopping party starters Ozomatli rock the 9:30 club.

By David Malitz | April 20, 2010; 3:40 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Bars and Clubs , Events , Music
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Sixth & I previews a new 'Downstairs' music venue, featuring a bar

This week, the Sixth & I is soft-launching a new venue in the synagogue's basement that will be more reminiscent of a traditional club: it will have a bar.

By Lavanya Ramanathan | April 19, 2010; 3:16 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Music
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Free & easy events

This week, a new monthly dance party kicks off at U Street Music Hall and John Legend and Sting make their way to the Mall to sing for a cause. Wednesday The Whale Celebrate the start of a new monthly...

By Stephanie Merry | April 18, 2010; 11:57 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Events , Free and Cheap
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