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Chaos, paralysis at 1600

Puzder out Trump’s labor nominee withdraws amid rising Republican concerns 11

‘Weakest link’ Metro begins retiring 4000-series cars, the system’s least reliable 4

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Divisions, dysfunction and a series of crises have consumed the Trump White House, leaving GOP allies fearful they’re losing their chance for bold legislative action 11

Plan for peace? Trump calls on Israel’s Netanyahu to ‘hold back’ on settlements 8

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RUMOR HAS IT: Rumor, a 5-year-old German shepherd, poses for photos Tuesday after winning Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Rumor beat out 2,873 other dogs in the show.

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Husky and accomplices nearly pull off an epic prison break

Where do you hide a 1,000-pound chicken? That’s what sheriff’s deputies in Alexander County, N.C., are trying to figure out as they search for the concrete statue that disappeared from a chicken farm west of Taylorsville over the weekend. While the chicken may be heavy, it’s only 3 feet tall. Deputies think the statue was taken sometime between 8 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday from the driveway of the farm. (AP)

If you’re applying for a job at a police station, don’t drive to the interview drunk. Police in Manchester, England, grew suspicious when a would-be computer tech arrived for an interview with an “overpowering” odor of alcohol on his breath, The Huffington Post reported. He said he hadn’t been drinking that day but had shared a bottle of wine the previous night. He was charged with driving under the influence and pleaded guilty. (EXPRESS)

A Siberian husky at a Chinese animal hospital tried to stage a prison break by escaping its cage and freeing two other dogs, UPI reported Wednesday. Surveillance video showed the husky using its mouth to undo the latch on its cage and then two others. “We’ve been in the industry for six, seven years, [and no other dog] has opened the cage this way,” facility owner Cao Sheng said. The husky was stymied by a door with a pass-code lock. (EXPRESS)

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Immigrant workers plan to strike today

team off to voice their concerns.” Immigrants in D.C. and across the country plan to participate in the “Day Without Immigrants” boycott, a response to President Trump’s pledges to crack down on those in the country illegally, use “extreme vetting” and build a wall along the Mexican border. Organized via social media, the protest aims to show the president the effect immigrants have

PERRY STEIN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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D.C. has plenty of nods from James Beard The James Beard Foundation on Wednesday announced the semifinalists for its annual awards, and the D.C. region has more than two dozen contenders. Aaron Silverman’s Pineapple and Pearls, above, is in the running for best new restaurant, alongside Sweet Home Cafe at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. They’re joined in other categories by familiar faces, including chefs Fabio Trabocchi and Eric Ziebold, plus such restaurants as Jaleo and Rasika. Winners will be revealed May 1. (TWP)

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The number of passengers that Dulles and National airports served in 2016, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority reported Wednesday. With 23.6 million passengers served, Reagan National broke a record for the sixth consecutive year. International travel at Dulles grew for the 13th year. (EXPRESS)

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Celebrity chef Jose Andres says he’s closing some of his restaurants in the region today for a boycott.

in the country on a daily basis. The boycott calls for immigrants not to attend work, open their businesses, spend money or even send their children to school. The Washington region had the seventh-largest immigrant population in the country in 2010, with 21.8 percent of the population being foreign-born, according to a study from the Brookings Institution. Celebrity chef Jose Andres, an immigrant from Spain, announced on Twitter that he will be closing some of his restaurants in the region because of the boycott — three Jaleo restaurants, Zaytinya and Oyamel. Busboys and Poets owner Andy Shallal, an Iraqi immigrant and progressive activist, will also shut all six of his restaurants throughout the region. Many other restaurants in the region will close today. Those that remain open say they may not offer full menus because their suppliers could be affected by the boycott and they might not have a full kitchen staff.

Maybe they wanted some cash for Valentine’s Day gifts. But rather than taking out cash from an ATM, the thieves decided to take the whole machine. In two incidents Tuesday, an ATM was stolen from a Laurel-area store before thieves tried to take one from a store in another Maryland suburb of D.C. a few miles away. Police are trying to determine if the crimes are related. (TWP)

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REGION Colin McDonough will be working in the kitchen at the restaurant he owns today while nearly his entire kitchen staff is out for the day. McDonough said that to keep his restaurant open, he and a co-owner will flip burgers and make chicken wings themselves, sticking to the basic menu items they feel confident preparing. Most of the kitchen staff at McDonough’s Boundary Stone restaurant in D.C.’s Bloomingdale neighborhood is made up of immigrants who will be on strike today as part of the national “Day Without Immigrants” protest. “It will be a very limited menu because we are not as talented as the people who normally work there,” said McDonough, who will be paying the employees who participate in the boycott. “We just got together and decided together as a team that it was a good idea on our part to give our

JACQUELYN MARTIN (AP)

The protest is part of a nationwide ‘Day Without Immigrants’

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Metro begins to cut ‘weakest link’ trains

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Agency retires first of its 4000-series cars, least reliable in its fleet

FAIZ SIDDIQUI (THE WASHINGTON POST)

TRANSPORTATION As the truck pulled away from Greenbelt rail yard with car 4054, a dirty, dusty hunk of aluminum stripped of its Metro insignia, there was little of the nostalgia felt a year ago when the transit agency began retiring its original subway cars. “There he goes,” Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld deadpanned, slipping in a wry quip. “It’s a very emotional moment.” Metro’s clunky 4000 series, riddled with door, propulsion and brake problems and never treated to a midlife overhaul like earlier models, reached the end of its life Wednesday, as the agency began retiring the first cars in the troublesome fleet. The railcars, which began arriving in 1991, have been in service a quarter-century, but leave behind a legacy of stalled trains, maddening delays and the unsettling image of doors opening mid-ride. “There are really three things that need to work on a train for it to go,” said Dan Tangherlini, who served as interim Metro general manager in 2006. “The doors, the propulsion system and the brakes. And the 4000 series just had an inability to keep all three of those things going.”

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Metro’s 4000-series cars were introduced in 1991 to supplement the initial portion of the Green Line and have caused rider headaches since.

The cars, made by Italian manufacturer Breda — which made two earlier series still in service — cost about $1.3 million apiece and logged about a million-and-a-half miles each during their lifespan. The 100-car fleet was floated into service to supplement the initial portion of the Green Line when it opened in 1991. And while they carried Metro through the completion of the original system in 2001 — as ridership boomed — the series has had to be pulled from service at least three times since then, according to the agency. In 2010, the cars were grounded because of reports that doors were opening before trains reached the platform. Five years later, the fleet was yanked again

for the same problem. By January, the 4000-series trains were performing four times less reliably than the agency’s newest trains — its 7000 series — as measured by one metric, the “mean distance between delays.” Compared with new trains that were traveling 165,000 miles between delays, and the next newest model, which clocked in over 100,000 miles, the 4000-series trains were registering a meager 25,000 miles between delays. Simply put: “It’s the weakest link in the chain,” Wiedefeld said. “The sooner we get those off of here, the more 7000s we get on the system, the better for our customers,” Wiedefeld said. FAIZ SIDDIQUI (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Want to live by the Obamas? It’ll cost you. Want to become neighbors of the Obamas and Ivanka Trump in one of D.C.’s most exclusive enclaves, Kalorama, but don’t want the hassle of modernizing a historic home? You are in luck. The French Embassy is selling off part of the land where its ambassador lives for $5.6 million. The 0.58acre lot, above, is enough to build a mansion or up to five homes. It’s the first time in decades that a parcel of land with no home on it has been on the open market in the tony neighborhood. “The changes brought on by Obama have made the neighborhood feel a bit more exclusive,” said Alex Venditti of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. “It’s like a small gated community, with Secret Service patrolling between his house and Ivanka’s house.” (TWP)

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“In a time of division, we aspire to be a force of unity, growth and optimism for our city and our country.” KEVIN PLANK, founder and CEO of Under Armour, responding to criticism sparked by his recent positive comments about

President Trump, addressing the company’s hometown of Baltimore to stress values such as equal rights and diversity

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D.C. police make fourth arrest in July 4 slaying of a transgender woman

Maryland’s General Assembly on Wednesday approved a blanket authorization for state Attorney General Brian E. Frosh to sue the federal government, illustrating the eagerness of Democratic legislative leaders to challenge the Trump administration over undocumented immigrants, refugees, health care and other issues. Democrats, who control Maryland’s legislature, have noted concerns about potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act as reasons for expanding the attorney general’s powers. (TWP/AP)

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Nine in custody in slaying of Md. girl found in Va. A 15-year-old Gaithersburg girl who was slain in a gang-related case was held against her will and assaulted before she was killed in a Fairfax County park, police said Wednesday. Four adults and six juveniles are believed to have been involved in the murder of Damaris A. Reyes Rivas, police said. Nine suspects are in custody and have been charged with abduction and gang participation. Police said Reyes Rivas, who left her home in December, was likely killed around Jan. 8 in Springfield. Police found her body near Lake Accotink Park over the weekend. (TWP)

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Man gets 45-year term for fatal shooting of child A Maryland man who fatally shot a 3-year-old girl after firing into a townhouse full of women and children was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison, according to the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. Davon Wallace, 27, was convicted of second-degree murder in November in the death of Knijah Bibb. Prosecutors said Wallace recklessly fired into a house in Landover in 2014 after fighting over clothes with a teenager inside the home. (TWP)

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RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CALMNESS STUDY Doctors at the National Institutes of Health are looking for individuals who drink heavily and/or had a stressful childhood to participate in a study looking at the effect of alcohol abuse and early life stress on the ability to feel calm. Compensation may be provided. Contact 301-451-0690 or email niaaacgetresearch@mail.nih.gov Refer to study # 15-AA-0127

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Report: Bullying rife at Fairfax fire department Outside study follows suicide of firefighter, 31, harassed in web forum FAIRFAX COUNTY Bullying, harassment and discrimination are perceived to be problems in parts of the Fairfax County Fire Department, and nearly 40 percent of firefighters responding to a survey had experienced or witnessed it, according to a report released Wednesday. The analysis of the culture of the Fairfax County Fire Department was commissioned by the county in the wake of the highprofile suicide of firefighter Nicole Mittendorff, who was the subject of sexist and derogatory comments on a local web forum before her death in April. It

remains unclear who posted the remarks on the Fairfax Underground forum, or whether they played a role Mittendorff in Mittendorff’s suicide, but fire department officials have been exploring whether the messages might have been posted by her colleagues. The death of Mittendorff, 31, and a series of lawsuits by other female firefighters alleging discrimination and sexual harassment prompted questions about the treatment of women in the department and touched off a discussion nationally about the low number of women in firefighting and the problems they face. The 53-page report by a management consultant group found strong dedication and pride

among the Fairfax department’s 1,400 rank-and-file firefighters, but also issues with bullying, senior leadership and conflict management. A survey that accompanied the report found that 37 percent of respondents either experienced or witnessed bullying, harassment and discrimination, and some thought the issues need to be proactively addressed by the department and the county. The report also found there was dissatisfaction with the top ranks of the department. “Poor leadership behaviors are driving a negative culture,” the report found. “These behaviors include a lack of accountability, lack of integrity, lack of consistency and most importantly, a lack of trust.” JUSTIN JOUVENAL (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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‘Morning Joe’ bans Conway from show

Trump, who said he isn’t committed solely to a two-state peace plan, listens to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump urges Israeli PM to curtail settlements President sees avenue for him and friend ‘Bibi’ to broker a peace plan POLITICS President Trump directly called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to curtail Jewish home building in the West Bank, as he predicted that he can help broker an end to the decades-long IsraeliPalestinian conflict. “I’d like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit,” Trump said as he welcomed Netanyahu to the White House for their first meeting since the Republican president took office. “We’ll work something out.”

In his most extensive remarks about the chances for peace in the Middle East, Trump said he “could live with” either a separate Palestinian state or a unitary state as a peaceful outcome. “I want the one that both parties want,” he said. The comments signal a significant departure from past U.S. policy supporting the goal of an independent Palestine alongside Israel. Both Republican and Democratic presidents have backed a future Palestine on West Bank land that is now mostly under Israeli military occupation. “I would like to see a deal be made. I think a deal will be made,” Trump said. “I know that every president would like to. Most of

them have not started until late, because they never thought it was possible, and it wasn’t possible because they didn’t do it. “But Bibi and I have known each other a long time,” Trump continued, using the leader’s nickname. “Smart man. Great negotiator. And I think we’re going to make a deal. It might be a bigger and better deal than people in this room even understand. “So let’s see what we do,” Trump said to Netanyahu. “Let’s try,” Netanyahu replied, but he did not look pleased. Both leaders indicated that they are now open to new ideas outside of a two-state solution.

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski said Wednesday that she refuses to book Kellyanne Conway on “Morning Joe” — and that wasn’t even the harshest thing Brzezinski and co-host Joe Scarborough said about the counselor to the president. “I don’t believe in fake news or information that is not true,” Brzezinski said. “Every time I’ve ever seen her on television, something’s askew, off or incorrect.” Even more damning was the way the hosts characterized Conway as an attention seeker who texts TV producers in a constant effort to get on air, with Scarborough adding that she’s not even in any of the key White House meetings. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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“Americans cannot care more for your children’s future security than you do.” U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY JIM MATTIS, speaking to NATO on Wednesday. He told the group’s 27 other defense ministers to start increasing defense spending by year’s end or the Trump administration will “moderate its commitment” to them.

Former Vice President Joe Biden elected chair of National Constitution Center

Congress votes to block Obama gun control rule POLITICS Congress on Wednesday sent President Trump legislation blocking an Obama-era rule designed to keep guns out of the hands of certain mentally disabled people. On a vote of 57-43, the Senate backed the resolution, just one of several early steps by the Republican-led Congress to undo regulations implemented by former President Barack Obama. The House had passed the measure earlier this year. The White House has signaled that Trump will sign the legislation. The Obama rule would have prevented an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm. It was crafted as part of Obama’s efforts to strengthen the federal background check system after the 2012 massacre of 20 students and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The shooter had a variety of impairments. The rule required that the Social Security Administration provide names of beneficiaries with mental impairment who have a third party managing their benefits. But lawmakers, with the backing of the National Rifle Association and advocacy groups for the disabled, opposed the regulation. The American Civil Liberties Union said the rule advanced a harmful stereotype that people with mental disabilities are violent. KEVIN FREKING (AP)

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EU: More migrants dying on key route close to Libya, more people die as smuggling rings pack ever more people onto tiny dinghies and push them out toward the open sea, believing they’ll be rescued if necessary. Leggeri said the recorded number of drownings on the route in 2016, which might be much less than the true loss of life, was 4,579. The total was 2,869 in 2015 and 3,161 in 2014. A Frontex report said smugglers have grown more bold and reckless, knowing that rescue

EMILIO MORENATTI (AP)

IMMIGRATION Migrant deaths have risen to a record level on the Libya-to-Italy smuggling route on the Mediterranean Sea, and the increasing number of rescue boats trying to prevent mass drownings might actually be helping the smugglers, the European Union’s border and coast guard chief said Wednesday. Frontex’s Fabrice Leggeri said authorities face a “sad paradox,” for as the international community sends more rescue ships

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More rescue boats entice smugglers to pack refugees, above, ever tighter.

boats will be right on the edge of Libya’s territorial waters. “Dangerous crossings on unseaworthy and overloaded vessels were organized with the main purpose of being detected” by military, EU or civilian

UAE ambassador wounded in Jan. 10 Kandahar, Afghanistan, bombing claimed by Taliban dies

vessels ready to pluck desperate migrants out of the water if necessary, the report said, adding that those trying the dangerous voyage were “aware of and rely on humanitarian assistance to reach the EU.” RAF CASERT (AP)

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The proportion of drivers ages 19 to 24 who admitted to texting behind the wheel, running a red light or speeding in the last 30 days, according to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. More mature motorists also skirted the rules: 10 percent of drivers ages 60 to 74 reported texting or sending email from behind the wheel. (AP)

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Woman held in slaying of Kim’s half-brother KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA Malaysian police arrested a woman Wednesday in the apparent assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the exiled half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. His death, which reportedly came after an attack by two female assassins at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, set off waves of speculation over whether North Korea had dispatched a hit squad to kill him. The woman arrested was carrying Vietnamese travel documents bearing the name Doan

Thi Huong, and she was arrested at the airport’s budget terminal, where Kim Jong Nam, 46, was attacked. It was not immediately clear whether the passport was genuine. She was identified using earlier surveillance video from the airport, police said. Police said they were hunting for more suspects. No further details were released. Malaysia started an autopsy Wednesday to determine the cause of death. But a Malaysian government official, who demanded anonymity because of the case’s sensitivity, said North

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Korea objected to the procedure because it wanted the body back. But the Malaysian official said the autopsy was continuing nevertheless. South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, said Wednesday that North Korea had been trying for five years to kill Kim Jong Nam, citing a “genuine” attempt in 2012, according to lawmakers who briefed reporters on a closeddoor meeting with the spy officials. The NIS has a history of botching intelligence on North Korea. EILEEN NG (AP)

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Aurora proves too distracting for tourists

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India launches scores of nano satellites from a single rocket

SRIHARIKOTA, INDIA | Onlookers watch as the Indian Space Research Organization successfully launches a record 104 nano satellites (each less than 22 pounds) from a single rocket Tuesday. Of the satellites deployed, 96 were from clients in the United States, three from India and five from other nations.

