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We Love Arts: Civilization (all you can eat)
Photo: Stan Barouh As the sun rises on the stage of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s “Civilization (all you can eat)”, we are shown a farm full of animals. A group of pigs sleep soundly as dawn breaks. All appears well by the barn. Except this isn’t any ordinary farm- it’s a slaughterhouse. As the pigs [...]
More »We Love Arts: The Language Archive
(Photo: Melissa Blackall) What we have here with Julia Cho’s “The Language Archive” is a failure to communicate. George (Mitchell Hébert) is a master linguist yet doesn’t have the words to convey the thoughts that swirl around in his head and the emotions inside his heart. His wife Mary (Nanna Ingvarsson) has been driven to tears [...]
More »On Ted Leonsis, Wizards Bloggers, and Why I Haven’t Written About The Team Recently
Ted Leonsis courtesy of Keith Allison It’s weird when my friends and co-workers walk up to me eager to talk about basketball and the Washington Wizards, because two years ago I didn’t really pay much attention to the team. Now my interest in basketball has risen faster than Jeremy Lin’s jersey sales. In a city [...]
More »Theatre Spotlight: Really Really
Photo: Scott Suchman Over on their website, this is how Signature Theatre describes their upcoming World Premiere of Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo: “At an elite university, when the party of the year results in the regret of a lifetime, one person will stop at nothing to salvage a future that is suddenly slipping [...]
More »LeBron and Wade Go Lob City in Victory Over Wizards
LeBron didn’t put up superstar numbers last night, but showed Washington, DC why he’s one of the NBA’s best. Late in the second quarter Chris Bosh rebounded a missed shot from Nick Young and passed it to James. Racing down the court James passed it to Dwayne Wade who lobbed it up to James for [...]
More »Theatre Spotlight: Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers
(Photo courtesy No Rules Theatre Company) The entertainment we are consuming has taken a turn towards the dark side. The likes of Adam West’s Batman and Christopher Reeve’s Superman are long gone, replaced with darker retellings of our classic stories and heroes. Christopher Nolan re-imagined Batman with his Dark Knight trilogy and even Disney, the biggest name behind [...]
More »We Love Arts: The Gaming Table
Photo ©Carol Pratt/Folger Theatre It’s a woman’s world out there. Now a days more women than men are attending college and these more educated females are putting off families and earning more money than men. As a late-20′s lost boy, I’m ok with saying that. Folger Theatre’s production of The Gaming Table represents this new [...]
More »The One Game That Represents The Wizards 2011-2012 Season
It was a bad weekend for Washington sports. However while some are bummed over the Caps loss to the Bruins yesterday, at least they are hovering above .500 with a 27-21 record. It would take a miracle for the Washington Wizards to achieve such a feat. This past weekend the Wizards lost to the Clippers [...]
More »We Love Arts: Elephant Room
Photo by Scott Suchman This past weekend I saw magic. No I’m not talking about a win from the hapless Wizards or miracles of that sort- I’m talking about a real magic show with magicians, tricks, and illusions. However this show did not have the showmanship of Houdini, the polish of Copperfield, or the rock and [...]
More »Derrick Rose Takes Out His Anger On The Wizards
Derrick Rose courtesy of Keith Allison Reigning MVP Derrick Rose was in a mood. Sunday night he blamed himself for a loss against the Miami Heat that left him angry, emotional, and determined to make it up in the next game he’d play. Unfortunately for the Washington Wizards they were that next game. Rose looked [...]
More »Randy Wittman: The Coach Washington Deserves, But Not The One It Needs
Randy Wittman courtesy of Keith Allison “Why’s Randy coaching, Dad?” “Because we had to fire Flip.” “He didn’t do anything wrong.” Flip Saunders may have not done anything wrong, but he certainly didn’t do anything right. In one way Flip will be the fall guy for another failed Wizards season, but in another way Flip [...]
More »Paul Pierce Carries The Celtics To A Win Over Wizards
BOS-ORL103 courtesy of RMTip21 Celtics star Point Guard Rajon Rondo was ruled out of today’s game against the Wizards with a sprained right wrist. In the second quarter Ray Allen left the game with a jammed left ankle. Slumping and battered, the Celtics looked like a prime target for the Wizards, who have been improving [...]
More »Nuggets Outrun Wizards, Boos Keep Raining On Blatche
The Wizards had a little swagger in their step as they took the court Friday night. Coming off a big win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder, the ‘zards went up against the Denver Nuggets and pummeled them in the first quarter. Washington scored a season-high 37 points and were in the game down to the end. [...]
More »Breaking Down The Sh*t DC Says Video
What’s really great about a viral meme based on stereotypes is that it can be easily replicated. The problem about a viral meme based on stereotypes is that it can easily be replicated. We roared at My New Haircut, laughed at My New Haircut: Asian Edition, groaned at My New Haircut: Irish Edition. So when [...]
More »Wizards Shock The Thunder As The NBA’s Worst Beats The Best
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” This quote was posted inside the Wizards locker room tonight, very apropos for the game. The Wizards came in tonight as the worst team in the NBA at [...]
More »We Love Arts: Little Murders
Photo by Dennis Deloria Cartoonist Jules Feiffer doesn’t ink funnies. Instead he speaks his mind through art, be it what a woman thinks or how the nation elects a President. So when you consider the dangerous world of New York City depicted in American Century Theatre’s “Little Murders“, you have to realize that a premise [...]
More »Wall Puts Up Career High 38 Points, McGee Showboats In Loss To Rockets
In between the 3rd and 4th quarter of today’s Washington Wizards match against the Houston Rockets, Steve Miller Band’s “Fly Like An Eagle” filled the Verizon Center. I thought it was fitting since it is the first track on the Space Jam soundtrack and coach Flip Saunders recently commented that the team, “looked like ‘Space [...]
More »Wizards Come Up Short Against New York, Fall to 0-7
Melo Takes Toney Under His Wing courtesy of MattBritt00 With the acquisition of center Tyson Chandler, the New York Knicks hoped to enter the season with their own “Big Three”: Chandler, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Carmelo Anthony. Like many other recent “dream teams” in sports, the Knicks have started off slow winning only two of their [...]
More »Boston’s Big Four Puts The Hurt On Wizards
If you have been referring to Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett as Boston’s “Big Three”- you need to think again. Rajon Rondo is out to prove this season that it’s actually Boston’s “Big Four”. The Wizards were the latest victim to the Boston Point Guard that started the season with back-to-back double-double performances and unleashed [...]
More »Should DC Really “Shut Up” About Andray Blatche?
Nick Young and Andray Blatche courtesy of Keith Allison For most of the country the main headline coming out of the Washington Wizards’ first game of the season was the boos directed towards ex-Kardashian Kris Humphries. I feel bad for NBA fans and coaches who probably have no idea why Humphries is the most hated [...]
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