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	<title>We Love DC &#187; Jenn Larsen</title>
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		<title>We Love Arts: Red</title>
		<description><![CDATA[De Kooning. Pollock. Rothko. Giants of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Killers of Surrealism, only to be swept aside themselves by Pop Art. At least, that&#8217;s how the legend goes (even Rothko would disagree with the precise classifications). But is a revolutionary&#8217;s story compelling if it doesn&#8217;t end in a young, glorious death? In Red, playwright [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2012/01/31/we-love-arts-red/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: The Two Gentlemen of Verona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah, love. The kind that makes you stalk your lover, lie to your best friend, steal someone else&#8217;s girl. We&#8217;re talking young, hormone-addled, angst-ridden love. Add in some fervent karaoke singing, late night fast food binges and way beyond last call drinking, and it&#8217;s love in Shakespeare Theatre Company&#8217;s The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Rarely performed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2012/01/30/we-love-arts-the-two-gentlemen-of-verona/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: Time Stands Still</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watching Time Stands Still is to witness a relationship cracking apart, as two people whose entire shared experience has consisted of an adrenaline rush that can&#8217;t be sustained, irrevocably come off the high. Its success then rests on strong performances rooted in naturalism, and luckily that&#8217;s a strength Studio Theatre has perfected. Otherwise, you might [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2012/01/13/we-love-arts-time-stands-still/</link>
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		<title>Best Of: Drinks 2011</title>
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Architectural Ice
courtesy of Jenn Larsen
Another year, another round for the bar. Before launching into the drinks team&#8217;s reminisces of 2011, forgive me for doing something I rarely do as a writer &#8211; get a little personal. Just imagine you&#8217;re a bartender, and I&#8217;m pouring out my sob story at last call.
I almost gave up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/12/30/best-of-drinks-2011/</link>
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		<title>Best Of: Theater 2011</title>
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2011 07 16 &#8211; 6398 &#8211; Washington DC &#8211; Redrum at Fort Fringe
courtesy of thisisbossi
We Love DC authors Don, Patrick, Rachel and I may have different backgrounds in criticism and performance, and varying preferences for theatrical style, but we share a goal &#8211; to bring you our thoughtful, honest opinions on the passionate, challenging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/12/29/best-of-theater-2011/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: Krapp&#8217;s Last Tape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are moments when economy, especially in words, must suffice.
(Shakes head. Backspace, backspace. Types.)
John Hurt. Krapp&#8217;s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. Produced by Dublin&#8217;s Gate Theatre, at Shakespeare Theatre Company this weekend only. 55 minutes.
55 minutes of your life spent watching a master actor perform a master playwright&#8217;s reflection on the absurdity of life, memory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/12/02/we-love-arts-krapps-last-tape/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: Equivocation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lawyer in love with a Shakespearean scholar might find the perfect date night with Equivocation. Or a politician whose best friend is a Jesuit. Bill Cain&#8217;s play is a thicket of ideas about theater, politics and morality. His language manages to be natural, almost casual, despite the rich quotations of Shakespearean text and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/12/01/we-love-arts-equivocation/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: Othello</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a moment in Folger Theatre&#8217;s Othello that sums up director Robert Richmond&#8217;s insightful approach. Courtesan Bianca, transformed in this production into a saucy bellydancer played by Zehra Fazal, stands in the wind, staring at a small fluttering handkerchief. At the same time, Othello himself (a commanding Owiso Odera) struggles with the depths of jealous rage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/10/27/we-love-arts-othello-2/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: Arms and the Man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A play about the hypocrisy of war and romantic illusions set against the lunacy of class warfare seems like a perfect win for our Operation New Dawn, Occupy Wall Street days. No doubt G. Bernard Shaw, a playwright and critic of scathing intelligence, would&#8217;ve had something to say about these times of ours. As the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/10/26/we-love-arts-arms-and-the-man/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: The Book Club Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite being an avid reader, I&#8217;ve somehow missed out on the whole book club phenomenon. Maybe it&#8217;s that whole Groucho Marx &#34;I refuse to join a club that would have me as a member&#34; thing. So when it came time to see Karen Zacarias&#8217; The Book Club Play at Arena Stage, who better to bring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/10/18/we-love-arts-the-book-club-play/</link>
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		<title>Join Us at the Renaissance Festival!</title>
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&#8216;Exhorting the Gentlefolk&#8217;
courtesy of &#8216;Kevin H.&#8217;
UPDATE: THE BOOMERANG PARTY BUS TO THE RENNFEST WITH WE LOVE DC AND THE PASSENGER IS NOW SOLD OUT! THANK YOU! 