The northern lights are one of nature’s more awe-inspiring displays and are on many folks’ bucket list. Iceland is one of the best places to catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis, so many tourists go there, hoping to see the show. Iceland’s police have just one request: Do not watch and drive. The BBC reports that twice recently, police in southern Iceland have pulled over vehicles that were driving erratically, suspicious that the driver was drunk. Both times, however, the driver was sober in terms of alcohol, but intoxicated by the light show high above. In one case, police advised the driver to “park the vehicle if he wanted to keep on gazing at the sky.” Iceland Magazine calls the condition “driving under the influence of the Aurora.” (EXPRESS)

OXYGEN DECLINE IN OCEAN

The estimated decline in ocean oxygen content worldwide from 1960 to 2010, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. This is the first time ocean oxygen loss — a long-predicted result of climate change — has been shown on a global scale. Ocean oxygen is vital to marine organisms. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Military commander in Jordan: ISIS expanding its influence in border camp for Syrians

Pope Francis insisted Wednesday that indigenous groups must give prior consent to any economic activity affecting their ancestral lands. Francis met with representatives of indigenous peoples at a U.N. agricultural meeting. Francis has frequently spoken about the plight of native tribes in resisting economic development that threatens their lands. (AP) TECHNOLOGY

Yahoo warning users of ‘forged-cookie’ attack Yahoo is warning users of potentially malicious activity on their accounts in 2015 and 2016, the latest development in the company’s investigation of a mega-breach that exposed 1 billion users’ data several years ago. Yahoo said Wednesday that it was notifying users of a “forged-cookie” incident — which could jeopardize the security of online accounts — but did not say how many were affected. (AP) MILITARY

Russia missile report concerns NATO leader NATO’s chief said Wednesday the military alliance is reviewing U.S. intelligence reports that Russia violated a 1987 treaty by deploying a cruise missile. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said “any noncompliance of Russia with the INF [Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces] Treaty would be a serious concern for the alliance.” (AP) IRAQ

U.N. pauses aid efforts in eastern areas of Mosul The U.N. said Wednesday it was temporarily pausing aid operations to some neighborhoods in the eastern half of Mosul as attacks by the Islamic State group continue to inflict heavy civilian casualties. Iraqi forces drove ISIS from eastern Mosul, but some areas continue to be attacked from the west. (AP)

French President Francois Hollande calls for more cybersecurity for upcoming election

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Crises consume Trump GOP wonders when new administration will find time to implement the party’s priorities

Embattled pick for Labor opts to withdraw

ANDREW HARNIK (AP)

POLITICS Less than a month into President Trump’s tenure, the White House is beset by a crush of crises. Divisions, dysfunction and high-profile exits have left the young administration nearly paralyzed and allies wondering how it will reboot. The bold policy moves that marked Trump’s first days in office have slowed to a crawl. A week after after the administration’s signature travel ban was struck down by a federal court, the White House is still struggling to regroup and outline its next move on that signature issue. It’s also been a week since Trump — who promised unprecedented levels of immediate action — has announced a major policy directive or legislative plan. His team is riven by division and plagued by distractions. This week alone, controversy has forced out both his top national security aide and his pick for labor secretary. “Another day in paradise,” Trump quipped Wednesday after his meeting with retailers was interrupted by reporters’ questions about links between his campaign staff and Russian officials. Fellow Republicans have begun voicing their frustration and anxiety that the Trump White House will derail their high hopes for legislative action. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota on Wednesday demanded that the White House “get past the launch stage.” “There are things we want to get done here, and we want to have a clear-eyed focus on our agenda, and this constant disruption and drumbeat with these questions that keep being

Bold policy moves that characterized President Trump’s first days in office have slowed to a crawl this week.

raised is a distraction,” he said. Sen. John McCain of Arizona blasted the White House’s approach to national security as “dysfunctional,” asking, “Who is in charge? I don’t know of anyone outside of the White House who knows.” Such criticism from allies is rare during what is often viewed as a honeymoon period for a new president. But Trump, an outsider who campaigned almost as much against his party as for it, has only a tiny reservoir of good will to protect him. Officials have begun trying to change some tactics, and some scenery, with the hope of steadying the ship. The White House announced Wednesday that Trump, who has often mentioned how much he loves adoring crowds and affirmation from his supporters, would hold a campaignstyle rally in Florida on Saturday, the first of his term. The event, according to White

Suicide bombings kill 6 in northwestern Pakistan

Trump blames media President Trump criticized the intelligence community and the media Wednesday for the news reports that ultimately led to national security adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation Monday night. “I think he’s been treated very, very unfairly by the media — as I call it, the ‘fake media,’ in many cases — and I think it’s really a sad thing that he was treated so badly,” Trump said at a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump added that “things are being leaked” and that the leaks are a “criminal act.” (THE WASHINGTON POST)

House press secretary Sean Spicer, was being “run by the campaign” and it is listed on Trump’s largely dormant 2016 campaign website. Pinballing from one crisis to the next is not unprecedented, particularly for a White House

still finding its footing. But the disruptions that have swirled around Trump achieved hurricane force early and have not let up. On Wednesday, his choice for labor secretary, fast food CEO Andy Puzder, withdrew his nomination, as the administration continued to navigate the fallout from the forced resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn’s departure marked the return of an issue Trump is not likely to move past quickly. The president’s relationship with Moscow will continue to be scrutinized and investigated. “When you are the White House, every day is a crisis. Crisis is routine,” said Ari Fleischer, who was President George W. Bush’s first press secretary. “But when they all come right on top of each other, particularly at the start of an administration, it starts to create the feeling that they don’t know how to run the place.” JONATHAN LEMIRE (AP)

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POLITICS Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s choice to serve as the next labor secretary, withdrew his nomination Wednesday amid growing resistance in the Senate. “I am honored to have been considered by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Labor and put America’s workers and businesses back on a path to sustainable prosperity,” Puzder said in a statement. In the hours leading up to his withdrawal, 12 Republican senators “at a minimum” were withholding support, according to one GOP senator, who asked for anonymity. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had told the White House that Puzder lacked the votes needed to win confirmation, according to a senior Senate aide. Puzder, a restaurant executive and Trump campaign supporter, had attracted widespread criticism regarding his business record and personal background (he had a rancorous divorce more than 25 years ago). Many Senate Republicans balked at supporting him in part over taxes he belatedly paid on a former housekeeper not authorized to work in the U.S. Puzder — who has spent much of his career speaking out against wage and labor regulations — also faced Democrat-led attacks over his remarks about women and workers at his company, which owns Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. (AP/THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Beal trendy pick to take Love’s spot

Baker confident that ‘somebody always emerges’ for key role MLB Dusty Baker did not name a closer Tuesday when he met with reporters for the first time this spring. He did not outline a specific process by which he will choose one, nor even declare an outright competition, either. “Without a real, bona fide closer, s omebody a lways emerges,” Baker said. While he doesn’t yet know who will close, Baker reiterated that he won’t deploy a closer-bycommittee, “because when the phone rings I want guys to know, mentally, when they might be in the game.” Baker conceded that Blake Treinen and Shawn Kelley could pitch the ninth — or “somewhere back there” — but outlined concerns about each of them.

He would not rule out Koda Glover, but wondered aloud if the young right-hander “might be too bold.” Baker admitted that righthander Joe Nathan, who is 42 and has 377 saves, intrigues him. And Baker said another closing candidate could be on the way, because “who knows? Something else might be in the works.” Kelley has the typical closer’s repertoire, high-strikeout stuff and a long track record of missing bats. But in 191 /3 innings of ninth-inning work, Kelley pitched to a 6.05 ERA with a 7.25 strikeout-to-walk ratio. In the 35 innings he threw in the seventh and eighth innings, Kelley pitched to a 0.77 ERA with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 9.6. Most concerning, Kelley, 32, has twice had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. “He seems a likely candidate, but we have to see — can his arm sustain?” Baker said.

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Nats’ strategy for closer is wait and see Clockwise from top left, Shawn Kelley, Blake Treinin, Joe Nathan and Koda Glover are all under consideration to earn the Nationals’ closer job.

What about Treinen? The right-hander with can’t-miss stuff struggled in 2015, both with pressure and lefties. He seemed to fix both in 2016, when lefthanded hitters hit .221 against him, and righties hit .225. In “high-leverage” situations — which baseball-reference.com defines as moments in which win probability can change dramatically — Treinen held opponents to a .194 batting average. But Baker said he would be cautious about making Treinin, 28, a closer before he’s ready. Glover’s candidacy will be tied to his health. Late last season, he

pitched through what he learned later was a torn labrum in his hip, one that could have been repaired surgically but that he chose to rehabilitate this winter. Glover allowed runs in just two of his first nine appearances in the majors. But he gave up runs in five of his last seven appearances, all of which came with pain in his hip. Glover’s high-90s fastball, developing arsenal and seemingly endless self-assurance make the 23-year-old a classic closer in the making — as long as last year’s struggles, or injuries, do not linger. CHELSEA JANES

John Wall was the only Wizards player originally selected to the NBA All-Star Game this weekend in New Orleans, but there’s still a chance one of his teammates could join him. Cavaliers forward Kevin Love is out with a knee injury, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will announce his replacement. In a Wednesday interview with ESPN, Wall said it should be Beal, who is averaging a careerhigh 22.3 points per game and shooting 40 percent from 3-point range. TNT analyst Reggie Miller and six of eight NBA.com writers polled agreed that Beal should get the nod. Warriors guard Klay Thompson told CSN this week that Beal is “very deserving.” (TWP)

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Audi acquires naming rights to proposed stadium D.C. United has struck a deal with Audi for naming rights to the proposed stadium in Southwest Washington near Nationals Park. Audi Field would display the German automaker’s name and logo throughout the 20,000-capacity venue that D.C. United hopes to open in 2018. Terms were not disclosed, but most teams get a few million dollars per year for naming rights. Sources say the deal is for at least 12 years. (TWP)

U.S. women’s soccer captain Carli Lloyd, 34, signs with English champion Manchester City

Wizards play at Pacers tonight (7, CSN), return from All-Star break Feb. 24 at 76ers

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Capitals get Gilbert in trade with Kings Washington has traded a conditional fifth-round pick to Los Angeles in exchange for Tom Gilbert. The defenseman cleared waivers earlier this month and will report to the Capitals’ minor league affiliate in Hershey, Pa. The Kings are retaining 20 percent of Gilbert’s $1.4 million salary, and the conditions on the 2017 pick are that the Capitals get past the second round of the playoffs and that Gilbert play in at least half the postseason games. Otherwise, Los Angeles will get nothing in return. Gilbert is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. The move provides insurance in case of injuries to Washington’s defense. Gilbert, 34, posted five points this season in 18 games with the Kings. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Mets to return to Army for final exhibition of year

Cardinals’ Reyes is out for Tommy John surgery

For the first time in 33 years, the New York Mets will visit West Point, N.Y., to play Army in an exhibition game. The club announced Wednesday that the game will be at 3 p.m. March 31 at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field. The contest will be the Mets’ final exhibition game before the start of their season, which begins April 3 at Citi Field against the Atlanta Braves. The exhibition game will be the ninth between Army and the Mets at West Point and first since 1984. On May 6, 1963, the Mets beat the Black Knights 3-0 in their first game at West Point. (TWP)

Cardinals pitcher Alex Reyes, 22, needs season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right arm. General Manager John Mozeliak confirmed the diagnosis Wednesday after an MRI. Reyes didn’t throw his scheduled bullpen session Tuesday because of a sore elbow. On Aug. 9, Reyes made his major league debut and was 4-1 with a 1.57 ERA in five starts and seven relief appearances. His fastball averaged more than 97 mph. A candidate to start, Reyes had been feeling soreness before camp. He also expected to pitch for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. (AP)

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American Legends From sports to entertainment to politics, celebrate some of America’s biggest names this Presidents’ Day weekend. Thursdays at Noon: Portrait Spotlight Thursday, Feb. 16 Discuss baseball legend Babe Ruth with historian James Barber.

Presidential Family Fun Day Saturday, Feb. 18, 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Bring your family and celebrate commanders-in-chief with games, music, and more. It’s one of the last chances to see the “America’s Presidents” exhibition before it closes for renovations! In partnership with President Lincoln’s Cottage.

Artist Talk: John Hasse Sunday, Feb. 19, 3 p.m. Learn about photography and jazz with musician and former curator John Hasse, who will discuss the work of his friend, jazz photographer Herman Leonard.

Smithsonian 8th and F St. NW • Washington, DC 20001 • npg.si.edu Wife Stands by Babe and Deﬁes Accuser by Underwood and Underwood, 1925. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC Sarah Vaughan by Herman Leonard, 1949. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Herman Leonard Photography, LLC

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The Staycationer digs into a garden of wonders in D.C. 20

Comedian Jamie Lee tries to make wedding planning less ridiculous 18

The Smithsonian tells the story of Japanese-American internment 21

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Meet the first woman in charge of craft beer at Pizzeria Paradiso

BARS Pizzeria Paradiso owner Ruth Gresser has always been an advocate for gender equality in the restaurant world. Now, for the first time in the company’s 25-year history, her craft beercentric restaurants will have a woman in charge of the beer program. Drew McCormick, the assista nt beverage director for the Paradiso locations in

Georgetown, Dupont Circle and Old Town Alexandria, is taking over the role of executive beer director from Josh Fernands, who’s moving to Maine. McCormick, who has been with the company since 2013, will be in charge of filling the dozens of draft lines and bottle lists at all three bars, as well as coming up with the calendar of special events. It’s still relatively rare, especially at high-profile beer bars, to see a woman leading a beer program. “For me, being a woman in the beer industry is going to shape a lot of what I

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There’s a new face behind the bar

New Pizzeria Paradiso beverage director Drew McCormick’s latest beer obsession is the gruit style.

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do,” McCormick says. She was the driving force behind both the “Ladies’ Night” at Paradiso last September that featured beers from breweries that were owned by women or had prominent female brewers and the happy hour the restaurant hosted after last month’s Women’s March, which raised money for the League of Women Voters. McCormick’s favorite beer styles run the gamut and include hoppy IPAs and traditional English ales. Her “most recent passion project,” she says, is gruit, the ancient style of beer flavored with a mixture of herbs instead

of hops. On Feb. 1, she organized a celebration of International Gruit Day at Paradiso with nine gruits on tap. “I like to really nerd out about things,” she says. And that, Gresser says, is why McCormick was the first person she thought of for the job. “She has so much energy and brings a new, youthful perspective while still having that beer knowledge,” Gresser says. “She’s interested in things on the fringe, even within the craft beer industry. I like the idea that her interests are in the more esoteric and unique stuff.” FRITZ HAHN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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up front Future Jiffy Lube Live, May 11, $26-$99.50.

On Tuesday, Future announced that his new self-titled album would drop on Friday, and the rapper is going on tour to celebrate. Migos, Tory Lanez and Kodak Black will open the show. GET TICKETS: Friday at noon through Live Nation.

Sturgill Simpson Merriweather Post Pavilion, Sept. 15, $40-$59.50.

Fresh off a performance and trophy win at Sunday’s Grammys, Sturgill Simpson continues his extended tour behind the country-meets-soul album “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth.” GET TICKETS: Thursday at 10 a.m. using Ticketfly.

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Though Metallica’s Grammy moment with Lady Gaga was marred by technical problems, we don’t expect any issues for the metal band’s “WorldWired” stadium tour. GET TICKETS: Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Merriweather, June 30, $40-$55.

After co-headlining the Columbia, Md., amphitheater last summer with Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell returns to support his just-finished followup to 2015’s “Something More Than Free.” The Mountain Goats open. GET TICKETS: Friday at 10 a.m. via Ticketfly. RUDI GREENBERG (EXPRESS)

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Presidents Day freebies If you have Presidents Day off on Monday, you can make the most of celebrating the Founding Fathers. Mount Vernon, George Washington’s grand estate and plantation on the Potomac River, is holding a rare free open house all day. And at 1 p.m., Alexandria kicks off its annual George Washington Birthday Parade, a mile-long procession through the streets of Old Town featuring bands, horses, community groups and more. JOHN TAYLOR (THE WASHINGTON POST).

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Take this wife’s advice — please! Before you say ‘I do,’ follow comedian Jamie Lee’s ‘Weddiculous’ tips for planning your own nuptials

Comedian Jamie Lee is not a wedding expert. But that didn’t stop her from writing a book about the subject. “I consider myself someone who went through it and is willing to share the highs and the lows,” Lee says. Using her April 2016 nuptials as an example, Lee wrote “Weddiculous” as a how-to guide, dispelling many of the myths marketed by what she calls Big Bridal and offering helpful do’s and don’ts gleaned from her experience. Now Lee — a veteran of MTV’s advice show “Girl Code,” host of the podcast “Best of the Worst” and a writer for Judd Apatow’s new HBO series “Crashing” — is on her “Weddiculous” stand-up comedy tour, which lands at the DC Improv this weekend and features the book’s co-writer, comedian Jacqueline Novak. RUDI GREENBERG (EXPRESS)

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weekendpass You write that your wedding was everything you hoped it would be. Do you still feel that way? I do. It was a really special time. I will say the thing that I really cling to the most is less the wedding and more just being able to get everyone I know together in the same space. A lot of my memory stems from conversations I had just bumping into them in the hotel. The wedding itself is less of a vivid memory.

all of the resources available to new brides — Pinterest, The Knot, Modern Bride — they really sweep all of the underbelly elements under the rug and then you’re just left with gorgeous centerpieces and gorgeous dresses. That’s why I felt compelled to write the book because there needs to be some kind of resource that tells people they’re not alone and also allows them to laugh at how ridiculous all this is.

What most surprised you about the process of planning a wedding? I was initially excited and then the drama started and I really did not think that was something I was going to have to do deal with. You don’t feel normal when you’re going through it. You really feel like an outcast because

The book puts the onus on the reader to figure out what means the most to them. The frustrating thing is that no amount of money is going to ensure perfection. You think it will … but the wedding market is a racket, so you’re going to be spending more and not necessarily getting the quality you

“All of the resources available to new brides … sweep all of the underbelly elements under the rug.” think you should get. And I think that’s what actually breeds the bridezilla thing. We talk about in the book how we really don’t like the term “bridezilla” because it’s like calling an opinionated woman pushy or mouthy or something. It’s almost a less offensive slur. You are spending so much and it’s still not ensuring the quality that you would think it would ensure, and that makes people lose their mind.

