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October 15, 2009
Not so elementary, my dear
An adventurous version of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ at Wayside Theatre
A tribute to tough guys and dolls
Moviegoers have two chances to see Bogie on the big screen this weekend as the Library of Congress theater on Mount Pony continues its tribute to tough guys and dolls.
October 08, 2009
Taste of Culpeper, Battle of the Bands Sunday at Depot
The Battle of the Bands meets the Taste of Culpeper Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. at the Depot.
October 01, 2009
A ‘coat’ of many colors at Riverside
Yes, it’s silly, but it’s a fun silly. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is what you’d expect from a 20-year-old Andrew Lloyd Webber when he and Tim Rice believed the world was their oyster.
September 24, 2009
Ooh la la: “Bob le Flambeur” and the French twist
Free Friday Night Foreign screens in French tonight on Mount Pony
Have I got a deal for you!
Live Arts’ rendition of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ is like a fist to the gut
September 18, 2009
Toby and Trace honor America’s finest
On a deliciously cool, late summer evening Nissan Pavilion brought its concert season to a close with two of country music’s rough and ready artists Toby Keith and Trace Adkins.
September 11, 2009
Re-discovering the Golden West
Mae West did many things in her long career, but perhaps her most notable achievement was the invention of Mae West.
August 27, 2009
A very Urban birthday
I was looking forward to celebrating my birthday with my girlfriends as we drove into D.C. to see Sugarland and Keith Urban perform at the Verizon Center on Aug. 20.
August ends with a western, a drama and a musical
August’s free movies on Mount Pony wrap up this weekend with a John Wayne western, an R-rated drama with big, small-town characters and a 76-year-old musical comedy starring tough guy James Cagney.
August 20, 2009
Neil Blomkamp takes us higher in ‘District 9’
An enormous alien spacecraft hovers over Johannesburg as “District 9” opens, signaling this is going to be the mother ship, so far, of 21st century sci-fi action drama thrillers.
Weekend starts early at Third Thursday
Culpeper Renaissance Inc. presents Big Ray and the Kool Kats, as part of the Third Thursday Summer Concert series, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Depot, Culpeper Downtown.
August 13, 2009
Idols make an impression
My friends and I joined thousands of other “arm chair judges” for American Idol Season 8 tour at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Aug. 4 to hear our favorite contestants perform.
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is a show that grows on you
Some plays are sublime and some merely ridiculous, but “Little Shop of Horrors,” when done satisfactorily, is sublimely ridiculous.
June 18, 2009
Jaws bursts onto silver screen
Great white slasher, Seven Samurai and Elvis screen for free this weekend in Packard Campus Theater on Mount Pony
‘Gentleman George’
In the world of country music he is often referred to as “King George” with over 50 No. 1 hits to his name, but when George Strait walked on stage at Nissan Pavilion Saturday, June 13, his countenance was that of a true southern gentleman, humble and gracious.
Love notes from Hades
Learning how to be dead, forgetting how to remember, listening to lectures from the grumpy stones — these are a few of my favorite things to do in Hades, in Sarah Ruhl’s funny, poetic, and oddly haunting “Eurydice.”
May 28, 2009
‘Arcadia:’ The Art of Sublime
Though the name refers to the Greek ideal of pastoral simplicity, the unusual beauty of Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” is anything but simple.
The mother of Hollywood
Special Mary Pickford screening Sunday in Mount Pony Theater
May 21, 2009
A soft and fuzzy ‘Game’
To charges that “The Pajama Game” is dated, I say yes.
Theater closed for Memorial Day
Special Mary Pickford show coming to LOC next Sunday
May 14, 2009
True believers and false prophets
Live Arts shows the 17th century is still relevant with ‘Tartuffe’
February 13, 2009
Little Big Town plays little club
Little Big Town plays the 9:30 Club
It’s just not one of a kind
‘He’s just not that into you” gets two stars
This ‘Little Dog’ is a wolverine
Signature Theatre extends ‘Little Dog’ to March 15
Enjoy the silence
Accomplished British musician brings life to ‘Dartmoor’
February 05, 2009
The doorway into the soul
Smokey eyes are new trend
For diversity and rarity, the ‘Emperor’ rules
Classic restored film playing at LOC
James has heart in ‘Paul Blart’
It might not be Oscar material, but it’s funny
An engaging performance
Rascal Flatts gives couple, little boy a concert they won’t forget