Ah, yes, it’s that time of year. The time when you begin to have strange cravings for Steak-on-a-Stick, or smoked turkey leg eaten right off the bone, gnawing away [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/10/11/join-us-at-the-renaissance-festival/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: Lungs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With British playwright Duncan Macmillan&#8217;s Lungs, Studio Theatre begins The Studio Lab Series &#8211; new plays produced bare bones for $20 a ticket. It&#8217;s an admirable venture that I&#8217;m excited to watch develop.
However, this first play out of the gate isn&#8217;t particularly innovative &#8211; though if the playwright&#8217;s intention is to resurrect the existential crises [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/10/04/we-love-arts-lungs/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: Trouble in Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s a theme emerging from this year&#8217;s theater offerings it&#8217;s definitely the play-within-a-play. From Venus in Fur to The Habit of Art, many recent productions have highlighted the rehearsal process itself to uncover uncomfortable truths about power and control. These are all relatively new plays riffing on an old theme, but Trouble in Mind, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/09/27/we-love-arts-trouble-in-mind/</link>
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		<title>Drinks Special: Cocktails at Jack Rose</title>
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&#8216;Mai Tai at Jack Rose&#8217;s Tiki bar&#8217;
courtesy of &#8216;Jenn Larsen&#8217;
Jack Rose Dining Saloon has been opening in stages, overlooking the seemingly interminable construction at the intersection of 18th Street and Florida Avenue NW. Now that the dust is finally clearing from the brand new sidewalk outside, its long-awaited dinner menu has debuted as well and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/09/24/drinks-special-cocktails-at-jack-rose/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: Macbeth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What would you do for absolute power? Could you kill your friend? Murder children? Call it justice? Watch out. On the path to conquering the world, you might lose your soul. &#8220;Fair is foul and foul is fair&#8230;&#8221;
There&#8217;s a gasp-inducing moment in Synetic Theater&#8217;s production of Macbeth that focuses it as a straight-up morality tale. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/09/23/we-love-arts-macbeth/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: The Habit of Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Artistic process. Can it make for a sexy night at the theater? The grueling path to perfection through grinding repetition, as the artist develops techniques and habits that can release creativity or stifle it, sometimes makes for a great play. Sometimes not. Recently Studio Theatre explored the artistic process in Venus in Fur, where the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/09/14/we-love-arts-the-habit-of-art/</link>
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		<title>Drinks Special: Bibiana&#8217;s Aged Cocktails</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
&#8216;Ready to Mix&#8217;
courtesy of &#8216;Jenn Larsen&#8217;
You&#8217;re probably familiar with the fact that wine and whiskey are aged in barrels. But cocktails? It may seem like a trend, popping up in bars in London, Portland and New York for the past year or so, but it&#8217;s actually a much older revival &#8211; aging cocktail ingredients in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/09/01/drinks-special-bibianas-aged-cocktails/</link>
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		<title>We Love Arts: The Ramayana (2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you were one of the many potential audience members turned away at the doors of Source last summer for The Ramayana&#8217;s sold-out run, you&#8217;re in luck. Constellation Theatre Company has remounted its production for a limited three week engagement now through August 21, and in many ways it&#8217;s a superior show than before. Subtle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/08/09/we-love-arts-the-ramayana-2011/</link>
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		<title>Mondavi Salutes Local Hero</title>
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&#8216;Alison Kindler&#8217;
courtesy of &#8216;Jenn Larsen&#8217;
Interest in gardening is on the rise, from my neighbors growing tomatoes in patio containers to community gardens bursting with multiple produce plots. Increasingly there&#8217;s a practical need to provide access to affordable food through growing your own. Early this week I attended an intimate event honoring a local community gardening [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/07/28/mondavi-salutes-local-hero/</link>
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		<title>Book Signing for the Sleep Deprived</title>
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You&#8217;ve seen it all over social media. You&#8217;ve heard Samuel L. Jackson and maybe even Werner Herzog narrate it. You&#8217;ve probably laughed your ass off. Even if you don&#8217;t have children and haven&#8217;t a clue how agonizingly painfully frustrating it can be to get them down for that nap, I bet you&#8217;ve heard of Go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.welovedc.com/2011/07/27/this-isnt-your-ordinary-book-signing/</link>
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