You’re not a wedding expert, you’re just someone who had one. Does that makes you as qualified to write a wedding book as a so-called expert? I in no way consider myself an expert. I’ve talked to friends after they had their weddings and they’ll say, “Oh my god, it was so fun! It was the best, wasn’t it?” And then there’s an awkward pause and we both take prolonged sips of water: “The photographer, though, let’s talk about that.” There’s something that they’re holding on to that they feel like they can’t say right away because it’s almost admitting defeat, and I think because I do stand-up comedy it’s very easy for me to lash out and explore those flaws. So I think in that way I am a good candidate for writing this book because I’m kind of taking

one for the team. Most people are like it’s too uncomfortable to discuss and confront, but I’m all about confronting it. To be clear: That’s the only thing that makes me more qualified. Anyone who’s gone through this can do it. Since this is your “Weddiculous” comedy tour, is your stand-up material wedding-heavy? The wedding stuff is where I start and then it links into other things: I talk about my bachelorette party, I talk about going to Vegas. It’s a throughline, but it’s not to the point where if you’re not married you’re not going to enjoy it.

DC Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW; Fri, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m., Sat., 7 & 9:30 p.m., Sun., 7 p.m., $20 (VIP: $42, with signed book).

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On a particularly gloomy winter afternoon, with the sky the color of dryer lint, I yearned for the humid, green breath of plants. So I went to the U.S. Botanic Garden, a cathedral-like greenhouse just southwest of the Capitol, walked into the Garden Court — the first of a series of greenhouse rooms — and inhaled deeply. Ahh, the sweet smell of … chlorine? “They just shocked the fountains,” I overheard a volunteer tell a visiting school group. Even with chlorine, the Botanic Garden’s indoor courtyard provides a welcome respite from winter for all sorts of Washingtonians. On the Thursday afternoon I visited, two men wearing what appeared to be congressional lapel pins chatted quietly on a bench, while a young woman worked on her knitting nearby. A weathered woman with a collapsible shopping cart stood gazing at a turquoise pool of water fringed with pink and purple flowers. Once I got my fill of this lovely scene, I headed to the Garden Primeval, to marvel at the Botanic Garden’s

re-creation of a Jurassic landscape, where ferns and mosses dominated before the rise of flowering plants. There, I ran into the tail end of a noontime tour. “Look among the ferns over here — you can see there’s a little dinosaur,” said a volunteer, gesturing toward an unusual garden ornament. “If you come back and visit us again, I’m sure it will be full-grown.” Brimming with a passion for plants, the tour guide led us back into the Garden Court, but I didn’t mind backtracking. With her help, plants and shrubbery that I had previously passed by revealed themselves to be resourceful survivors, making strategic alliances with alien species — or eating them alive. “The plants over here all found themselves in nitrogenpoor soil,” she said, explaining how plants in the legume family have developed nodules on their roots that house bacteria that turn nitrogen from the air into something that plants — and their neighbors — can use. Then the guide drew our attention to a pitcher plant, which secretes sugar and protein on the rim of its jugshaped leaves to lure insects to

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Flora vacation: In the garden of garden-y delights

U.S. Botanic Garden pro tip | The guided weekday lunchtime tours are tops. a gruesome death. “If you look into a pitcher in the wild, you’ll see a lot of black skeletons from the insects they’ve digested.” “Gross,” I said. The tour guide ignored me and continued to regale us with disgusting pitcher plant facts. “In Borneo, there’s a huge pitcher plant that attracts tree shrews, which lick the sugar from the rims and then poop into the pitcher, which provides nitrogen for the plant. Some people call them ‘shrew toilets,’ ” she said at the tour’s conclusion. Thirsty for more plant facts, I loitered in the courtyard until the 2 p.m. tour — led by a

different volunteer — started up. “I don’t want to lecture at you,” my new tour guide said. “I want you to share your own experiences. Tell me about your relationships with plants, good and bad.” “Have you met anyone who’s had a bad relationship with a plant?” I said. “Not yet,” she said. The volunteer walked us to a strange-looking tree with yellow pods jutting from its trunk. “This is a cocoa plant,” she said. “It’s where chocolate comes from.” Then she pointed out a huge vine, which turned out to be that of the vanilla orchid. Suddenly, I noticed the whole garden court was overflowing with tropical fruit: Papayas, bananas and oranges hung heavily from their respective trees, ripe and delicious-looking. “Who gets to eat the fruit?” I

asked, salivating. “It’s federal property,” she said. “Don’t touch.” All the fruit they grow ends up getting composted or sent to other botanic gardens for propagation, the tour guide explained. “We don’t even get to eat it,” she said. Suddenly famished, but hesitant to commit a federal crime, I decided it was time for me to face the winter once again. So I peeled off of the tour and headed for the door. I know I missed a lot — the tropical rainforest room, for instance — but that would have to wait for another day. I was craving salad, and a quick Google search showed a Sweetgreen just a half-mile away. Plants may be clever and sometimes even deadly, but this round goes to the vegetarian with a smartphone. In two weeks, The Staycationer hits the National Postal Museum.

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Sobering pieces of history

RICHARD STRAUSS PHOTOS (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY)

EXHIBITS As President Trump continues to make news with his executive orders, a new National Museum of American History exhibit reminds us of one particularly memorable — and damaging — such order enacted by Franklin Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942. Signed two months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Executive Order 9066 resulted in the imprisonment of more than 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast of the U.S., two-thirds of whom were American citizens. The executive order didn’t specify Japanese-Americans as the target; rather, it gave the War Department the authority to remove from designated military zones anyone considered a threat to the U.S. People of Japanese heritage living on the West Coast were feared to be spies for the Axis powers and transported to “accommodations” set up by the military. “West Coast zones were seen as vulnerable for attack by Japan, so [the military] created a zone of exclusion” and kicked Japanese and Japanese-American residents out of it, says Jennifer Locke Jones, curator of “Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II.”

To mark the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the National Museum of American History will host its annual Day of Remembrance ceremony Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. The event will feature a discussion with former internees. For more information, go to americanhistory.si.edu/ day-of-remembrance.

Junwo “Jimmy” Yamashita wore this uniform while serving in the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a unit made up entirely of Japanese-Americans, many of them from the internment camps. Yamashita and two fellow company members were awarded the French Legion of Honor Medal in 2014.

Jingo Takeuchi made these Mickey Mouse sandals for his son Goro while their family was imprisoned at the Topaz camp in Santa Fe, N.M. More than 11,000 people were processed through Topaz between 1942 and 1945.

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“The hysteria of a two-front war led to the executive order, and the military determined who it would exclude and remove.” Japanese-American families living in California, western Washington state, western Oregon and southern Arizona were rounded up and shipped off to internment camps further inland, where they lived under strict supervision until the war ended — and in some cases, up to a year afterward. “No charges were ever brought, and no one was ever found guilty of espionage,” Jones says of the internees, who were all effectively treated like spies during the war. Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the exhibit is bookended by a display of the original fateful document and the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which issued an official apology and granted reparations. In between are more than 100 objects from the museum’s collection, and items newly

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acquired from the families of the internees. These include official documents concerning the “evacuations,” birth and death certificates, family photos, ID tags, school yearbooks, newspapers, war medals and handmade art from various camps. One particularly memorable object is a box containing several hand-carved wooden birds, made by Sadao Oka from Monterey, Calif., while he was interned at the Poston camp in Arizona. Many internees — especially those too young or too old to work in the camps — found themselves spending hours on arts and crafts. “The older generation had a popular bird-carving workshop,” says museum specialist Noriko Sanefuji, who helped acquire many of the objects for the collection, including the bird box. “The birds are made from scrap wood and inspired by books and magazines. The focus on birds is symbolic for people who don’t have their freedom.” Many of these carved birds became buttons and pins, and boys in the camp would give them to their girlfriends as gifts. “The exhibition is about how life goes on,” Jones says. “You can’t right a wrong; you can only redress it.” ELENA GOUKASSIAN (FOR EXPRESS) National Museum of American History, 1400 Constitution Ave. NW; Fri. through Feb. 20, 2018, free.

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Here’s looking at me

‘Self-Portrait With Stars,’ Jerome Skiscim Skiscim created this work by layering objects on a piece of photographic paper, painting it with chemicals and then exposing it to light, a process known as chemography. The rectangles with the geometric shapes inside (created with stickers and stencils) represent the analytical, digital realm, he says. “To me, it looks like math or logic.” The circle at the top represents a more organic, spiritual existence. The background, which Skiscim created by applying cooking spray before the photography chemicals, “represents the noise of the world and the noise of your thoughts,” he says.

D.C. ARTISTS PROBE A PHENOMENON WITH THE EXHIBIT ‘SELFIE: ME, MYSELF, AND US’ When drunk Australian Nathan “Hopey” Hope fell and bit through his lip in 2002, he didn’t know he was about to make linguistic history. “Sorry about the focus, it was a selfie,” he wrote on an online forum alongside a photo of his injury — the first known use of the term on record. “Selfies are ubiquitous and unavoidable. They’re everywhere,” says D.C.-based artist Brendan L. Smith. That’s why he and seven other local artists decided to put together a show exploring the practice, “Selfie: Me, Myself, and Us.” “Selfies raise interesting ideas about identity and how we project this false concept of ourselves online,” he says. Don’t look for glamorous Kim Kardashian-style pics in this exhibit, which opened Saturday and features multiple pieces from each participant. The artists — many of whom avoid social media — explore self-presentation and virtual worlds through sculpture, abstract painting and collage. One contributor, Jerome Skiscim, had never taken a selfie until a week before the show opened, when he needed a photo of himself to promote an artist talk. “I took 10 or 12 of them before I got something decent,” he says. “It’s the most awkward thing I’ve ever done.” SADIE DINGFELDER (EXPRESS) Flashpoint Gallery, 916 G St. NW; through March 11, free.

‘Selfie With Lips,’ Megan Maher Maher’s piece is a mixed-media self-portrait. “I lived in rural Indiana for a little bit as a kid, so I included a contour map of the county I lived in,” she says. She studied her lips closely before drawing them. “I was noticing all the cracks and lines that have shown up now, so I drew those, but then I also drew some [more lips] on a day when I was wearing lip balm, when the lines were filled in. It kind of reinforces what we do with our selfies on social media — taking photos over and over and trying to hide our imperfections.”

‘Etch A Sketch Bust,’ Michael Booker

‘Humanity Digitized,’ Brendan L. Smith Smith’s sculpture uses technology from a variety of eras to show how the urge to capture one’s image has spanned centuries. “There’s a Brownie camera from the ’50s as the head, and around the body there are a bunch of old tintype photos and cellphone circuit boards.” Taken together, the figurine captures “the idea that this human form is becoming a computer,” he says. “Eventually, maybe we just become our digital selves, like [in] ‘Tron.’ ”

Booker wanted to juxtapose the ephemeral with the eternal, so he painted the image of a marble bust as it might appear on an Etch A Sketch. “With an Etch A Sketch, you shake it and it’s gone, while marble sculptures are supposed to last forever,” he says. Both art forms, as well as selfies, represent an ultimately impossible quest to freeze time. “Even the bust is going to crumble eventually,” he says.

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Sometimes you want more than cheap happy-hour wings and nachos after work. Maybe you’re trying to impress a date without breaking the bank, or you’ve decided to swear off fried food. Whatever your reason, check out these upscale-restaurant happy hours that go above and beyond, offering delicious food at great prices. EMILY CODIK, FRITZ HAHN AND BECKY KRYSTAL (THE WASHINGTON POST) Alta Strada 465 K St. NW; Mondays-Fridays, 3-7 p.m.; Fridays & Saturdays, 11 p.m.-1 a.m.

Goodies you can feel good about buying

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If you can grab two neighboring stools at Alta Strada’s classy, light-filled bar, you’re in for a very affordable date night. Start with a cocktail — a well-made boulevardier ($8), a classic Americano ($6) or just a glass of prosecco or Lambrusco ($6) — and then order a snack, perhaps the crunchy fried meatballs ($8). The menu includes two $7 pizzas (traditional margherita or sauce-free bianca), which can be customized with such $1 toppings as ’nduja, prosciutto, fried Brussels sprouts and broccoli rabe. You can come up with some interesting concoctions for about half the price of the pies on the dinner menu. Alta Strada’s crunchy beef, pork and veal shoulder meatballs are offered on the Italian spot’s happy-hour menu.

Hank’s Oyster Bar 633 Pennsylvania Ave. SE; Mondays-Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; Sundays, 3-10 p.m.

Oyster happy hours are a dime a dozen in Washington, but the daily happy hour at the Capitol Hill branch of Hank’s Oyster Bar is exceptional. Take your pick of sweet or briny oysters (usually from Virginia) for $1.25 and then move on to heartier fare: battered-fish tacos topped with avocado and pico de gallo ($4 each); cheesy crab dip with house-made tortilla chips ($8); or lobster sliders on buttery brioche buns, served with a side of Old Bay-dusted fries ($14). Pair your food with $5 red, white, rosé or sparkling wines, or a $4 Narragansett tallboy. The deals are offered every day of the week,

but the best time to go is Sundays, when they run from 3 p.m. until close. You might be surprised by how many oysters you can slurp down over the course of a lazy afternoon.

Sushi Taro 1503 17th St. NW; MondaysFridays, 5:30-7 p.m.

Getting half-price sushi and alcohol is great anywhere, but Sushi Taro isn’t just anywhere. Consider this: The Dupont Circle spot earned a Michelin star last year, offering a prized omakase tasting menu with a price tag in the triple digits. Despite all the fanfare, you can visit the restaurant after work and pay 50 percent less for most of the sushi on the bar menu. The menu includes

$4 for two pieces of tuna nigiri, $3.75 for a yellowtail-and-scallion roll or, in simpler terms, a delicious dinner with drinks at one of the top restaurants in town for what could cost about $35 per person. The happy hour is extremely popular, and the bar has only 11 seats. So dine in small groups, show up early and be prepared to wait. It’ll be worth it.

Kapnos Kouzina 4900 Hampden Lane, Bethesda; daily, 3-7 p.m.

The large, modern bar at Kapnos Kouzina is the most inviting afterwork setting in Bethesda, where most happy hours are found at chains and sports bars. Vegetarians can do well here: Highlights from

the $6 “bites” menu include tangy, rice-stuffed dolmades, served with a smear of yogurt sauce; crispy kolokithokeftedes (zucchini fritters) with touches of dill and mint; and crunchy, spiced fried Greek potatoes. One of the better deals is a $12 sampler of any three spreads from the full dinner menu, including the melitzanosalata, with roastedand-smoked eggplant, feta cheese and walnuts. But even regulars will want to drop by for such only-athappy-hour items as the mini lamb gyros, marinated octopus and an IPA from Jailbreak Brewing in Laurel, Md. The $6 red and white wines rotate regularly. Don’t miss the Unfaithful, the best of the $7 cocktails, with a mix of bourbon, cider and mint.

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Union Kitchen Grocery opens in Shaw

The second grocery shop from Union Kitchen, the food business incubator in NoMa, opened Monday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. In addition to goods like ice cream and cocktail bitters from more than 100 local businesses, the shop (1251 Ninth St. NW) offers a rotating selection of prepared foods for breakfast and dinner with Indian, Caribbean, Chinese and Italian fare and American comfort food. BECKY KRYSTAL (THE WASHINGTON POST)

SWEETS SPAGnVOLA chocolate is on a sweet mission. The brand, which recently opened a D.C. outlet at the Shops at 2000 Penn (2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW), is working with the Ondo state government in Nigeria to build that country’s first premiumchocolate factory. SPAGnVOLA owners Eric and Crisoire Reid will teach farmers there how to produce the bricks chocolatiers use in their work. “We [will] provide the knowledge to produce bricks and then [SPAGnVOLA] will buy their bricks,” says Eric Reid, president and chief executive of the company. Through the project, farmers’ earnings will increase from “less than 50 cents a pound [for beans] to about $8 a pound for chocolate bricks,” he says. Currently, the husband-andwife duo imports about 22 tons of cacao beans annually from their Dominican Republic farm. The beans are hand-sorted at the Reids’ Gaithersburg, Md., factory, which opened in 2009. Their single-estate, organic chocolate bars, bonbons and truffles earned SPAGnVOLA a spot on National Geographic’s list of top 10 chocolate shops in the world. “Chocolate was our calling,” Eric Reid says. He and Crisoire, an award-winning chocolatier and Dominican Republic native, also have a location in National Harbor (181 Waterfront St., Oxon Hill, Md.). They are planning to open a fourth shop in Virginia this year. ASHLEY RODRIGUEZ (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Feb. 24 Killiam Shakespeare

Feb. 16–Mar. 1 16 THU NSO Youth Fellows Participants in the National Symphony Orchestra training program present an evening of chamber music and solo performances.

17 FRI NSO Prelude Members of the NSO play chamber works by Fauré, Beethoven, and Saint-Saëns.

18 SAT Second City

Training Center Improv & Wellness Program The Improv for Anxiety workshop aims to encourage teamwork and collaboration, build conﬁdence, create a successful model of empathy for others, and to become a student of your own anxiety.

19 SUN William Hooker The drummer and spoken word artist presents a performance titled At-OneMent, featuring guitarist Dave Ross and trumpeter Eriq Robinson.

20 MON Blues for a Royal Flush Set in the late 1960s, Tom Minter’s original play weaves the music of an earlier era of jazz through resonant experiences of Ethel Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Strayhorn, and Lena Horne, all in the orbit of D.C. native Duke Ellington.

21 TUE Avon Dews The D.C. native harmonicist presents an evening of music infused with jazz, funk, and blues.

22 WED New Music for Silent

Film Comedies Andrew Earle Simpson performs his exuberant original scores for silent ﬁlm comedies of the Jazz Age.

23 THU NSO Youth Fellows Participants in the NSO training program present an evening of chamber music and solo performances.

24 FRI Killiam Shakespeare Led by music duo Steve McKie (drummer/producer) and Corey Bernhard (keys/producer), the Philadelphia band plays a concert of jazz, funk, and soul.

25 SAT Aaron Myers The musician, vocalist, and activist performs a collection of classic and original jazz/neo soul compositions from his albums Leo Rising and The Lion’s Den.

Feb. 25 Aaron Myers

27 MON YoungArts Maryland A collective of the most promising young performing artists presents an evening of original works.

28 TUE Ellington School

of the Arts The school’s Literary Media and Communications and Dance departments present Rompe, an evening of original spoken word, ﬁlm, and dance narratives. Beginning with an original adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's iconic Raisin in the Sun, this presentation puts gentriﬁcation in modern day Washington, D.C. front and center and addresses the ways artists run interference and provide a counter to those things that would fragment, dilute, pollute, and break our communities.

