Stories from the September 9, 2004, Print Edition
This weekend you can switch up your normal routine by attending Washington D.C.'s premier performing arts venue at the best possible price: free. All it takes is a love for something different and the motivation to march down to The Kennedy Center for an afternoon.
It's sad but true - some people are simply not blessed with the ability to dance well. Like Elaine from "Seinfeld," they struggle to master even the simplest of moves, drifting awkwardly to the beat and causing others to look on with amusement or shock. But the rhythmically challenged should not give up hope just yet.
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more." -Macbeth The Shakespeare Theatre's season opener is a dark, ominous and potentially unlucky play. Referred to as "The Scottish Play" by those in the ever-superstitious theatre industry, Macbeth is known to bring bad luck to theatre companies that perform the play, or anyone who quotes it.
In an early key scene from "Bright Young Things" (Revolution Films), the impoverished and indebted Adam Fenwick-Symes, on the wisdom of a shady horse-racing tip, casually hands over nearly all his money to an intoxicated stranger. This act of unforgivable stupidity caused me to stop caring about Adam.
3295 M St. N.W. For the first Thursday night of fall semester, I had plans to go out big and head to one of the promo events in true Bar Belle style. However, my plan hit a road block when I became quite inebriated at the wee hour of four in the afternoon.
What do the following have in common: A necrophiliac, the Consortium of Underwhelming Gentlepersons, a kidnapped Guatemalan baby, the Christ, the Antichrist, Michael Phelps and endless, deviant, filthy Thurston jokes? All were topics of Generic Theatre Company's annual 24 Hour Play.
Singer/songwriter Pat McGee came down with a bit of a cold after his Fall Fest performance last Saturday. "It's been a long week of really early morning flights, traveling and just sort of running myself down," he said. For the past five years, he and his band have taken few breaks from the road, averaging about 250 shows per year.
If attendance, rather than intensity, is the measure of a great concert, then Fall Fest 2004 was an unqualified success. Despite being held two weeks earlier in the semester than in the past, this year's Fall Fest broke the event's attendance record with nearly 4,500 people on hand.
On stage and hopping around on one foot, Mo Rocca mulls an audience question with increasing anxiety. An audience member has asked him to make up a funny bogus life story on the spot. "I feel the need to satisfy you," he said. "And yet I find your request very strange.
Caffeinated Rock What happens when you fuse caffeinated beverages with live music in a chill and comfortable atmosphere exclusive to the GW community? To find out, the Mount Vernon Programming Council will host its fourth annual Mount Vernon Coffee House Music Series this Friday night.
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