The NBA star gave $1 million for tornado relief efforts in Moore, Okla.
Mayor Gray suggested D.C. residents donate to reputable organizations, like the Red Cross.
President Obama said that survivors of the two-mile-wide tornado that swept through Moore, Okla. yesterday afternoon will receive all necessary U.S. government resources to recover from the disaster.
Some might prejudge Oklahoma!, Arena Stage’s season opener, as a throwback, a safe choice, a corny, hoedown-punctuated museum piece. But director Molly Smith has injected Oklahoma! with an optimistic sense of immediacy, and seeing this fresh production as the debut performance in the company’s stunning new home helps underscore how significant the work has been in the innovation of American musical theater.
Photo by LaTur.Finally, after a huge 2.5 year $135 million remodel, Arena Stage is back open. Anchoring the burgeoning Waterfront neighborhood, Arena is celebrating its opening with a plethora of free events — today, of note: Sneak previews of their inaugural show, Oklahoma!, every hour on the hour (started at 1 p.m. through 5 p.m.).Backstage tours, every 15 minutes through 5:15.Various live performances at their outdoor stage.Performances at Keeger Theater from Tony award winners…
After letting us all enjoy a good summer break, next week the U.S. Senate will start debating legislation that would grant the District a voting seat in the House of Representatives. And in preparing for what is sure to be a spirited battle, big-name voting rights activists have recently stepped up the pressure with two back-to-back op-eds in Washington papers. Yesterday Maryland’s former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele and former Oklahoma Republican Rep. J.C. Watts penned…
Republicans in Congress just haven’t been nice to the District lately — they delayed a vote on the voting rights bill by adding a rider to end D.C.’s handgun ban, and now they’re preventing a free concert from being held near the Capitol on July 7. The concert was to be part of Al Gore’s Live Earth series of concerts to raise environmental awareness and was to feature some combination of acts like the Police,…
The Washington Wizards found out last Friday that they’d be without Caron Butler for the next 10 or so days, not exactly the type of thing you want to hear with the Miami Heat breathing down their necks for the division lead. As we’re sure you all remember, the team was 0-3 without Butler earlier in the season. Lucky for the Wizards then that the struggling New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets (aka the…
Written by DCist Contributor Abby Lavin Acerbic campaign ads, Redskins season, pumpkin ice cream from Max’s…it’s officially autumn. And what better way to commemorate Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday night than with a sundry cornucopia of local music at the Rock and Roll Hotel? Jazzy songstress Laura Burhenn and indie collective Meredith Bragg and the Terminals are two acts you wouldn’t expect to share a bill with heavy-rock trio Dead Meadow. But together, the three rising…
If you ever wondered what possessed the Renaissance sculptors to think they could make a hunk of hard marble look like flowing silk, you might want to find Evan Reed. Reed’s first solo exhibit in D.C., New & Recent Sculptures, at Flashpoint, however, represents a much different class, as his modern-day equivalent turns rough, corrugated tin into bird feathers, braided ropes, and rumpled jersey shirts. While Michelangelo used the finest stone and worked for…