1 WED North Point High School

and Rock Ridge High School The chamber choirs from North Point (Waldorf, MD) and Rock Ridge (Ashburn, VA) perform as part of Music in Our Schools Month.

26 SUN Arts & Wellness:

Joy of Motion Dance Center Staff from Joy of Motion return for another evening of fun and ﬁtness. Dress to move!

FOR DETAILS OR TO WATCH ONLINE, VISIT KENNEDY-CENTER.ORG/MILLENNIUM. The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulﬁllment of the Kennedy Center’s mission to its community and the nation. Additional funding for the Millennium Stage is provided by Bernstein Family Foundation, The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation, Inc., The Meredith Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A.J. Stolwijk, U.S. Department of Education, and the Millennium Stage Endowment Fund. The Millennium Stage Endowment Fund was made possible by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, Fannie Mae Foundation, the Kimsey Endowment, Gilbert† and Jaylee† Mead, Mortgage Bankers Association of America and other anonymous gifts to secure the future of the Millennium Stage. Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is also made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.

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2016: A Second Look Want to relive 2016? HA HA HA HA — no, of course not. But there were some glimmers of light, and a lot of those were found at the movies. The AFI Silver’s program 2016: A Second Look gives you a chance to see some of the year’s best movies — both those that dominated at the box office and those that didn’t get the credit they deserved. It starts with “Captain Fantastic,” above, about a dad (Viggo Mortensen, nominated for an Oscar for the role) raising his large family off the grid. The other don’t-miss (or don’t-missagain) films include “The Fits,” “Swiss Army Man” and “Kubo and the Two Strings.” See, 2016 wasn’t all bad. AFI Silver, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring; Mon. through April 24, various times and prices.

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Go back to a time when a teen heartthrob’s hair mattered more than his abs — the ’80s. Playbackthetape, the vintage-loving, VHS-only movie group, showcases two made-for-TV teen romances Thursday. Michael J. Fox stars in “Poison Ivy” and Sean Astin heads up “The B.R.A.T. Patrol,” both of which you may remember from a time when you were so skilled at manipulating a VCR you knew just when to hit “play” while fast-forwarding the commercials. However, as always with Playbackthetape, the movies were taped from their original broadcasts, with all the ads intact. Suns

Who likes free movies? Who likes subtitles? Well, the Smithsonian Mother Tongue Film Festival has got you SET. The event, which begins Tuesday, features 32 movies in 33 languages from six continents (sorry, Antarctica! Maybe you should step it up next year, penguins). The festival is part of the Recovering Voices initiative, which works to preserve disappearing, mostly indigenous languages. For a list of films, locations and times, go to recoveringvoices.si.edu.

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Tue. through Feb. 25, various locations and times (doors open 30 minutes before each showtime), free. KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY (EXPRESS)

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DARK HABITS [ENTRE TINIEBLAS]

The iconoclastic Spanish ﬁlmmaker Pedro Almodóvar may have made his reputation as an enfant terrible, but his contributions to world cinema — 20 feature ﬁlms; Oscars®, Golden Globes, Goyas, Donatellos and César awards; a career retrospective at MoMA — now place him in the category of grand master.

Mon, Mar 13, 9:20; Wed, Mar 15, 9:20

Following her lover's fatal drug overdose, bolero singer and drug addict Yolanda (Cristina Sánchez Pascual) seeks refuge in the Convent of Humble Redeemers, an enclosure dedicated to the rescue of wayward women with a past in drugs, prostitution and murder. No redemption is in sight as this haphazardly run convent turns out to house a kitsch collection of vices and sins involving heroin, LSD, a tiger and erotic books. Frequent visits by old lovers and police ofﬁcers also turn this house of worship into an ultimate farce. (Note courtesy of MoMA.) DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Luis Calvo. Spain, 1983, color, 114 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

His early films scandalized and delighted audiences with their hyperbolic scenarios and sardonic comedy — full of risqué sexual behavior, riotous color, profane passions and flamboyant fashions. His later work features more seriousminded melodrama and truly transgressive thrillers, with fullblooded characters, impressively intricate plotting and sincere emotionalism. As Almodóvar continues to grow as an artist, his work takes its rightful place among the greats of world cinema. Following wide acclaim for his latest masterpiece JULIETA, AFI Silver presents a thorough survey of Almodóvar's feature films. All films in the series are in Spanish with English subtitles.

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All screenings take place at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center: 8633 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD 20910 For address changes and subscription services, contact: American Film Institute 2021 N. Western Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027 Attn: Membership On the cover (courtesy of): SPARTACUS, Courtesy of Universal Pictures Editor: Julie Hill Production Manager: Alice Massie Director: Ray Barry Director of Programming: Todd Hitchcock Associate Programmer: Abbie Algar Design: C. Patrick Lowry, The Washington Post Information is correct at press time. Films and schedule subject to change. Check AFI.com/Silver for updates. AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.

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[PEPI, LUCI, BOM, Y OTRAS CHICAS DEL MONTÓN] Sat, Mar 4, 10:00; Tue, Mar 7, 9:05; Wed, Mar 8, 9:05

Pedro Almodóvar's ﬁrst feature explores life in Madrid during Spain's infamous Movida Madrileña, the exuberant post-Franco counter-cultural movement of which Almodóvar himself was a driving force. Highlighting punks, musicians, wild parties, drugs, empowered women and lots of sex, Almodóvar crafts a crazy and daring comedy that epitomizes the barrierbreaking thirst of a taboo-ridden society experiencing the resurgence of democracy and its corresponding freedoms. DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Pepón Coromina, Pastora Delgado, Ester Rambal. Spain, 1980, color, 82 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED 35th Anniversary

LABYRINTH OF PASSION [LABERINTO DE PASIONES] Tue, Mar 7, 7:00

A colorful cast of characters lights up this hilarious tale overflowing with cheesy dramatic irony. Cornily named nymphomaniac Sexilia (Cecilia Roth) falls for Riza (Imanol Arias), the gay son of the Emperor of Tiran (a fictional Middle Eastern state). Sexilia's psychoanalyst, Susana, has the hots for Sexilia's father, who unfortunately is a sex-averse gynecologist. Among his patients is Princess Toraya, ex-wife of the Emperor of Tiran, who is dead-set on being impregnated by her stepson Riza. A chain of twisted relationships makes this outlandish film, Pedro Almodóvar's second feature, a continuation of his cathartic release following the oppressive reign of Franco. (Note courtesy of MoMA.) DIR/SCR/PROD Pedro Almodóvar; SCR Terry Lennox. Spain, 1982, color, 100 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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All About Almodóvar ...............................2 The Marx Brothers ..................................5 Muppet Movies ......................................6 Special Engagements .....7, 10, 13, 14 2016: A Second Look .............................8 Kirk Douglas Centennial ........................11 Calendar.............................................15 Capital Irish Film Festival ......................16 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital ..........................16 New African Film Festival......................16

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WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?

[¿QUÉ HE HECHO YO PARA MERECER ESTO?] Tue, Mar 14, 9:20; Thu, Mar 16, 9:20

Overworked Gloria (Carmen Maura) takes multiple cleaning jobs to make ends meet. Her unforgiving life is inhabited by a cast of eccentric characters: an abusive taxi-driver husband who schemes to forge Hitler's handwriting, a drug-dealing teenage son who is the actual forger, an unappreciative mother-in-law who hides her sweets and a prostitute neighbor who pays Gloria to sit in on sex acts she performs with exhibitionist customers. In this absurd and oppressive environment, what is a woman like Gloria to do — in Almodóvarian fashion? Drugs, murder, sex and selling off a younger son to a pedophile dentist helped make this tragicomedy the auteur's ﬁrst international success. (Note courtesy of MoMA.) DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Hervé Hachuel. Spain, 1984, color, 101 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED 30th Anniversary

LAW OF DESIRE

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In this surreal psycho-thriller, Antonio (Antonio Banderas) is driven to extremes of passion after viewing one of soft-core auteur Pablo's (Eusebio Poncelas) ﬁlms. The pair embark on an affair, but Antonio soon becomes obsessive, kicking off a chain of entanglements steeped in desire, jealousy and deceit. Pedro Almodóvar regular Carmen Maura plays Pablo's transsexual sister, whose ex-lover's daughter is kidnapped by Antonio to blackmail the director into one last dread-ﬁlled assignation. LAW OF DESIRE is a pitch-black, barking-mad but surprisingly moving melodrama from Almodóvar's enfant terrible years. DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Agustín Almodóvar. Spain, 1987, color, 102 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED NC-17

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MATADOR (1986) Tue, Mar 21, 7:00; Wed, Mar 22, 9:25

In one of Pedro Almodóvar's most risqué comedies, a newly released mental patient (Antonio Banderas) stalks and kidnaps the object of his obsession — former porn star Marina (Victoria Abril) — and then holds her captive until she falls in love with him, in a bizarre case study of Stockholm syndrome. Punctuated by a tense Ennio Morricone musical score, the ﬁlm remains controversial more for its sadomasochistic undertones and the victimization of women than for its graphic nudity and passionate sex scenes. DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Enrique Posner. Spain, 1990, color, 101 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED NC-17

Diego (Nacho Martínez) is a former star bullﬁghter forced into early retirement after being gored by a bull. Maria (Assumpta Serna) is a femme fatale lawyer dressed to kill in androgynous business suits. A shared obsession with blood and murder brings the two into an alliance. Enter Ángel (Antonio Banderas), Diego's bullﬁghting student, who is, ironically, scared of blood. After an unsuccessful rape attempt, Ángel turns himself in to the police and confesses to it, as well as to multiple murders he did not commit. Mysteries, killer instinct, religion and sexual desires collide in this dark comedy. (Note courtesy of MoMA.) DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; SCR Jesús Ferrero. Spain, 1986, color, 110 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED NC-17

[LA FLOR DE MI SECRETO]

Sat, Apr 1, 12:45; Mon, Apr 3, 7:00

In Pedro Almodóvar's loose adaptation of Dorothy Parker's "The Lonely Leave," best-selling romantic novelist Leo (Marisa Paredes) is in the midst of creative and marital doldrums. When she drops her pseudonym to accept a job as a book critic, her ﬁrst assignment is an exposé of her novelist alter-ego. What follows is an emotional roller coaster ride through her life, and an opportunity for Leo to reassess everything she knows. "A spectacular synthesis of everything that has always interested [Almodóvar] — proud women, lovely boys, beautiful drag queens, grand movie stars, gorgeous frocks, wild wallpaper." – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly. DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar, from the story "The Lonely Leave" by Dorothy Parker; PROD Esther García. Spain, 1995, color, 103 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

[MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS] Sat, Mar 25, 7:30; Wed, Mar 29, 9:30

This absurdist comedy, a landmark ﬁlm for Pedro Almodóvar, was a worldwide hit, winning multiple Goya Awards and an Oscar® nomination. Dumped by her lover, soap actress Pepa (Carmen Maura) is on a mission to track him down and deliver a message. Along the way, she's distracted by her ditsy friend Candela (María Barranco), who has recently discovered her boyfriend is a terrorist; her ex-lover's son Carlos (Antonio Banderas), who wants to sublease Pepa's apartment; and his crazy mom (Julieta Serrano), out of the asylum and ready for revenge. Not to mention that Pepa also needs to ﬁnd the right pair of shoes in which to confront her ex. DIR/SCR/PROD Pedro Almodóvar. Spain, 1988, color, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

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Thu, Mar 30, 7:20

This is the type of comedy that only Pedro Almodóvar could make — a daring farce which takes on motherhood, serial killers, reality television, suicide and media sensationalism. The convoluted plot: Ramón (Alex Casanova) is an obsessive narcoleptic engaged to makeup artist Kika (Verónica Forqué) but secretly in love with his stepfather, Nicholas (an American writer played by Peter Coyote). Meanwhile, Casanova's ex, Andrea Scarface (Victoria Abril), the host of SPAIN'S MOST VIOLENT HOME VIDEOS, witnesses a crime committed against Kika, and will do anything to catch it on camera. DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Agustín Almodóvar. Spain, 1993, b&w/color, 114 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

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HIGH HEELS [TACONES LEJANOS] Sun, Mar 26, 8:45; Thu, Mar 30, 9:30

This colorful blend of kinky sex, melodrama and murder features Victoria Abril as Rebecca, a news anchorwoman whose life turns upside down when her estranged movie-star/ singer mother, Becky (Marisa Paredes), returns after 15 years to discover Rebecca married to one of her old ﬂames. When Rebecca's husband turns up murdered, she confesses in a live telecast. But is she covering for her mother? A great musical jail sequence and Rebecca's tryst with a mother-impersonating drag queen add a few more turns to Pedro Almodóvar's twist-laden gem. DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Enrique Posner. Spain, 1991, color, 112 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

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LIVE FLESH [CARNE TRÉMULA] Tue, Apr 4, 7:00; Thu, Apr 6, 7:00

Pedro Almodóvar's noirish tale of mad love, jealousy and revenge, adapted from a Ruth Rendell thriller, opens with a prostitute (Penélope Cruz) giving birth to a baby boy aboard a Madrid bus on Christmas Day, 1970. Years later, her son Víctor (Liberto Rabal), now a drug dealer, plots his revenge against the man who stole his junkie girlfriend (Francesca Neri) — ex-cop and former basketball star David (Javier Bardem), a man left paralyzed by a shot ﬁred from Víctor's gun. DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; SCR Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Ray Loriga, from the novel by Ruth Rendell; PROD Agustín Almodóvar. Spain/France, 1997, color, 103 min. In Spanish and Italian with English subtitles. RATED R

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In Pedro Almodóvar's Oscar®-winning homage to women — and all men who want to become women — single mother Manuela (Cecilia Roth) watches her only son die on his 17th birthday while running to get a stage actress' autograph. As the heart-broken mother embarks on her quest to ﬁnd the boy's transsexual father, she befriends a richly diverse assortment of women, including the actress her son died pursuing (Marisa Paredes), a transgender prostitute named Lola (Toni Cantó) and a young, pregnant nun (Penélope Cruz). DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Agustín Almodóvar. Spain, 1999, b&w/color, 101 min. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. RATED R

Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) and Sole (Lola Dueñas) are sisters in a workingclass neighborhood south of Madrid, whose parents died a few years prior in a tragic fire. One day, their dead mother Irene (Carmen Maura) returns as a ghost to resolve issues with Raimunda, who is busy dealing with her husband's death and calming her daughter. Mysteries unfold in this story filled with death, incest, adultery, murder, fear and humor. The ensemble cast of six female actors jointly won the Best Actress award at Cannes, and Cruz became the first Spaniard to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar®. (Note courtesy of MoMA.) DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Esther García. Spain, 2006, color, 121 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

BROKEN EMBRACES [LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS] Sun, Apr 16, 5:20; Tue, Apr 18, 7:15

News of the death of powerful Madrilenian businessman Ernesto Martel (José Luis Gómez) forces Harry Caine (Lluís Homar), a blind man who was once a filmmaker, to confront his tragic past. Lena (Penélope Cruz) was the star of Caine's last feature, GIRLS AND SUITCASES, with a plot similar to Pedro Almodóvar's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. Although she was Martel's girlfriend at the time, the director and actress fell in love during filming. The filmwithin-a-film, combining multiple genres, brings together love, obsession, voyeurism and melancholy in a moving meditation on filmmaking and cinema. (Note courtesy of MoMA.) DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García. Spain, 2009, color, 127 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

Plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) turns his mansion into an underground operating room where he unscrupulously seeks to create a synthetic skin that could have saved his deceased wife, who was badly burned in an accident. Vera (Elena Anaya), with a shocking past to be revealed later, is Ledgard's involuntary specimen and captive human sculpture. The ﬁlm reunites Pedro Almódovar with Banderas for the ﬁrst time since TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (1990), which also dealt with a captor and his captive. THE SKIN I LIVE IN is a psychological thriller and horror story of unmatched cruelty and madness. (Note courtesy of MoMA.) DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; SCR/PROD Agustín Almodóvar, from the novel "Mygale" by Thierry Jonquet; PROD Esther García. Spain, 2011, color, 120 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

I'M SO EXCITED! [LOS AMANTES PASAJEROS] Sun, Apr 23, 8:45

Something has gone wrong with the landing gear of a plane en route from Madrid to Mexico City. Is drugging the passengers and entertaining them with music and dance the best way to maintain calm? Find out in this absurd, raucous comedy featuring an outlandish crew and a group of eccentric passengers; the cast includes Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Cecilia Roth, Carlos Areces, Lola Dueñas, Raúl Arévalo, Paz Vega, Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz. (Note courtesy of MoMA.) DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García. Spain, 2013, color, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

JULIETA Tue, Apr 25, 7:00; Thu, Apr 27, 7:00

Pedro Almodóvar's 20th feature ﬁlm weaves three Alice Munro short stories into a Hitchcockian melodrama about mothers and daughters, passion and grief and the hard changes one undergoes in a lifetime. Emma Suárez stars as Julieta, a Madrid art dealer who has been estranged from her adult daughter for 13 years. Shaken by a chance encounter with her daughter's childhood friend (Michelle Jenner), Julieta makes a deep dive into her own long-buried past. She recalls how, as a student in the 1980s, her younger self (played by Adriana Ugarte) met the man she would fall passionately in love with, Xoan (Daniel Grao), on an overnight train journey. DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar, from the stories "Chance," "Soon" and "Silence" by Alice Munro; PROD Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García. Spain, 2016, color, 99 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

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Two men forge a relationship as they use the intricacies of the spoken word — however improbably — to communicate with the comatose women they love. Nurse Benigno Martín (Javier Cámara) talks to felled ballerina Alicia (Leonor Watling), while journalist Marco Zuluaga (Darío Grandinetti) conﬁdes in gored bullﬁghter Lydia González (Rosario Flores). As the stories of all four lives crisscross between past and present, Pedro Almodóvar weaves a touching and highly original tale, for which he won an Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay. DIR/SCR Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Agustín Almodóvar. Spain, 2002, color, 112 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

