We were frankly reluctant to share the email we got last night from Warehouse Theater owner Paul Ruppert, because we want some of this stuff for ourselves! But we’re taking one for the team, as it’s too good not to spread the word. With the front part of the theater complex having already been transformed into The Passenger, Ruppert says he is about to embark on another round of improvements in the theater space…
It’s been a roller coaster of a year for the Washington Psychotronic Film Society. But Dr. Schlock & friends have finally found a new (and hopefully stable) home at The Warehouse, where they’ll take up weekly residence beginning March 17. For those who haven’t been following the play-by-play of the whole saga, let’s recap. First, WPFS lost its longtime home when Dr. Dremo’s finally met with the inevitable and went condo. After spending much…
Slash Coleman Has Big Matzo Balls is weird. Weird. But that’s because Slashtipher J. Coleman is weird. The one-man play is a representation of the playwright-actor-jazz pianist-author-comedian-painter’s Jewish, eccentric, and quick mind. It is a collection of one-liners and songs, audience participation and balls-to-the-wind gimmicks. Actually, the play is about Slash—he changed his name from Jeffrey after his Bar Mitzvah to include two letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the name his grandfather, who survived…
On April 20, 1939, Billie Holiday recorded the song Strange Fruit. Written by a Jewish schoolteacher, Abel Meeropol, it became an instant hit and to this day serves as a poignant protest song against injustice. It is also an example—along with images of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel walking arm in arm with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma—of one of the more celebrated characteristics of the peculiar African-American/Jewish-American relationship: that of two groups bonded by…
Good news in time for Christmas this year; the Warehouse Theater will continue to operate through next summer, according to the institution. The venue is currently hosting Scena Theater’s The Maids and will have new shows in February and March. That also means it remains a venue for next year’s Fringe Festival. The Warehouse is still looking for a new home. Despite the usual winter doldrums that December brings, there are still a number of…
Former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent writes a weekly column about neighborhood and development issues. He’ll be on vacation for the next two weeks; this column will return on August 19th. It’s been a hard summer for many loved and local businesses, some of which have been a part of the city’s life for decades. This week, long lines trailed down New York Avenue as customers waited to get a last meal at A.V. Ristorante. In June,…
For those of you who love the Warehouse Arts Complex as much as we do, some bittersweet news just came in from owners Paul and Molly Ruppert. As you’ve already heard, Warehouse will close its cafe and music venue at the end of this month, thanks to skyrocketing property tax bills. Not that we had any doubts, but we’re pleased to learn that the Rupperts are organizing a closing night gathering to say goodbye to…
>> The Capitol Fringe Festival officially kicks off tonight, and we’ll have our daily picks of Fringey goodness rolling out for you soon enough. You can buy all your tickets online, by phone at 866-811-4111 Mon–Fri, 9 a.m.–9 p.m. and Sat–Sun, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., or in person at the festival box office at 507 7th Street, next to the Warehouse Theater. The festival runs through July 29, and features over 100 productions from D.C….
>> For those of you who prefer your music pantomimed, tonight’s Air Guitar Competition at the 9:30 Club. should be right up your alley. Just because the guitars are made of air, doesn’t mean they don’t rock! And who knows? The winner of tonight’s competition may very well end up in the winner’s circle at the Air Guitar World Championship in Finland. You can say you saw them before they sold out to the…
TUESDAY: Former vice president/rock star Al Gore will speak about his new book The Assault on Reason to a sold-out crowd at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium. Don’t expect An Inconvenient Truth, though; this is all about shrinking approval ratings for the president and Congress, not shrinking coastlines. 6 p.m. Political journalist Michael Barone will speak about his book Our First Revolution, which is actually a reference to Britain’s Glorious Revolution of 1688, not the…
