It was evening of politics and reunions, but that’s not the number one reason to watch.
Though you probably won’t see Miley Cyrus flub “My Way.”
The 35th annual Kennedy Center Honors are on Sunday night, and chances are, you’re not going. But here are a few things to remember about the swankiest night on Washington’s cultural calendar.
The quote machine that is our 47th vice president will read tonight’s Top Ten List.
The Kennedy Center announced today its latest round entertainers who will be fêted later this year at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors.
It’s starting to feel like the whole country is going nuts for Stephen “The Savior” Strasburg. The Nationals rookie pitcher is set to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight, where he’ll have the honor of reading the night’s “Top Ten” list. Now, if only the “Top Ten” list bit was still funny. In other Strasburgian news, the Baseball Hall of Fame has requested an artifact from the Nationals to commemorate the kid’s…
The early part of the week is looking a little light for shows, but after the Fourth things really get rolling through Sunday night. MONDAY >> After coming down with a case of “David Letterman throat” last week, Morrissey was forced to reschedule three shows, including his gig at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Right now it looks like NYC’s loss is our gain, as we just recieved an email from the staff at Wolf…
Some D.C. powerbrokers are finding a new way to count time. Several clever entrepreneurs have created the Bush countdown clock, which measures the time left until the end of W’s administration: January 20, 2009. The key chains are calibrated down to the second. The owner of Backwards Bush says he uses the clock as “a coping mechanism,” and doesn’t mean any disrespect. The trinkets have been appearing in the hands of Democrats all over the…
When Peter Gelb took over as the new general director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, he promised several initiatives to bring opera to broader audiences. The leading American opera company opened its season last September, and New Yorkers were able to watch the celebrity-studded performance of Madama Butterfly on large screens in the plaza of Lincoln Center and the chaos of Times Square. The Met even brought a brief scene from its production of…
While the rest of the country was at home on their couches watching Beck Hansen perform on the David Letterman show, around 150 people were getting loose with him live and in person in the tiny Backstage area of the Black Cat. Yes, the internet rumors that popped up yesterday were true. Beck, who played the Patriot Center last time he came through town, treated a small, enthusiastic and increasingly sweaty audience to a…