Enrique (Fele Martínez) is a young film director. Actor Ignacio (Gael García Bernal) turns up looking for work and identifies himself as a childhood friend. Enrique doesn't recognize the man, but his reaction to the name Ignacio signals a deeply intertwined past. Ignacio has written a story and asks Enrique to make it into a film — and cast him in the lead. The story is based on their time at Catholic boarding school, where they fell in love but were pulled apart by Father Manolo (Daniel Giménez Cacho). Moving between past and present, BAD EDUCATION is a film noir-melodrama hybrid layered with shadowy pasts and unexpected twists. (Note courtesy of MoMA.) DIR/SCR/PROD Pedro Almodóvar; PROD Agustín Almodóvar. Spain, 2004, color, 106 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED NC-17

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Fri, Apr 7, 7:00; Mon, Apr 10, 7:15

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Fri, Apr 14, 7:30; Sat, Apr 15, 7:45; Sun, Apr 16, 7:45

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A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

DUCK SOUP

Sat, Apr 8, 5:20; Wed, Apr 12, 4:30, Thu, Apr 13, 7:15

Fri, Apr 7, 5:20; Sun, Apr 9, 5:20; Wed, Apr 12, 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show)

Chaos ensues as the Marx brothers take on the task of helping lowly chorus singer Ricardo Baroni (Allan Jones) romance leading lady Rosa (Kitty Carlisle). As Chico sells peanuts in the aisles and the orchestra breaks into "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," the boys manage to wreck splenetic impresario Herman Gottlieb's (Sig Ruman) production of "Il Trovatore." DIR Sam Wood; SCR George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind; PROD Irving Thalberg. U.S., 1935, b&w, 93 min. NOT RATED

When the Sylvanian ambassador insults newly appointed President of Freedonia Rufus T. Fireﬂy (Groucho Marx), the two countries go to war. Sylvania sends in spies Pinky (Harpo Marx) and Chicolini (Chico Marx) to set the stage for a revolution in "the most perfect of Marxian masterpieces" (Time Out) — and the most surrealistic — complete with the classic mirror routine. DIR Leo McCarey; SCR Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; PROD Herman J. Mankiewicz. U.S., 1933, b&w, 68 min. NOT RATED

With the advent of sound, Hollywood quickly prioritized comedians who could talk over the sublime pantomime and sight gags of the silent clowns. Enter a team of brothers who, starting out in their teens under the guidance of their hard-driving mother, had honed a vaudeville act that ran — and talked — circles around any other. The Marx brothers were led by the fast-talking, quick-witted and absurdly entertaining flim-flammer Groucho, and included the Italianate madcap Chico; the childlike Harpo, who famously did not talk; and the handsome straight man Zeppo, who like the fifth brother Gummo, eventually left the act to his more anarchically inclined brothers. The brothers' onscreen antics and wordplay are the stuff of legend, entertaining and inspiring audiences across generations. This retrospective of their finest films presents a rare opportunity to see them back on the big screen.

THE COCOANUTS Fri, Mar 24, 5:15; Sun, Mar 26, 11:45 a.m.

ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) Sat, Mar 25, 1:00; Thu, Mar 30, 5:15

Having just returned from his latest jaunt to Africa, daring explorer Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding (Groucho Marx) attends a party in his honor at the Long Island estate of society dame Mrs. Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont). In the midst of the celebrations, a valuable painting goes missing, and Spaulding turns the festivities upside down trying to solve the crime along with a few of his fellow guests, including renegade musician Signor Emanuel Ravelli (Chico Marx), the mute "Professor" (Harpo Marx) and Spaulding's faithful secretary Horatio Jamison (Zeppo Marx). DIR Victor Heerman; SCR Morrie Ryskind, from the musical by George S. Kaufman, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Ryskind. U.S., 1930, b&w, 96 min. NOT RATED

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Fri, Apr 14, 3:30; Mon, Apr 17, 7:30; Wed, Apr 19, 4:45

It's a race against time as impecunious producer Gordon Miller (Groucho Marx) must get backing for a struggling writer's (Frank Albertson) play before irate hotel manager Joe Gribble (Cliff Dunstan) can evict the cast: "Hello? Room Service? Bring up enough ice to cool a warm body." Featuring a very young Lucille Ball and Harpo chasing a turkey. DIR William A. Seiter; SCR Morrie Ryskind, from the play by John Murray and Allen Boretz; PROD Pandro S. Berman. U.S., 1938, b&w, 78 min. NOT RATED

ROOM SERVICE

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THE COCOANUTS

ROOM SERVICE

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In the Marx brothers' first feature film, adapted from George S. Kaufman's hit Broadway musical, Groucho's Mr. Hammer auctions off Florida real estate ("Boy, can you get stucco") and runs a Florida fleabag hotel. Times are so tough that in search of a buck he'll even romance Margaret Dumont! DIR Robert Florey, Joseph Santley; SCR Morrie Ryskind, from the musical by George S. Kaufman; PROD Monta Bell. U.S., 1929, b&w, 96 min. NOT RATED

85th Anniversary

HORSE FEATHERS Sat, Apr 1, 5:20; Mon, Apr 3, 5:20; Thu, Apr 6, 5:20

"Whatever it is, I'm against it!" declares Groucho's Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley College, as two football ringers (Chico and Harpo Marx), freshly recruited from a speakeasy, rewrite the rule book to help win the big game. "The brothers have never been so chaotic or so aggressively funny." – Geoff Brown, Time Out. DIR Norman Z. McLeod; SCR Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone; PROD Herman J. Mankiewicz. U.S., 1932, b&w, 68 min. NOT RATED

MONKEY BUSINESS

MONKEY BUSINESS (1931) Fri, Mar 31, 5:30; Sun, Apr 2, 3:15; Tue, Apr 4, 5:20

In pursuit of blonde bombshell Lucille Briggs (Thelma Todd), Groucho and siblings stow away on a luxury liner, then attempt to get past immigration by each claiming (in succession) to be Maurice Chevalier. And there's a society party to crash: "You call this a party? The beer is warm and the women are cold!" DIR Norman Z. McLeod; SCR S. J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone; PROD Herman J. Mankiewicz. U.S., 1931, b&w, 77 min. NOT RATED 80th Anniversary

A DAY AT THE RACES Fri, Apr 14, 1:00; Wed, Apr 19, 2:30; Thu, Apr 20, 7:30

"Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped." Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan) runs a sanitarium that has fallen on hard times. Wealthy hypochondriac and sanitarium regular Emily Upjohn (Margaret Dumont) has the funds to save the day, but insists that Judy hire Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx). He's actually a veterinarian, but that's okay. Meanwhile, other plans to save the facility are afoot, involving a lucky horse called Hi-Hat, Chico's race tip hawking and an incessantly interrupted "seduction" scene. DIR/PROD Sam Wood; SCR Robert Pirosh, George Seaton, George Oppenheimer. U.S., 1937, b&w, 109 min. NOT RATED

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Muppet Movies March 4–April 23

LABYRINTH

THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER

Courtesy of Universal

Sat, Apr 1, 11:30 a.m., 11:59; Sun, Apr 2, 11:30 a.m.

THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER

Courtesy of Kino Lorber

Fri, Mar 10, 4:05; Sun, Mar 12, 1:00; Tue, Mar 14, 5:15; Thu, Mar 16, 5:15

The Jim Henson Company's beloved Muppets continue to delight audiences of all ages, while the fantasy worlds of THE DARK CRYSTAL and LABYRINTH enjoy passionate and growing cult followings. This series puts Henson's movie magic and puppet artistry back on the big screen where it can best be enjoyed.

Busby Berkeley has nothing on the Muppets! This show-stopping musical ﬁnds intrepid journalists Kermit and Fozzie heading to London, hot on the trail of the jewel thief who stole the fabulous Baseball diamond from couture's toast of London, Lady Holiday (Diana Rigg). Surprisingly, Kermit falls hard for Holiday's secretary, Miss Piggy, whose life's ambition is to become one of Holiday's runway models. Charles Grodin and John Cleese are hysterical as Holiday's loutish brother and a very proper English gentleman. DIR Jim Henson; SCR Jerry Juhl, Tom Patchett, Jack Rose, Jay Tarses; PROD David Lazer, Frank Oz. UK/U.S., 1981, color, 95 min. RATED G

MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND Fri, Apr 21, 5:15; Sat, Apr 22, 2:30; Sun, Apr 23, 11:20 a.m.

$5 tickets for children under 12 Sat, Mar 4, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Mar 5, 11:30 a.m.; Mon, Mar 6, 5:00; Tue, Mar 7, 5:00; Wed, Mar 8, 4:30; Thu, Mar 9, 5:00

THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN Sat, Mar 11, 1:00; Mon, Mar 13, 5:15; Wed, Mar 15, 5:15

This film is the Muppets' take on the backstage musical. Kermit and the troupe decide to take their musical revue to The Great White Way, only to find that making it in the big city takes teamwork and determination. Cameos include Gregory Hines, Liza Minnelli, Joan Rivers, Ed Koch, Elliott Gould and Brooke Shields. The film's soundtrack was nominated for an Oscar®, but lost out to PURPLE RAIN. DIR/SCR Frank Oz; SCR Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses; PROD David Lazer. U.S., 1984, color, 94 min. RATED G

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SESAME STREET PRESENTS FOLLOW THAT BIRD

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic swashbuckling adventure gets a rollicking retelling courtesy of the Muppets, alongside an ace comedic cast including Tim Curry, Billy Connolly and Jennifer Saunders. DIR/PROD Brian Henson; SCR Jerry Juhl, Kirk R. Thatcher, James V. Hart, from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson; PROD Martin G. Baker. U.S., 1996, color, 99 min. RATED G

SESAME STREET PRESENTS FOLLOW THAT BIRD After an adoption agency lures Big Bird away to live with a bird family so he can grow up "with his own kind," he quickly becomes homesick and runs away. While he is en route home to Sesame Street, a couple of unscrupulous and bumbling carnival owners scheme to put him in their sideshow. In the end, Big Bird realizes who his real family is — the wonderfully diverse community of Sesame Street. Guest appearances include Chevy Chase, John Candy, Sandra Bernhard and Waylon Jennings. DIR Ken Kwapis; SCR Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss; PROD Tony Garnett. U.S., 1985, color, 88 min. RATED G

MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND

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Sat, Mar 11, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Mar 12, 11:00 a.m.

MUPPETS MOST WANTED

35th Anniversary

THE DARK CRYSTAL

Sat, Apr 15, 1:00; Sun, Apr 16, 1:00; Mon, Apr 17, 1:00

Sat, Mar 25, 11:00 a.m., 9:30; Mon, Mar 27, 5:15; Tue, Mar 28, 5:15

Adapted from a story by Jim Henson and co-directed by fellow Muppeteer Frank Oz, this all-puppet magical adventure is set in a dark fantasy world that is a decided departure from the light-hearted realm of the Muppets. The story centers on two young Gelﬂings — the last of their kind — on a quest to end the dark rule of the evil Skeksis by mending the egendary Dark Crystal. DIR/SCR/PROD Jim Henson; DIR Frank Oz; SCR David Odell; PROD Gary Kurtz. U.S./UK, 1982, color, 93 min. RATED PG

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In their ﬁrst foray onto the silver screen, Kermit the Frog and his Muppet cohorts Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Miss Piggy and the gang sing their way to Hollywood, hoping to make it big. But Charles Durning's evil Doc Hopper, a frog-leg restaurant magnate, has other plans for Kermit. Tremendously funny — as much for adults as for kids, and maybe more so — with memorable musical numbers like Oscar®-nominated "Rainbow Connection" and "Movin' Right Along," plus cameos galore, including Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Richard Pryor, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Orson Welles and Bob Hope. DIR James Frawley; SCR Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl; PROD Jim Henson. UK/U.S., 1979, color, 95 min. RATED G

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THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979)

THE MUPPET MOVIE

"Dance, magic dance!" Jim Henson's visionary fairy tale, the last feature ﬁlm he would direct, now enjoys a devoted cult following among viewers who grew up on it. Resentful of having to babysit her brother Toby, teenager Jennifer Connelly inadvertently casts him into the hands of Jareth the Goblin King, played with haughty relish by rock icon David Bowie. To rescue Toby before he is permanently transformed into a goblin, Connelly must navigate the many obstacles — and dangerous puppetry — of the Goblin King's labyrinth. DIR/SCR Jim Henson; SCR Dennis Lee, Terry Jones; PROD Eric Rattray. UK/U.S., 1986, color, 101 min. RATED PG

The Muppets take a European tour organized by Dominic Badguy (Ricky Gervais). Don't let that French pronunciation fool you — he's a crook. Badguy works for criminal mastermind Constantine, a dead ringer for Kermit, whom Constantine ships off to a Siberian gulag overseen by Nadya (Tina Fey) and proceeds to impersonate. French Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon (Ty Burrell) and CIA operative Sam the Eagle team up to investigate the museum heists that seem to follow the troupe around the continent. Plenty of twists and turns make for thrilling good fun, plus cameos by Tom Hiddleston, Lady Gaga, Zach Galiﬁanakis, Salma Hayek, Usher and many more. DIR/SCR James Bobin; SCR Nicholas Stoller, based on characters created by Jim Henson; PROD David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman. U.S., 2014, color, 107 min. RATED PG

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Special Engagements 1984 (1984)

Sat, Apr 8, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Apr 9, 11:00 a.m.

Thu, Apr 20, 7:00

Gonzo, who has always been labeled a "whatever" and is tired of it, begins to receive communications from an alien race through his breakfast cereal. Could there be an extraterrestrial explanation of the origins of this uniquely hard-to-categorize Muppet? His friends don't think so, but K. Edgar Singer (Jeffrey Tambor), the alien-obsessed head of secret government organization COVNET, does. The cast also includes F. Murray Abraham, Rob Schneider, David Arquette, Josh Charles, Hulk Hogan, Ray Liotta and Andie MacDowell. Youngsters Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson, then DAWSON'S CREEK costars, appear brieﬂy in their television roles. DIR Tim Hill; SCR Jerry Juhl, Joey Mazzarino, Ken Kaufman; PROD Martin G. Baker, Brian Henson. U.S., 1999, color, 87 min. RATED G

THE WICKER MAN

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MUPPETS FROM SPACE

Michael Radford's adaptation of George Orwell's prophetic dystopian classic stars the late John Hurt as Winston, an ofﬁce drone in a totalitarian state controlled by Big Brother. In Winston's world, absolute conformity in action, word and thought is demanded, and the masses are dominated by an all-powerful state apparatus. When Winston initiates an illegal love affair, he becomes the target of a brainwashing campaign, care of a government agent named O'Brien (Richard Burton, in his ﬁnal screen role). Orwell's hellish vision is brought to life by master cinematographer Roger Deakins (BLADE RUNNER 2049) and a soundtrack by Eurythmics. DIR/ SCR Michael Radford, from the novel by George Orwell; PROD Simon Perry. UK, 1984, color, 113 min. RATED R IN MEMORIAM: John Hurt 1940–2017

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THE WICKER MAN (1973) A remote Scottish isle inhabited by neo-pagans practicing fertility rites and sexual magic provides the setting for one of the coolest, creepiest cult classics from the 1970s, written by Tony Award® winner Anthony Shaffer (SLEUTH). Devout, uptight constable Edward Woodward comes to Summerisle following an anonymous tip about a missing girl but is puzzled by the islanders' seeming lack of concern, truly alarmed by their beliefs and oblivious to the danger he's in. Britt Ekland dances up a storm, and horror ﬁlm icon Christopher Lee clearly relishes his role as Lord Summerisle, the dandyish local noble. The ﬁlm also stars Ingrid Pitt and Diane Cilento. DIR Robin Hardy; SCR Anthony Shaffer; PROD Peter Snell. UK, 1973, color, 88 min. RATED R 1984

THE MUPPETS (2011)

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MUPPETS FROM SPACE

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Sat, Apr 1, 9:30

55th Anniversary

Sat, Apr 15, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Apr 16, 11:00 a.m.; Mon, Apr 17; 3:05

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)

BLADE RUNNER

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Sun, Apr 23, 1:30; Wed, Apr 26, 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show)

The Muppets have split up and gone their separate ways following their long-running TV show's cancellation. After Statler and Waldorf cut a shady deal to sell the troupe's Muppet Theater to greedy oil magnate Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), Smalltown super fans Gary (Jason Segel, also the ﬁlm's coscreenwriter), his Muppet brother Walter and Gary's girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) round up the old gang and organize a telethon to save the theater. The ﬁlm features songs by Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie, including the Oscar®-winning "Man or Muppet." DIR James Bobin; SCR Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller, based on characters created by Jim Henson; PROD David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman. U.S., 2011, color, 103 min. RATED PG

35th Anniversary

BLADE RUNNER – DIRECTOR'S CUT

John Frankenheimer's renowned take on McCarthyism and Cold War fanaticism stars Laurence Harvey as a U.S. soldier abducted during the Korean War. In Manchuria, a Communist cell brainwashes him before returning him to the U.S. to serve as an unwitting political assassin. Army buddy Frank Sinatra has hallucinatory dreams and begins to piece together the deadly truth — that Harvey is a ticking time bomb — while the clock counts down to a political rally where everything is at stake. Oscar®-nominated Angela Lansbury terriﬁes as Harvey's domineering mother. DIR/PROD John Frankenheimer; SCR/PROD George Axelrod, from the novel by Richard Condon. U.S., 1962, b&w, 126 min. NOT RATED

Los Angeles, 2019, is a squalid urban metropolis, overdeveloped and overpopulated. Harrison Ford is Rick Deckard, a detective on the "blade runner" unit, charged with hunting down and "retiring" replicants, humanlike androids created to toil on off-world colonies. His latest assignment: six Nexus 6 models who have mutinied and returned to Earth to take action against their creators at the Tyrell Corporation. Ford is superb as the existentially weary Deckard, as is Rutger Hauer as the charismatic leader of the replicants, Daryl Hannah as tempestuous replicant Pris and Sean Young as a Tyrell Corporation secretary who's both more and less than she seems. DIR Ridley Scott; SCR Hampton Fancher, David Webb Peoples, from the story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick; PROD Michael Deeley. U.S., 1982/1991, color, 116 min. RATED R

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

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THE MUPPETS

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Fri, Mar 31, 7:15; Sat, Apr 1, 7:00; 11:30; Sun, Apr 2, 9:30

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2016: A Second Look February 20–April 24

This groundbreaking stop-motion adventure is set in a fantastical Japanese kingdom. When Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson) accidentally summons a spirit from his past, he must join forces with the sharp-witted, sharp-bladed Monkey (voiced by Charlize Theron) and the jovial swordsman Beetle (voiced by Matthew McConaughey) to save his family. Taking inspiration from legendary samurai characters, artists like Hokusai and Kiyoshi Saito, Noh theatre and famed female samurai Tomoe Gozen, Travis Knight's directorial debut is a feast for the eyes and soul. The all-star cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Brenda Vaccaro. DIR/PROD Travis Knight; SCR Marc Haimes, Chris Butler; PROD Arianne Sutner. U.S., 2016, color, 102 min. RATED PG

LITTLE MEN

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KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS Tickets $5 Fri, Feb 24, 5:15; Sun, Feb 26, 11:00 a.m.; Tue, Feb 28, 5:15

Luckily, 2016 wasn't all bad. It was a prolific and varied year both for independent cinema and studio mega-blockbusters. So prolific and varied, in fact, that we simply couldn't fit everything in. Our programmers have gone back to take a second look at some of the best films that never screened at AFI Silver in 2016. With award nominations, year-end best-of lists and hindsight as your guide, take a second look at some of the past year's most distinctive films.

