To those readers who missed their Classical Music Agenda last week, apologies are in order. Your faithful chronicler was in Paris for the week and experiencing a general lack of Internet connectivity. Now I am back, and there a lot of concerts to tell you about. We may not emphasize this enough, but “classical music” does not mean only music that is old. In fact, living composers are still writing works that continue and modify…

Consumed by an obsession to find your birth mother, while plagued by a serious case of obsessive compulsive disorder and some pesky agoraphobia to boot. What’s a poor girl to do? Clearly, it’s time to build a robot. That’s the conceit behind The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, the witty and moving production by the The Studio Theatre Secondstage team, now on the Milton Theatre stage through the end of the month. The play focuses…

Don’t know what to do this weekend? DCist has some suggestions! Check it out: FRIDAY: Seen the re-release of Donnie Darko but still not filled your cult classic quota? Fear not, Landmark’s Bethesda Row Cinema is hosting midnight screenings of such cultural signposts as The Breakfast Club (this week) and Office Space (Labor Day weekend). A quick five minute walk from the Bethesda Metro, all showings are at midnight on Friday and Saturday nights, and…