DC Entertainment
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‘Portlandia’ live show at the 9:30 Club is dead on arrival
Tuesday night the rotting kudzu of post-ironic self-aware pseudo-hipsterism wrapped its twee tendrils around the 9:30 Club, which hosted two sold-out shows of “Portlandia: The Tour,” the live version of the cutesy sketch comedy on IFC, and it was probably the worst thing ever.
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Oscars 2012 preview: Is a traditional show the right way to go?
At this time last year, the Academy Awards were just days away and an undeniable buzz was swirling about the proceedings, an anticipatory energy activated in part by the tweets issued frequently from Oscar host-to-be James Franco. The 2011 Big Movie Night: It was going to be a social media-savvy, younger, hipper Academy Awards!
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Justin Theroux of ‘Wanderlust’ will break dance his way into your heart
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” is on a roll this week.
First Taylor Swift and Zac Efron sang a cute duet on the daytime show for all the world to enjoy. And on an episode airing Wednesday, “Wanderlust” star Justin Theroux agreed to do a little impromptu break dancing.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture groundbreaking
President Obama called the National Museum of African American History and Culture a “celebration of life” on Wednesday morning at the groundbreaking for the 19th Smithsonian museum. The museum will “stand in proof that the most important things in life rarely come quickly or easily,” Obama said. “Though we have yet to reach the mountaintop, we cannot stop climbing.”
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‘Community’ is back, everyone is happy
“Community” will return to NBC in mid-March, ending the “streets ahead” comedy’s forced hiatus that began after the Christmas episode aired in December.
Creator Dan Harmon broke the news on Twitter: “What you call 8:00, we call home. Community returns to Thursday nights on March 15th.” Megan Ganz, a writer for the show, put it a different way: “We're back! We're Backstreet Boys. We're Burt Bacharach. We're Back To The Future. We're back.”
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‘The Scream’ for sale: When it was silenced
A version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” — one of the most tortured, most famous, and most famously stolen paintings in the world — will be up for auction this spring. The only privately-owned version of the 1895 work (there are four), which has been in the collection of Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, will go to the auction block at Sothebys on May 2. Experts estimate that it could sell for as much as $80 million.
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What's New
February 21st, 2012
Coming soon to the Mosaic District in Merrifield, Va - Anthropologie! Add the that the awesome line-up of eateries to come: Le Pain Quotidien, Taylor Gourmet, Sweetgreen and Matchbox
Anthropologie joins retail line-up at Mosaic District www.washingtonpost.com
The chain of clothing and home furnishings will open at the Merrifield development in October.
February 17th, 2012
This Weekend's Exciting February Activities in DC, MD & VA - So much to do! http://p0.vresp.com/XyUw78 #CapitolHill #WashingtonDC #Events