Sun, Feb 26, 5:20; Thu, Mar 2, 7:00

Mon, Feb 20, 5:15; Tue, Feb 21, 7:00

ZOOTOPIA

On a sunny day in Chicago during the summer of 1989, an aspiring community organizer named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) asked out a young lawyer named Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) on what became an epic ﬁrst date, as a walk in the park led to visiting the Art Institute of Chicago, attending a community board meeting and catching a screening of Spike Lee's DO THE RIGHT THING. This feature debut from director/ writer Richard Tanne signals the arrival of a serious dramatic talent, and features breakout performances by Sawyers and Sumpter. DIR/SCR/PROD Richard Tanne; PROD Robert Teitel, Tika Sumpter. U.S., 2016, color, 84 min. RATED PG-13

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Viggo Mortensen lives off the grid deep in the woods of the Paciﬁc Northwest, coaching his six children in the ways of self-reliance, free thinking, survival skills and physical ﬁtness. But the clan's ties to the wider world necessitate a road trip out of the woods and into the suburban desert. This lively dramedy about family life at its most elementally engaged was written and directed by Matt Ross (Gavin Belson on HBO's SILICON VALLEY). The Golden Globe-nominated Mortensen leads a cast of talented youngsters, who have together earned a SAG nomination for Best Ensemble. DIR/SCR Matt Ross; PROD Lynette Howell Taylor, Monica Levinson, Jamie Patricof, Shivani Rawat. U.S., 2016, color, 118 min. RATED R

ZOOTOPIA

SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU

Sat, Feb 25, 11:00 a.m.; Mon, Feb 27, 5:15; Wed, Mar 1, 5:15

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When Brian (Greg Kinnear) inherits his father's Brooklyn apartment, he and his wife (Jennifer Ehle) move there from Manhattan, their awkward 13-year-old son Jake (Theo Taplitz) in tow. Below the apartment, long-time tenant Leonor (Paulina García) runs a dress shop, eking out the funds to care for her boisterous son Tony (Michael Barbieri). Opposites in almost every way, Jake and Tony ﬁnd common ground in their artistic aspirations and become friends. But when Jake's parents try to negotiate a rent increase with Leonor, a bitter standoff ignites and the two boys ﬁnd their friendship threatened by forces they are only just beginning to understand. DIR/SCR/PROD Ira Sachs; SCR Mauricio Zacharias; PROD Lucas Joaquin, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Jim Lande, L. A. Teodosio. U.S., 2016, color, 85 min. RATED PG

KAILI BLUES

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KAILI BLUES Mon, Mar 6, 7:00

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A smash hit with critics and audiences alike, this animated adventure locates a lesson in breaking down barriers and following your dreams within the animal kingdom, following farm girl bunny rabbit Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin), as she moves to the big city to become the first rabbit on the Zootopia police force. Officer Hopps forms an uneasy partnership with Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman), a sly fox and scam artist whose street smarts prove invaluable in cracking the city's biggest case. The film also features voice talent by Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, J. K. Simmons, Tommy Chong, Alan Tudyk, Octavia Spencer and Shakira. DIR Byron Howard, Rich Moore; SCR Jared Bush, Phil Johnston; PROD Clark Spencer. U.S., 2016, color, 108 min. RATED PG

Mon, Mar 6, 3:10, 9:20; Tue, Mar 7, 3:10; Wed, Mar 8, 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show); Thu, Mar 9, 3:10

Courtesy of Grasshopper Films

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

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CAPTAIN FANTASTIC

Courtesy of Bleecker Street

LITTLE MEN (2016)

Twenty-six-year-old Bi Gan's mesmerizing directorial debut has been compared to the work of master auteurs Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tsai Ming-liang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Lynch and Andrei Tarkovsky. Hinging on the story of Chen (played by the filmmaker's uncle), a country doctor on a quest to find his nephew, the film takes a turn for the mystical when the protagonist happens upon Dang Mai, an enchanted town where past, present and future merge. Shot on a minimal budget in Bi Gan's hometown, this is an instant classic of independent cinema, complete with a virtuosic, nearhallucinatory 40-minute take that demands to be seen on the big screen. DIR/SCR Bi Gan; PROD Shan Zuolong, Wang Zijian. China, 2015, color, 113 min. In Mandarin and Kaili with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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Sat, Mar 18, 11:45 a.m.; Mon, Mar 20, 5:20, 8:45

Tomboy Toni (Royalty Hightower) trains as a boxer with her older brother Jermaine (Da'Sean Minor) at the Lincoln Community Center in Cincinnati's West End, but becomes intrigued by the girls' dance team practice taking place in the neighboring gym. Toni joins and begins to enjoy the newfound sense of sisterhood she was previously lacking. But then one of the older girls, a team captain, collapses with a shaking seizure. The next day the same afﬂiction fells another. What is causing "the ﬁts," and whom will it strike next? Filmmaker Anna Rose Holmer crafts a mysterious and thought-provoking meditation on girlhood and growing up. DIR/SCR/PROD Anna Rose Holmer; SCR/PROD Saela Davis, Lisa Kjerulff. U.S., 2015, color, 72 min. NOT RATED

KRISHA Mon, Mar 20, 7:00; Tue, Mar 21, 5:15; Thu, Mar 23, 5:15

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Shot in nine days with a cast of director Trey Edward Schults' relatives and friends, KRISHA won the Grand Jury and Audience awards at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival. On Thanksgiving, Krisha (Krisha Fairchild, Schults' aunt), a woman with a past of addiction and mental illness, shows up at her sister's home. It's a recipe for trouble, and Schults delivers, turning what could've been a conventional tale of familial reconciliation into part horror, part thriller, part John Cassavetes. As Krisha gets to work cooking the turkey, her attempts at making amends are increasingly rebuffed as the mood in the house reaches peak unbalance and Krisha's brave front slowly unravels. DIR/SCR/PROD Trey Edward Shults; PROD Justin R. Chan, Chase Joliet, Wilson Smith. U.S., 2015, color, 81 min. RATED R

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!

Tickets $5

Tue, Apr 4, 9:10; Thu, Apr 6, 9:10

Hot on the heels of the Oscar®-winning BOYHOOD, director/ writer Richard Linklater's "spiritual sequel" to DAZED AND CONFUSED transports us to the late summer of 1980. Promising baseball pitcher Jake (Blake Jenner, THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN, GLEE) is about to start his freshman year at college, but ﬁrst he and his fellow players must navigate their way among parties, rivalries, girls and booze in the last few days before school begins. Get ready for the best weekend ever. DIR/SCR/PROD Richard Linklater; PROD Megan Ellison, Ginger Sledge. U.S., 2016, color, 117 min. RATED R

THE NICE GUYS

GREEN ROOM (2016)

THE NICE GUYS

Tickets $5 Fri, Mar 24, 9:45; Mon, Mar 27, 9:45

Sat, Apr 8, 7:30; Thu, Apr 13, 9:20

Alexandria-raised ﬁlmmaker Jeremy Saulnier follows up his breakout hit BLUE RUIN with this intense thriller. After a long and not particularly successful tour, punk band The Ain't Rights are ready to head home to the northern Virginia 'burbs, but accept one last gig at a club in backwoods Oregon. Bad news: it's a skinhead hangout, run by charismatic drug kingpin Patrick Stewart. Even worse news: the band members discover a body backstage, are taken prisoner and now must ﬁght for their lives. Anton Yelchin and Alia Shawkat shine as the desperate punks; Imogen Poots is a young racist with whom they become uneasy allies. DIR/SCR Jeremy Saulnier; PROD Neil Kopp, Victor Moyers, Anish Savjani. U.S., 2016, color, 95 min. RATED R

Shane Black — screenwriter behind the LETHAL WEAPON franchise and director of Marvel blockbuster IRON MAN 3 and cult classic KISS KISS BANG BANG — delivers another of his trademark odd-couple action comedies, this time an homage to 1970s southern California crime ﬁction, replete with exacting period detail: the fashion, the music, the sleaze and the political corruption. Luckless private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) teams up with muscle-for-hire Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) on a missing persons case to ﬁnd an innocent young girl, which somehow links to the recent murder of a porn star by the Detroit mob. DIR/SCR Shane Black; SCR Anthony Bagarozzi; PROD Joel Silver. U.S., 2016, color, 116 min. RATED R

WIENER-DOG

IN MEMORIAM: Anton Yelchin 1989–2016

Tue, Apr 11, 5:15; Wed, Apr 12, 9:00

RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN

Twenty-plus years after Todd Solondz's career-deﬁning coming-of-age tale WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, the director picks up the story of the haplessly lovable Dawn Wiener (now played by Greta Gerwig) in one of a series of tragically funny tableaux about a wayward dachshund who passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, quietly impacting their dysfunctional lives along the way. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Julie Delpy, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn and Zosia Mamet, WIENER-DOG is a wondrously warped look at the absurdity of life (and death) from one of contemporary cinema's most fearless and unique voices. DIR/SCR Todd Solondz; PROD Christine Vachon, Megan Ellison. U.S., 2016, color, 88 min. NOT RATED

GREEN ROOM

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Sun, Mar 26, 5:00

This witty twice-told tale of soju-soaked modern romance begins with film director Ham Cheon-soo (Jung Jae-young) arriving in town with time to kill before a screening the next day. He meets young artist Yoon Hee-jeong (Kim Min-hee, THE HANDMAIDEN), who has never seen his films, but they connect, have dinner and drinks and attend a party where all sorts of secrets are revealed. Then, unexpectedly, the world resets and the day starts all over again, with subtle differences. Astutely skewering everything from the film festival circuit to the art world and Hollywood rom-coms, Korean master auteur Hong Sang-soo's 17th feature shows the director in top form. DIR/SCR Hong Sang-soo; PROD Kim Kyoung-hee. South Korea, 2015, color, 121 min. In Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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Celebrated sketch comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele make the leap from Comedy Central to the big screen with winning results in this cat comedy, destined to be a cult classic. Cousins Clarence (Key) and Rell (Peele) are two exceedingly mild-mannered men who must toughen up to thug level in order to inﬁltrate the street gang that has catnapped Rell's beloved kitten, Keanu. The strong supporting cast includes Tiffany Haddish, Method Man, Jason Mitchell, Luis Guzmán, Nia Long and Will Forte. DIR Peter Atencio; SCR/PROD Jordan Peele; SCR Alex Rubens; PROD Keegan-Michael Key, Peter Principato, Paul Young, Joel Zadak. U.S., 2016, color, 100 min. RATED R

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THE FITS

Tickets $5

Sat, Apr 1, 11:45; Mon, Apr 3, 9:10

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THE FITS

Courtesy of Oscilloscope Films

KEANU

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Few films can genuinely claim to show something that has never been seen before, but with their feature debut, music video directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan (collectively known as Daniels) have managed the impossible, turning a certifiably berserk premise into an unlikely critics' darling and deeply heartfelt look at what it means to be human. In what has become affectionately known as "the farting corpse movie," Daniel Radcliffe is a talking cadaver who washes up on the shore of a seemingly deserted island, becoming a beacon of hope to Hank (Paul Dano), a stranded and lovelorn man trying to find his way home. DIR/SCR Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert; PROD Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, Jonathan Wang. U.S., 2016, color, 97 min. RATED R

TRAIN TO BUSAN Sat, Apr 15, 10:00; Wed, Apr 19, 9:30

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A box office sensation in South Korea, Yeon Sang-ho's (THE FAKE, THE KING OF PIGS) first live-action film is a harrowing zombie-train thriller that went on to wow audiences across the globe and is now the subject of a Hollywood remake, as well as an animated prequel. Trapped on a suspicion-filled, blooddrenched bullet train from Seoul, a group of terrified passengers must fight their way through a countrywide viral outbreak in order to reach the southern resort city of Busan, the one place that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes…or so everyone hopes. DIR Yeon Sang-ho; SCR Park Joo-suk; PROD Lee Dong-ha. South Korea, 2016, color, 118 min. In Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED

THE WITCH

THE WITCH (2016) Fri, Apr 14, 9:45; Sat, Apr 15, 3:15; Thu, Apr 20, 9:45

Robert Eggers' exquisitely crafted folk-horror tale puts a provocative new spin on the witchcraft hysteria that plagued early America's Massachusetts Bay Colony. Following an argument with his neighbors, the overly proud William (Ralph Ineson) leads his family away from the safety of the colony, building a farm on the edge of the woods. Soon, strange goings-on afﬂict the new settlers. With paranoia running high, some members of the family place the blame on eldest daughter Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), accusing her of witchcraft. As the family members lose their faith and their grip on reality, events spin out of control and further into madness. DIR/SCR Robert Eggers; PROD Rodrigo Teixeira, Daniel Bekerman, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Jay Van Hoy. U.S./ UK/Canada/Brazil, 2016, color, 93 min. RATED R

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Double Feature

EAT THAT QUESTION: FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS Mon, Apr 24, 7:15

An immensely talented musician and composer whose work freely combined elements of rock, pop, jazz and classical music in daring and provocative ways, Frank Zappa possessed an abiding belief in the virtues of individuality, freedom of thought and self-expression. This documentary compiles rare footage spanning more than 30 years in Zappa's career, with the musician holding forth persuasively on a number of political and philosophical topics¬ — culminating in his celebrated 1985 Senate testimony against the censorship of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) — and performances of some of his most political and pointedly satirical music. DIR Thorsten Schütte; PROD Estelle Fialon. U.S., 2016, color, 93 min. RATED R Followed by

GIMME DANGER Jim Jarmusch documents the story of The Stooges, led by charismatic frontman Iggy Pop, who exploded out of the late '60s counterculture of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with an eardrumassaulting sound that powerfully blended psychedelic garage rock, rough-hewn R&B and even free jazz into what would become the progenitor of the next decade's punk rock. Interviews with The Stooges allows the story to be told in the band members' own words, while rare concert footage offers a glimpse of what an alarmingly wild ride it was. DIR/SCR Jim Jarmusch; PROD José Ibáñez, Carter Logan, Fernando Sulichin. U.S., 2016, color, 108 min. RATED R

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Mon, Apr 10, 3:00, 9:30

65th Anniversary

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Sat, April 1, 3:00; Wed, Apr 5, 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show)

#1 on AFI's 100 Years of Musicals #5 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies When silent stars Gene Kelly and Jean Hagen's ﬁrst sound picture looks like a bomb, movie magic saves the day, as Kelly and company rush to recut the movie as a musical, with Debbie Reynolds' lilt dubbed over Hagen's screech. Vaudevillian Donald O'Connor's performance of "Make 'Em Laugh" is eclipsed only by Kelly's splashy song-and-dance performance of the title track, among the most celebrated sequences in the history of the genre. Kelly gave costar Reynolds, then just 19, a crash course in dancing; paired with O'Connor, the trio's ebullient performance of "Good Morning" has achieved screen immortality. DIR Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen; SCR Adolph Green, Betty Comden; PROD Arthur Freed. U.S., 1952, color, 103 min. NOT RATED IN MEMORIAM: Debbie Reynolds 1932–2016

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SWISS ARMY MAN

In what is sure to become a millennial mockumentary companion to THIS IS SPINAL TAP, Andy Samberg is Conner4Real, a rap star with a platinum-selling debut record and several world tours under his belt. Sadly, when his sophomore album ﬂops, he faces a popularity crisis of Bieber-esque proportions. The hilarious comedy from producer Judd Apatow and digital short superstars The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) sends up all aspects of pop music's fame machine, with a star-studded cast including Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack, Justin Timberlake, Bill Hader and Will Arnett. DIR/SCR/ PROD Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone; SCR/PROD Andy Samberg; PROD Judd Apatow, Rodney Rothman. U.S., 2016, color, 86 min. RATED R

Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

SWISS ARMY MAN

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Mon, Apr 17, 9:15; Tue, Apr 18, 9:45

EASTER PARADE Fri, Apr 14, 5:15; Mon, Apr 17, 5:15

After his long-time dance partner Ann Miller leaves to go solo ("Shakin' the Blues Away"), jilted Fred Astaire drunkenly boasts that he can turn any Plain Jane into a ﬁrst-class dancer, and to prove it he sets his sights on Judy Garland. Astaire and Garland's only screen pairing is this Oscar®-winning Irving Berlin musical featuring music and dance highlights "Steppin' Out With My Baby," "A Couple of Swells," "Beautiful Faces Need Beautiful Clothes" and "It Only Happens When I Dance With You." Astaire's typically dazzling footwork gets a fresh look, including slo-mos and layered dissolves, from cinematographer Harry Stradling and editor Albert Akst. DIR Charles Walters; SCR Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett; PROD Arthur Freed. U.S., 1948, color, 107 min. NOT RATED

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SPARTACUS (1960)

He's Spartacus! And Colonel Dax. And Whit Sterling, Midge Kelly, Chuck Tatum and Jonathan Shields. And Vincent van Gogh and Doc Holliday and Einar the Viking, too. The indomitable Kirk Douglas recently turned 100, and played approximately that many different roles during his seven decades in show business. Renowned for his on-screen intensity, his ability to play both conventional heroes and morally compromised anti-heroes with convincing gusto and, of course, for his trademark cleft chin, Douglas is a paragon of the post-WWII Hollywood leading man. This series presents some of Douglas' most notable ﬁlms from across his wide-ranging and dynamic career.

