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Jason Moran's reverence for jazz history is equaled by his knack for subverting it. That's easy to forget. So on Saturday night at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater, when he took the stage alone to the sound of The...

The hardy souls who braved the frigid elements Saturday night to hear music from Imperial Russia at Strathmore were rewarded with as fine a concert, I wager, as has been heard in or around Washington this season. The per...

The first time she noticed something was wrong, Terri Jones had just turned 40. She worked in video production and always had to adjust her viewfinder until the images appeared clear. One day, the videos started looking ...

Contrary to reports, Sacha Baron Cohen, the actor known for "Borat," "The Dictator," and "Brüno," will not be writing, directing or starring in a film about the life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. He won't even be a...

Contrary to reports, Sacha Baron Cohen, the actor known for “Borat,” “The Dictator,” and “Brüno,” will not be writing, directing or starring in a film about the life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. He won...

Erin's Eclectic Mystic Home & Traveling Tarot Caravan Think you can't accomplish all that much in ten minutes? You're wrong. In fact, taking just ten minutes before you dash out the house to head to work can allow you to...

Thinking of checking out that show everybody keeps talking about? The ratings talliers over at Nielsen have done you a solid and made a handy infographic charting just how long it'll take you to binge watch a series. Mad...

Jan Lisiecki's Kennedy Center debut Saturday afternoon could have been called a portrait of the artist as a young man. The 20-year-old Polish-Canadian pianist, who appeared at the Terrace Theater as part of Washington Pe...

NEW YORK -- Preet Bharara's office is not anyplace a guilty person wants to be, so you search your conscience and wipe your sweaty forehead before entering. The most powerful prosecutor in the country, the U.S. attorney ...

Melissa's Eclectic Austin Bungalow In last week's video roundup we wrote about spring cleaning, but we may have put the cart before the horse a bit: after all, it's hard to clean effectively when your house is full of cl...

Easter Hunt Bags from Purl Bee I love Easter because it is always an especially welcome celebration after a long and cold winter. Make yours extra special this year by planning some activities to do with your kids that c...

Five years after the last book in the "Harry Potter" series was released, J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults was on the shelves. "The Casual Vacancy" was an instant bestseller, simply because of the name on its red-an...

Five years after the last book in the “Harry Potter” series was released, J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults was on the shelves. “The Casual Vacancy” was an instant bestseller, simply because of the name on ...

"Game of Thrones" fans get a treat each season when author George R.R. Martin pens an episode, but now they'll have to face back-to-back disappointments. The author of the book series A Song of Ice and Fire already annou...

This week on Upstate Diary Melissa Auf Der Maur talks about her times with Hole and the Smashing Pumkins -- and much more. MADM: Well, I had a terribly shy and enclosed personality until about twenty-two. I spent the fir...

The last thing parents need is one more thing to carry. Check out the Påhoj, a bike seat that also functions as a stroller. The lightweight Swedish design fastens to a standard rear rack and then can be transformed into...

Music serves many purposes for the human spirit. It can entertain, send a message, start a riot and transcend. It can be made selfishly and selflessly, for the ears of everyone or the ears of no one. It can put your mind...

Julie's Artful Home in D.C. We just love coming across advice that can help us get a little more milage out of our well-loved basics. This genius tutorial is exactly that. Tonya of the blog Love of Family and Home revita...

If it's been a while since Nickelodeon graced your TV screen, be assured: It is still sliming people. Saturday night at the Kids' Choice Awards, the green ooze was out in full force, spraying teen celebrities who were sm...

If it’s been a while since Nickelodeon graced your TV screen, be assured: It is still sliming people. Saturday night at the Kids’ Choice Awards, the green ooze was out in full force, spraying teen celebrities who wer...

"Four buoyant and moving plays," Post critic Peter Marks wrote of Richard Nelson's "Apple Family" series when the first two -- "That Hopey Changey Thing" and "Sweet and Sad" -- were produced simultaneously at Studio Thea...

"Four buoyant and moving plays," Post critic Peter Marks wrote of Richard Nelson's "Apple Family" series when the first two - "That Hopey Changey Thing" and "Sweet and Sad" - were produced simultaneously at Studio Theatr...