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Written by DCist contributor Meghan Welsh Cultures will collide this weekend at The Kennedy Center as Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company presents the world premiere of "Chico Latino," a work which explores the intersection of Asian American and Latin American communities throughout the Americas. "Chico Latino" is a fusion of Latin and Asian modern dance, and the program will also include classic works by the choreographer, inspired by his experiences, such as a visit...

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Repertory: Lawrence of Arabia David Lean's epic telling of the story of T.E. Lawrence's time in the Middle East, and leadership of the WWI Arab Revolt is regarded as one of the greatest achievements in cinema. The...

Washington resident Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Middle East Program, has been released from prison, the Associated Press and the Washington Post are both reporting. Even after family members turned over 3 billion rials (nearly $325,000) in bail money, it remains unclear if the espionage charge still stand or if Esfandiari, 67, is allowed to leave Iran. Since May 8, Esfandiari has been held at Evin prison north of Tehran, a...

>> Along with Hugh Masekela, pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (pictured) is one of the most influential jazz musicians to come out of South Africa. A professional musician since 1949, Ibrahim has toured all over the world with his blend of jazz harmonies and traditional rhythms. Tonight this week's must-see comes to Blues Alley for an evening of solo piano performance. Sets are at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m and tickets are available online. $25 + $10...

To be honest, Washington, it's taking everything we've got not to put up eight or nine posts today just indulging in our need to whine about how nasty hot it is outside. Apparently the humidity today and tomorrow is going to be so intense, it could feel like it's 105 degrees. Can we all agree that this is not OK? OK. Thanks. We'll move on to the headlines then, and by "move on" we don't...

Vapiano: Hopefully Better than the Name Sounds DCist swung by the opening dinner last night at Vapiano, now open at 1800 M Street NW. It's a European-based pizza, pasta, and salad bar that claims to be leading a new trend in the restaurant industry deemed “Fresh Casual" (which was strange, given the greeters at the dinner were dressed to the nines). What does that mean? Vapiano explains it as “somewhere between the nicest of fast...

There's no doubt Naomi Klein would shake her head in disgust were she to stumble upon this. Earlier on ye olde DCist staff email list, DCist Amanda related a conversation she had with friends recently about how much they love it when a truck bearing the Metropolitan Meat Seafood & Poultry logo rolls by, for the sole reason that they have such an adorable logo. It's just so friendly, and optimistic, the way the lobster...

Happy Wednesday, Washington. Sadly, there's even more crime to report this morning, and yes, you guessed it, more rain — though after the record high temperatures we've experienced earlier this week, we dare say we wouldn't mind some more of those scattered thunderstorms predicted for the metro area — the high will 88° today, with a 40% chance of strong showers hitting this afternoon. Cooler temperatures will be a welcome relief after yesterday's first Code...

About as close to celebrity-status as the District gets is when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt decide to buy a house here and Woody Harrelson spends a few days filming a few shots for an upcoming movie. That might soon change. Well, kind of. NBC 4 is reporting that the owners of the world famous Madame Tussauds wax museum are in talks with the District over the possibility of opening a museum in downtown D.C....

It's been a while since we brought together some of D.C.'s musical minds. In the name of open forums and discussion, we bring you the third installment of DCist's Music Roundtable. This time around we asked our panel about the effects of emerging technologies on the music industry. Will record labels become obsolete? Is a proletariat uprising of music fans in our near future? Does MySpace really make a difference? We got some input from J.K. Royston of Adelyn, Don Zientara of Inner Ear Studio, Finley Martin of Gist and Vince Scheuerman of Army of Me on the issue -- which was so lofty, we had to pose the question in two parts. As you can see, they had a lot to say.

If there was any silver lining to the cloud of cigarette smoke District residents nervously enjoyed in area restaurants and bars last night, it's that hookah bars may be granted a blanket exemption from the smoking ban that the City Council endorsed yesterday on a 12-1 vote. Council-member Jim Graham, whose Ward 1 enclave includes a number of the Middle Eastern-themed establishments, has announced that he will introduce an amendment to the smoke-free legislation to...

With Lebanon so much in the news lately (Lebanon and Syria announced today that Syrian forces will pull back to the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon.) we thought it'd be good to walk up Massachusetts Avenue to the Kahlil Gibran memorial for this week's installment of DCist's monument feature.

The sixth annual Washington D.C. Independent Film Festival (the "Ground Zero of Washington D.C.'s Indie Scene" according to their website) kicks off March 2 at the City Museum. The festival includes a smorgasbord of films including features, documentaries, shorts, and animation by local, national and international filmmakers. DCIFF's opening night includes the world premiere of "Aryan Couple ,"a feature-length film by John Daly, the pioneer of independent film financing. (His previous productions include "Platoon," and...

For many people, the presidential election was a choice between sticking with an administration during times of trouble or getting rid of the regime that got us into the messes in the first place. Well, America must be feeling lucky today, because as the Cabinet continues to pass through the revolving door of appointment and unemployment, it’s clear that we got to have both. DCers will be burdened with having to remember a host of new names and faces next year. DCist breaks down the comings and goings from a busy week at the White House.

Ah, health care. How we've missed debating this issue over and over again until all the acronyms and buzz words loose their meaning. This week, Josh and Congressman Santos go toe to toe over the Patients Bill of Rights and a suicide bomber kills a solider with the U.S. peace keeping mission in the Middle East. Are the two story lines related? No. Not at all. Do they have anything at all in common? No again. Does that make for a very disjointed episode with no pay off at the end? Yes, yes it does.

In case you haven't heard, there's some sort of national election a week from today and there are people getting worked up over it. Something about a polarized nation, a country in the Middle East called Iraq, global terrorism and a divided and bitter Congress, among other things ...

Former CIA Director George Tenet has accepted a teaching position at his alma mater Georgetown University.