Sat, Mar 18, 1:00; Sun, Mar 19, 1:00

ACE IN THE HOLE

Courtesy of Paramount

"I'm Spartacus!" This epic drama follows the legend of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), who leads his fellow slaves in an uprising against the corrupt Roman Empire. A landmark film for young director Stanley Kubrick, it was one of two 1960 films (along with Otto Preminger's EXODUS) to openly hire and credit blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, thus effectively ending the blacklist era. Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis and Jean Simmons round out the film's all-star cast. Nominated for six Academy Awards®, the film won Best Cinematography, Costume Design, Art Direction and Supporting Actor (Ustinov). DIR Stanley Kubrick; SCR Dalton Trumbo, from the novel by Howard Fast; PROD Edward Lewis. U.S., 1960, color, 198 min plus a 15-min intermission. NOT RATED

ACE IN THE HOLE

The Kirk Douglas Fellowship at the AFI Conservatory

Sun, Mar 26, 6:30; Wed, Mar 29, 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show)

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

Established by the ﬁlm icon and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree in 2015, the Kirk Douglas Fellowship is a full-tuition, two-year scholarship awarded biennially to one AFI Conservatory Fellow. This scholarship serves as an enduring investment by a master ﬁlmmaker, and an educational legacy that continues to echo into the future of the ongoing excellence of the art form. SPARTACUS

On its release, critics called this the most bitter, cynical, meanspirited movie ever made. It still might hold the honor. What's certain is the scary prescience of Billy Wilder's tale of media manipulation. Kirk Douglas is stupendously rotten as a disgraced reporter reclaiming the spotlight by prolonging the plight of a trapped miner. Jan Sterling is unforgettable as the miner's lessthan-compassionate wife. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR/SCR/ PROD Billy Wilder; SCR Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman. U.S., 1951, b&w, 111 min. NOT RATED

CHAMPION (1949) Fri, Mar 10, 11:45 a.m.; Wed, Mar 15, 7:00

In Mark Robson's famed boxing noir, Michael "Midge" Kelly (Kirk Douglas) is a poor, ambitious young war veteran who discovers a talent for boxing and determines to use it to drag himself up in the world at any cost. Along the way, Midge's single-minded pursuit of a better life pushes him further and further into the moral gray zone, and he spirals into a cycle of corruption, betrayal and violence that leaves no one unscathed. As this classic anti-hero, Douglas earned the ﬁrst of three Oscar® nominations for Best Actor and transformed overnight from a rising star into Hollywood royalty. DIR Mark Robson; SCR Carl Foreman, from the story by Ring Lardner; PROD Stanley Kramer. U.S., 1949, b&w, 99 min. NOT RATED

OUT OF THE PAST Wed, Mar 22, 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show); Thu, Mar 23, 7:15

Ex-private eye Robert Mitchum tries to make a new life in the country, but his past catches up with him in the person of his mob-boss former employer Kirk Douglas and bad girl Jane Greer, with whom Mitchum's earlier romantic idyll ended on a murderous note. Dizzyingly told in ﬂashback, blending dreamy romanticism with doomy cynicism, for many, this is the ultimate ﬁlm noir, with the screen's most vicious love triangle: Mitchum, with his iconic trench coat and laconic cool; femme fatale Greer, a serial man-jilter whose duplicity and murderousness know no bounds; and Douglas, blending charm and menace in one of his best performances. DIR Jacques Tourneur; SCR Daniel Mainwaring, from his novel "Build My Gallows High"; PROD Warren Duff. U.S., 1947, b&w, 97 min. RATED PG

THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS A terrible childhood secret unites heiress Barbara Stanwyck and her drunken DA husband, Kirk Douglas (in his screen debut). When footloose WWII vet Van Heflin blows back into town, old passions are rekindled and new plots hatched. Stanwyck, Douglas and Heflin all shine in their roles, along with sultry Lizabeth Scott as a jailbird who may represent Heflin's salvation, or his undoing. DIR Lewis Milestone; SCR Robert Rossen, from a story by John Patrick; PROD Hal B. Wallis. U.S., 1946, b&w, 116 min. NOT RATED

OUT OF THE PAST

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Fri, Mar 10, 1:45; Thu, Mar 16, 7:00

LONELY ARE THE BRAVE

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

CHAMPION

Courtesy of Paramount

70th Anniversary

55th Anniversary

LONELY ARE THE BRAVE Sun, Apr 16, 3:10; Wed, Apr 19, 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show)

A freedom-loving cowboy follows his "don't fence me in" ethos to extremes in this cult classic modern-day Western, considered a personal favorite by star Kirk Douglas. Korean War vet Jack Burns (Douglas) gets himself sent to jail on purpose, in order to help a friend convicted of helping illegal immigrants escape. But ultimately only Burns breaks out, and heads for the hills hoping to cross over into Mexico. Tasked with bringing in the fugitive, Sheriff Morey Johnson (Walter Matthau) leads an extensive military-backed manhunt. The excellent cast includes Gena Rowlands, Carroll O'Connor, George Kennedy, William Schallert and Bill "The One-Armed Man" Raisch. DIR David Miller; SCR Dalton Trumbo, from "The Brave Cowboy" by Edward Abbey; PROD Edward Lewis. U.S., 1962, b&w, 107 min. NOT RATED

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THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

DETECTIVE STORY (1951) Sat, Mar 25, 11:30 a.m.; Tue, Mar 28, 7:15

Against the backdrop of a typical day in New York's 21st Precinct squad room, Kirk Douglas is no-nonsense Detective Jim McLeod, a stalwart but hard-nosed member of the force facing a moral conﬂict after discovering that his wife (Eleanor Parker) once used the services of a crooked obstetrician (George MacReady), now accused of killing a woman during an illegal abortion. In addition to highlighting Douglas' star-turn performance, the ﬁlm also functions as a stellar ensemble drama, with William Wyler directing a talented supporting cast, including Joseph Wiseman and Lee Grant in their screen debuts. DIR/PROD William Wyler; SCR Robert Wyler, Philip Yordan, from the play by Sidney Kingsley. U.S., 1951, b&w, 103 min. NOT RATED

Using a structure borrowed from CITIZEN KANE, the history of producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) is revealed through the recollections of an actress (Lana Turner), a director (Barry Sullivan) and a writer (Dick Powell) — all of whom are being wheedled by Douglas into making another film together. The script artfully weaves true Hollywood stories into a seamless and stormy melodrama that, thanks to the vision of Vincente Minnelli and the performances of an extraordinary cast, becomes the ultimate "Hollywood" movie. The film won five Oscars®, including Best Supporting Actress for Gloria Grahame as Powell's wife. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR Vincente Minnelli; SCR Charles Schnee, from a story by George Bradshaw; PROD John Houseman. U.S., 1952, b&w, 116 min. NOT RATED

PATHS OF GLORY

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DETECTIVE STORY

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Wed, Apr 12, 7:05

60th Anniversary

PATHS OF GLORY Sat, Apr 8, 3:25; Sun, Apr 9, 3:25; Mon, Apr 10, 5:15; Thu, Apr 13, 5:15

One of Stanley Kubrick's finest, this film is an expert realization of WWI's battles in the trenches and a biting critique of the futility of the soldiers' efforts and the fecklessness of their officers. Ordered to storm a German stronghold that holds little strategic value, French colonel Kirk Douglas' troops take heavy losses and retreat under fire. With the top brass demanding blood — while covering up their own misdeeds and vainglorious motives — Douglas must defend his men's actions in military court. DIR/SCR/ PROD Stanley Kubrick; SCR Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson, from the novel by Humphrey Cobb; PROD Kirk Douglas, James B. Harris. U.S., 1957, b&w, 88 min. NOT RATED

A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949) Sun, Mar 26, 12:30

In this witty social comedy, three friends (Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern), receive a message from local society darling Addie Ross (an unseen Celeste Holm) announcing that she has eloped with one of their husbands. As each woman wonders if she is the betrayed wife, country girl Deborah (Crain) recounts her unbalanced relationship with her upper-class husband (Jeffrey Lynn); career-woman Rita (Sothern) examines whether she's been too rough on her professorial spouse (Kirk Douglas); and working-class Lora Mae (Darnell) questions her marriage of convenience to a rich business executive (Paul Douglas). DIR/SCR Joseph L. Mankiewicz; SCR Vera Caspary, from the novel "Letter to Five Wives" by John Klempner; PROD Sol C. Siegel. U.S., 1949, b&w, 103 min. NOT RATED

THE VIKINGS (1958)

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954) Sun, Apr 2, 12:30

With three adaptations of Jules Verne's adventure currently in the works, Richard Fleischer's defining version of the beloved story seems timelier than ever. Disney's Academy Award®-winning spectacle is an effects extravaganza featuring Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas and Peter Lorre as shipwrecked survivors taken captive by the mysterious Captain Nemo (James Mason). Nemo wavers between genius and madman, willing to stop at nothing to complete his deadly crusade across the Seven Seas. The film's epic giant squid fight scene is not to be missed on the big screen, nor is Douglas' rendition of "A Whale of a Tale," a rare on-screen singing performance. DIR Richard Fleischer; SCR Earl Felton, from the novel by Jules Verne; PROD Walt Disney. U.S., 1954, color, 127 min. NOT RATED

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THE VIKINGS

LUST FOR LIFE

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Filmed on location in Norway by famed cinematographer Jack Cardiff (BLACK NARCISSUS, THE RED SHOES), this big-screen epic reteamed filmmaker Richard Fleischer with Kirk Douglas after their previous hit 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. Einar (Douglas) and Eric (Tony Curtis) are half-brothers, fighting to seize the throne of Northumbria and the hand of its princess, Morgana (Janet Leigh). Ernest Borgnine is their warloving father, Ragnar. Orson Welles narrates. Featuring intense scenes of revelry, The New York Times called the film, "the best advertisement for beer-drinking since the breweries put wrestling on TV." DIR Richard Fleischer; SCR Calder Willingham, from "The Viking" by Edison Marshall; PROD Jerry Bresler. U.S., 1958, color, 116 min. NOT RATED

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20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios

Sat, Apr 8, 1:00

LUST FOR LIFE Sun, Apr 9, 1:00

Kirk Douglas won Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Circle awards for this ﬁerce portrait of a tormented artistic genius. As Vincent van Gogh, a man torn between joyful inspiration and the dark desperation of his mind, Douglas channels an obsessive, manic energy, portraying an artist for whom an all-consuming dedication to his craft requires pushing away family and friends, including artist Paul Gauguin (Anthony Quinn in an Oscar®-winning role), and ultimately destroying himself. With a palate inspired by the painterly hues of van Gogh's sea, ﬁeld and sky, director Vincente Minnelli captures the ecstasy of art, and the agony of one man's life. DIR Vincente Minnelli; SCR Norman Corwin, from the novel by Irving Stone; PROD John Houseman. U.S., 1956, color, 122 min. NOT RATED

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THE BIG SKY

TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN

55th Anniversary

TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN

STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET Tue, Apr 18, 2:30; Thu, Apr 20, 5:00

STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET

Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

This bittersweet melodrama, beautifully lensed in CinemaScope by Charles Lang, enjoys a devoted following for its emotional sophistication and nuance. Unhappy with his wife's desire that he pursue more lucrative contracts, architect Kirk Douglas pours his soul into the unconventional home he is creating for novelist Ernie Kovacs in Bel Air. In contrast to his own open-plan suburban rambler, the new multi-level residence incorporates Japanese-style screens, romantic jewel-tones and warm wood surfaces — a bold design, with further inspiration provided by the affair Douglas begins with new neighbor Kim Novak. DIR/ PROD Richard Quine; SCR Evan Hunter, from his novel. U.S., 1960, color, 117 min. NOT RATED

Vincente Minnelli's THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL enjoys classic status as one of the great insider critiques of Hollywood, but his lesser-known 1962 ﬁlm, also starring Kirk Douglas, packs just as much of a wallop. Cracked-up actor Douglas, a former star who's spent the past three years in a sanitarium after a disﬁguring auto accident, takes an assignment from his old director Edward G. Robinson, now carpetbagging on a low-budget international production at Rome's Cinecittà. Cyd Charisse plays Douglas' exotic, femme fatale ex-wife whom he still hasn't gotten over, the only thing standing in the way of his budding attraction to starlet Daliah Lavi. DIR Vincente Minnelli; SCR Charles Schnee, from the novel by Irwin Shaw; PROD John Houseman. U.S., 1962, color, 107 min. NOT RATED

MCCABE & MRS. MILLER Fri, Mar 24, 7:20; Sat, Mar 25, 5:00; Mon, Mar 27, 7:15; Tue, Mar 28, 9:20

Warren Beatty's boastful-but-sensitive gambler and Julie Christie's business-minded madam enjoy an overnight success, setting up a bordello together in the frontier town of Presbyterian Church. But their success draws the interest of the local mining company, which, when rebuffed in their effort to buy them out, resorts to strong-arm tactics. Vilmos Zsigmond's gorgeous widescreen photography, Leonard Cohen's moody balladry and director Robert Altman's eye and ear for detail make this revisionist Western classic a must-see on the big screen. DIR/SCR Robert Altman; SCR Brian McKay, from the novel by Edmund Naughton; PROD Mitchell Brower, David Foster. U.S., 1971, color, 120 min. RATED R IN MEMORIAM: Leonard Cohen 1934–2016

SEVEN DAYS IN MAY Sun, Apr 23, 4:15

Set some time in the near future of the 1970s, liberal U.S. president Jordan Lyman (Fredric March) signs a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union, in the wake of a Korean Warlike stalemate in Iran. Amid a loud public outcry of dissatisfaction from the administration's political opposition and rightwingers in the military, Marine Corps Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey (Kirk Douglas) uncovers a plot within the Joint Chiefs of Staff, led by charismatic Air Force General James Mattoon Scott (Burt Lancaster), to stage a military coup. The impressive cast includes Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, John Houseman and George Macready. DIR John Frankenheimer; SCR Rod Serling, from the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II; PROD Edward Lewis. U.S., 1964, b&w, 118 min. NOT RATED

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

THE BIG SKY

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Tue, Apr 18, 5:00; Thu, Apr 20, 2:45

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Unique among Westerns, this ﬁlm takes place in 1816 (most are set closer to the Civil War years) and concerns not a wagon train of homesteaders but a Missouri River keelboat crew making a perilous journey from the frontier town of St. Louis deep into the Montana territory to trade with the Blackfoot Indians. Captain Frenchy (Steven Geray) heads a crew that includes friendly rivals Jim Deakins (Kirk Douglas) and Boone Caudill (Dewey Martin), plus Boone's frontiersman uncle Zeb (Arthur Hunnicutt) and an ace in the hole: Blackfoot princess Teal Eye (Elizabeth Threatt), sprung from enemy captors, whose return the crew hopes will curry favor with her tribe. DIR/PROD Howard Hawks; SCR Dudley Nichols, from the novel by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. U.S., 1952, b&w, 122 min. NOT RATED

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Sat, Apr 22, 4:45

BLAZING SADDLES Fri, Apr 7, 9:20; Sat, Apr 8, 10:00; Sun, Apr 9, 9:10

Mel Brooks' spoof of the Western was a tremendous hit, establishing the template for his 1970s and '80s genre satires. Coveting land around the frontier town of Rock Ridge, nefarious railroad magnate Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) recruits a gang to terrorize the town and uses his influence to stick Rock Ridge with rookie sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little), the town's first black resident. Despite long odds, the wily new sheriff flips the script with help from newly deputized drunk "The Waco Kid" (Gene Wilder) and Dietrich-esque saloon singer Lili Von Shtupp (Oscar®-nominated Madeline Kahn). "A wed wose. How womantic." DIR/SCR Mel Brooks; SCR Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger; PROD Michael Hertzberg. U.S., 1974, color, 93 min. RATED R IN MEMORIAM: Gene Wilder 1933–2016

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DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST Opens February 17 – see website for daily showtimes

At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the island Gullah community off of South Carolina — former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions — struggles to maintain their cultural heritage while contemplating a migration to the mainland, even further from their roots. The first wide release by a black female filmmaker, AFI Conservatory alumna Julie Dash's DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST was met with critical acclaim when it opened in 1991, and it still resonates today, most recently as a major influence on Beyonce's "Lemonade." Restored (in conjunction with UCLA) for the first time, with color grading overseen by cinematographer Arthur Jafa. DIR/SCR/PROD Julie Dash; PROD Arthur Jafa, Steven Jones. U.S., 1991, color, 112 min. NOT RATED

TAMPOPO

MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN Fri, Apr 21, 9:30; Sat, Apr 22, 11:59; Sun, Apr 23, 6:45; Tue, Apr 25, 5:00; Wed, Apr 26, 4:30; Thu, Apr 27, 9:15

Tickets $5

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Sat, Apr 15, 4:20

This is the inspiring story of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in all-white major league baseball when he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, achieving stardom, opening the doors for others and marking a key victory in the Civil Rights movement. DIR/SCR Brian Helgeland; PROD Thomas Tull. U.S., 2013, color, 128 min. RATED PG-13

Monty Python delivers a scathing, anarchic satire of both religion and Hollywood's depiction of all things biblical in this hilarious epic. The setting is Judea 33 AD, a time of poverty and chaos. At the center of it all is Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a reluctant would-be messiah who rises to prominence as the result of a series of absurd circumstances (and a bit of mistaken identity with that better-known prophet). The Pythons, each playing multiple roles, nail the topical humor of the day: ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate, the art of haggling, the Romans ("What have they ever done for us?") and cruciﬁxion. DIR/ SCR Terry Jones; SCR Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin; PROD John Goldstone. UK, 1979, color, 94 min. RATED R

MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL Fri, Apr 21, 7:30; Sat, Apr 22, 11:59; Mon, Apr 24, 5:15; Wed, Apr 26, 9:40; Thu, Apr 27, 5:00

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MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL

In person: the Langley Punks & Travesty Films fellow travelers You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl your beer. AFI Silver pays tribute to the DC area's original homegrown comedy ﬁlmmakers the Langley Punks, a cult force throughout the '70s and early '80s. Eventually morphing into the comedy collective Travesty Group, their astonishing output in the days before video cameras included 11 short ﬁlms, a kinescope tribute to classic comedy television, a collaboration with Sam Raimi and a comedy album featuring "Rock and Roll Doctor," heralded by Dr. Demento as "one of the greatest novelty recordings of all time." This program includes their magnum opus, HYATTSVILLE HOLIDAY. The Washington Post called Travesty Group "hysterical." The New York Times called them "truly funny." But what do they know? See for yourself, if you dare. Program approximately 90 min. NOT RATED

Sing-Along

Spawning a hit musical, plush killer bunnies and a generation of comedy nerds, this irreverent cult classic is the Pythons' unique take on the legend of King Arthur. After recruiting the Knights of the Round Table to join him in Camelot (turns out it's a silly place), Arthur and his coconut-clopping crew set out on a noble quest to find the Holy Grail. Featuring limbless knights, a Trojan rabbit and wisecracking Frenchmen, the troupe's first original feature mixes absurd set pieces with Terry Gilliam's trademark animation, in the only Python film he directed. DIR/SCR Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones; SCR Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin; PROD Mark Forstater, Michael White. UK, 1975, color, 91 min. RATED PG

TRAVESTY FILMS PRESENTS THE FIRST ABSOLUTELY FINAL RETROSPECTIVE FEATURING THE RETURN OF THE LANGLEY PUNKS

A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON

A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON Sun, Apr 2, 7:30

Courtesy of Janus Films

70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's MLB debut

TRAVESTY FILMS PRESENTS THE FIRST ABSOLUTELY FINAL RETROSPECTIVE FEATURING THE RETURN OF THE LANGLEY PUNKS

Sat, Apr 22, 7:30 Courtesy of Janus Films

DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST

Jûzô Itami's rapturous "ramen Western" returns to U.S. screens for the ﬁrst time in decades, in a new 4K restoration. This tale of an enigmatic band of ramen ronin who guide the widow of a noodle shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe serves up a savory broth of culinary adventure seasoned with offbeat comedy sketches and the erotic exploits of a gastronome gangster. Sweet, sexy, surreal and mouthwatering, TAMPOPO remains one of the most delectable examples of food on ﬁlm. (Note courtesy of Janus Films.) DIR/SCR/PROD Jûzô Itami; PROD Seigo Hosogoe, Yasushi Tamaoki. Japan, 1985, color, 115 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Courtesy of Travesty Films

Courtesy of Cohen Media Group

Sun, Apr 2, 5:00

Tickets $5

This ineffable mix of unbridled joy and vérité realism presents beloved singer/songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell as filmed by documentarian Les Blank between 1972 and 1974. Blank's camera lets us into the world of Russell and his friends and fellow artists in and around his recording studio in Oklahoma, capturing intimate, off-the-cuff moments and combining them with mesmerizing scenes of Russell and his band performing live. This singular film about an artist and his community never got an official theatrical release and has attained legendary status. Now, after more than forty years, it can finally be seen and heard in all its rough beauty. (Note courtesy of Janus Films.) DIR/SCR Les Blank; PROD Denny Cordell, Leon Russell. U.S., 1974, color, 90 min. NOT RATED IN MEMORIAM: Leon Russell 1942–2016

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FEBRUARY 17 – APRIL 27 ■ Reseeing Iran ■ All About Almodóvar ■ Environmental Film Festival ■ Capital Irish Film Festival ■ The Marx Brothers

■ Kirk Douglas Centennial ■ Special Engagements ■ Muppet Movies ■ 2016: A Second Look

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

18 ■ THE WIND WILL CARRY US 1:15

DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST Opens – see website for daily showtime

Sun 19 ■ TEN 2:45

Mon 20 ■ CAPTAIN FANTASTIC 5:15

Tue 21 ■ CAPTAIN FANTASTIC 7:00

AND THE TWO STRINGS 26 ■ KUBO 11:00 a.m.

27 ■ ZOOTOPIA 5:15

28 ■ KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS 5:15

1 ■ ZOOTOPIA 5:15

2 ■ SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU 7:00

7 ■ LITTLE MEN (2016) 3:10

8 ■ THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) 4:30

New African Film Festival — March 9–19 STREET PRESENTS FOLLOW 9 ■ LITTLE MEN (2016) 3:10 10 ■ CHAMPION (1949) 11:45 a.m. 11 ■ SESAME THAT BIRD 11:00 a.m. ■ THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) 5:00 ■ THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS

24 ■ KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS 5:15

25 ■ ZOOTOPIA 11:00 a.m.

3 ■ OUTCASTS BY CHOICE 5:30

4 ■ THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) 11:00 a.m.

■ CERTIFIED COPY 1:15 ■ LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE 3:30

MARCH ■ SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU 5:20

■ CERTIFIED COPY 7:15

5 ■ THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) 11:30 a.m. 6 ■ LITTLE MEN (2016) 3:10, 9:20 ■ ■ ■ ■

CIFF Shorts Program II 1:00 ATLANTIC (2016) 2:30 SOUTH (2016) 4:45 Capital Irish Film Festival Closing Night: THE YOUNG OFFENDERS 6:30 ■ SING STREET 9:00

STREET PRESENTS FOLLOW 12 ■ SESAME THAT BIRD 11:00 a.m.

■ THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) 5:00 ■ KAILI BLUES 7:00

■ THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) 5:00 ■ LABYRINTH OF PASSION 7:00 ■ PEPI, LUCI, BOM 9:05

■ TASTE OF CHERRY 7:15

■ LITTLE MEN (2016) 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show) ■ PEPI, LUCI, BOM 9:05

■ Capital Irish Film Festival Opening Night: BORN AND REARED 7:15

■ LIFT 7:15 ■ SING STREET 9:45

■ CIFF Shorts Program 1 1:00 ■ FÍS NA FUISEOIGE 2:30 ■ DEARGDHÚIL: ANATOMY OF A PASSION 4:00 ■ BOBBY SANDS: 66 DAYS 5:30 ■ WAR ON EVERYONE 7:45 ■ PEPI, LUCI, BOM 10:00

■ THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN 1:00

1:45 ■ THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER 4:05

■ THE LORAX (1972) with HORTON HEARS A WHO (1970) 11:30 a.m. ■ THE FITS 11:45 a.m. ■ SPARTACUS (1960) 1:00 ■ KEDI 5:00

14 ■ THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER 5:15

15 ■ THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN 5:15

16 ■ THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER 5:15

LORAX (1972) with HORTON HEARS 19 ■ THE 20 ■ THE FITS 5:20, 8:45 A WHO (1970) 11:30 a.m. ■ KRISHA 7:00

21 ■ KRISHA 5:15

22 ■ OUT OF THE PAST 6:30 (Montgomery

23 ■ KRISHA 5:15

24 ■ THE COCOANUTS 5:15

26 ■ THE COCOANUTS 11:45 a.m.

27 ■ THE DARK CRYSTAL 5:15

28 ■ THE DARK CRYSTAL 5:15

29 ■ ACE IN THE HOLE 6:30 (Montgomery

30 ■ ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) 5:15

31 ■ MONKEY BUSINESS (1931) 5:30

1 ■ LABYRINTH 11:30 a.m., 11:59

2 ■ LABYRINTH 11:30 a.m.

3 ■ HORSE FEATHERS 5:20

4 ■ MONKEY BUSINESS (1931) 5:20

5 ■ SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 6:30 (Montgomery 6 ■ HORSE FEATHERS 5:20 College @ AFI show)

7 ■ DUCK SOUP 5:20

8 ■ MUPPETS FROM SPACE 11:00 a.m.

■ THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER 1:00

■ SPARTACUS 1:00 ■ PETER AND THE FARM 5:00

13 ■ THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN 5:15

■ LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE 7:15

■ DARK HABITS 9:20

■ THE BEEKEEPER AND HIS SON 7:15

■ WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS? 9:20

■ MATADOR (1986) 7:00 ■ LAW OF DESIRE 9:20

■ CHAMPION (1949) 7:00 ■ DARK HABITS 9:20

College @ AFI show) ■ MATADOR (1986) 9:25

■ THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS 7:00 ■ WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS? 9:20

■ RED DESERT (1964) 7:00 ■ OUT OF THE PAST 7:15 ■ LAW OF DESIRE 9:20

■ MCCABE & MRS. MILLER 7:20 ■ GREEN ROOM (2016) 9:45

25 ■ THE DARK CRYSTAL 11:00 a.m., 9:30 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

DETECTIVE STORY (1951) 11:30 a.m. ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) 1:00 THE RED TURTLE 3:15 MCCABE & MRS MILLER 5:00 WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN 7:30

APRIL ■ A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949) 12:30 ■ RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN 5:00 ■ ACE IN THE HOLE 6:30 ■ HIGH HEELS 8:45

■ 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954) 12:30 ■ MONKEY BUSINESS (1931) 3:15 ■ TAMPOPO 5:00 ■ A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON 7:30 ■ BLADERUNNER – THE FINAL CUT 9:30 ■ MUPPETS FROM SPACE 11:00 a.m. ■ LUST FOR LIFE 1:00 ■ PATHS OF GLORY 3:25 ■ DUCK SOUP 5:20 ■ ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER 7:00 ■ BLAZING SADDLES 9:10

16 ■ THE MUPPETS (2011) 11:00 a.m. ■ ■ ■ ■

MUPPETS MOST WANTED 1:00 LONELY ARE THE BRAVE 3:10 BROKEN EMBRACES 5:20 VOLVER 8:00

■ MCCABE & MRS. MILLER 7:15 ■ GREEN ROOM (2016) 9:45

■ THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET 7:00 ■ KEANU 9:10

■ LIVE FLESH 7:00 ■ EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! 9:10

College @ AFI show) ■ WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN 9:30

■ KIKA 9:20

■ TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! 7:20 ■ HIGH HEELS 9:30

■ LIVE FLESH 7:00 ■ EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! 9:10

■ BLADERUNNER – THE FINAL CUT 7:15 ■ KIKA 9:40

■ TALK TO HER 7:00 ■ BLAZING SADDLES 9:20

■ ■ ■ ■

THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET 12:45 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 3:00 HORSE FEATHERS 5:20 BLADERUNNER – THE FINAL CUT 7:00, 11:30 ■ Dr. Sarcoﬁguy presents THE WICKER MAN (1973) 9:30 ■ KEANU 11:45

■ ■ ■ ■ ■

THE VIKINGS (1958) 1:00 PATHS OF GLORY 3:25 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 5:20 THE NICE GUYS 7:30 BLAZING SADDLES 10:00

10 ■ SWISS ARMY MAN 3:00, 9:30

11 ■ WIENER-DOG 5:15

12 ■ A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 4:30

13 ■ PATHS OF GLORY 5:15

14 ■ A DAY AT THE RACES 1:00

15 ■ THE MUPPETS (2011) 11:00 a.m.

17 ■ MUPPETS MOST WANTED 1:00

18 ■ STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET 2:30

19 ■ A DAY AT THE RACES 2:30

20 ■ TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN 2:45

21 ■ MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND 5:15

22 ■ MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND 2:30

■ PATHS OF GLORY 5:15 ■ TALK TO HER 7:15

■ ■ ■ ■

THE MUPPETS (2011) 3:05 EASTER PARADE 5:15 ROOM SERVICE 7:30 POP STAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING 9:15

PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL 23 ■ MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND 11:20 a.m. 24 ■ MONTY 5:15 ■ THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) 1:30 ■ SEVEN DAYS IN MAY 4:15 ■ MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN 6:45 ■ I'M SO EXCITED! 8:45

■ DETECTIVE STORY (1951) 7:15 ■ MCCABE & MRS MILLER 9:20

■ Double Feature: EAT THAT QUESTION: FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS with GIMME DANGER 7:15

■ ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER 7:15

■ TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN 5:00 ■ BROKEN EMBRACES 7:15 ■ POP STAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING 9:45

■ DUCK SOUP 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show) ■ THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 7:05 ■ WIENER-DOG 9:00

■ ROOM SERVICE 4:45 ■ LONELY ARE THE BRAVE 6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show) ■ TRAIN TO BUSAN 9:30

■ A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 7:15 ■ THE NICE GUYS 9:20

■ ■ ■ ■

STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET 5:00 1984 (1984) 7:00 A DAY AT THE RACES 7:30 THE WITCH (2016) 9:45

PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL 25 ■ MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN 5:00 26 ■ MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN 4:30 27 ■ MONTY 5:00 ■ THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) ■ JULIETA (2016) 7:00 ■ THE SKIN I LIVE IN 9:05

6:30 (Montgomery College @ AFI show) ■ MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL 9:40

■ JULIETA (2016) 7:00 ■ MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN 9:15

■ ■ ■ ■

ROOM SERVICE 3:30 EASTER PARADE 5:15 BAD EDUCATION (2004) 7:30 THE WITCH (2016) 9:45

■ MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL 7:30 ■ MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN 9:30

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

MUPPETS MOST WANTED 1:00 THE WITCH (2016) 3:15 42 4:20 VOLVER 5:15 BAD EDUCATION (2004) 7:45 TRAIN TO BUSAN 10:00

■ THE BIG SKY 4:45 ■ TRAVESTY FILMS PRESENTS THE FIRST ABSOLUTELY FINAL RETROSPECTIVE FEATURING THE RETURN OF THE LANGLEY PUNKS 7:30 ■ THE SKIN I LIVE IN 10:00 ■ MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL 11:59 ■ MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN 11:59

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Capital Irish Film Festival March 2–5 AFI Silver is proud to host the 11th Capital Irish Film Festival (CIFF), presented by Solas Nua. Celebrating Irish identity, culture and artistry, CIFF's lineup brings the best in contemporary Irish cinema to the Washington, DC, area.

FÍS NA FUISEOIGE

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For more information, visit solasnua.org/ciff No passes accepted.

Opening Night: BORN AND REARED

BOBBY SANDS: 66 DAYS

Thu, Mar 2, 7:15

Sat, Mar 4, 5:30

OUTCASTS BY CHOICE

WAR ON EVERYONE

Fri, Mar 3, 5:30

Sat, Mar 4, 7:45

LIFT (2016)

CIFF Shorts Program II

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SING STREET

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FÍS NA FUISEOIGE [THE LARK’S VIEW]

Closing Night: THE YOUNG OFFENDERS

Sat, Mar 4, 2:30

Sun, Mar 5, 6:30

DEARGDHÚIL: ANATOMY OF A PASSION Sat, Mar 4, 4:00

Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital March 14–26 AFI Silver is proud to host screenings in the 2017 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Founded in 1993, the festival has pioneered a movement to advance environmental understanding through the power of film, and now serves as a model for environmental film festivals across the country and around the world. For complete listings, including films screening at other venues, visit dceff.org No passes accepted.

THE LORAX (1972) with HORTON HEARS A WHO! (1970)

Tickets $5 Sat, Mar 18, 11:30 a.m.; Sun, Mar 19, 11:30 a.m.

KEDI Sat, Mar 18, 5:00

PETER AND THE FARM Sun, Mar 19, 5:00

THE BEEKEEPER AND HIS SON Mon, Mar 20, 7:15

RED DESERT (1964) [IL DESERTO ROSSO] Thu, Mar 23, 7:00

THE RED TURTLE [LA TORTUE ROUGE] Sat, Mar 25, 3:15

New African Film Festival March 9–19 AFI Silver is proud to host the 13th annual New African Film Festival, co-presented by AFI, Africa World Now Project and afrikafé. This year's festival showcases the vibrancy of African ﬁlmmaking from all corners of the continent. Highlights include CLASH, Egypt's 2016 Oscar® Selection; KATI KATI, a FIPRESCI prize-winning Kenyan ghost story; festival favorite WOVEN, a U.S.-set Ethiopian-American coproduction; '76, the hotly anticipated political thriller from Nigerian superstar director Izu Ojukwu; and the award-winning Tunisian drama HEDI, coproduced by Belgium's Dardenne brothers. The full schedule will be announced in February; see website for listings. No passes accepted.

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FRIDAY & SATURDAY

Marina Franklin Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington; Fri. & Sat., 10 p.m., $20.

“Last Comic Standing” alum Marina Franklin has been making a name for herself over the years with bit parts in “Louie,” “Trainwreck” and “Chappelle’s Show.” She also hosts a podcast, “FriendsLikeUs,” which features women of color (and the occasional man) discussing hot topics like gentrification, political bubbles and resolutions. This weekend, she’ll bring her sharp wit to Arlington.

Music & Instruments of

Victor Gama February 22 at 8 p.m. Family Theater The renowned composer and instrument builder brings his unique vision to KC Jukebox for an exciting performance including a piece informed by his upbringing in Angola, performed on an array of beautifully constructed instruments. Free After-Party | Cash Bar Plus a solo set by

Tall Tall Trees

Thu. MUSIC

Vusi Mahlasela Known simply as The Voice in his native South Africa, Vusi Mahlasela rose to prominence with his songs of hope, freedom and forgiveness during the country’s anti-apartheid movement. He’s since been embraced by such American musicians as Dave Matthews and Warren Haynes, and he performs regularly around the world. Hamilton, 600 14th St. NW; Thu., 7:30 p.m., $15-$40.

Fri. EXHIBITS

‘Border Crossing: Jami Porter Lara’ When you look at Jami Porter Lara’s pottery, you should see something familiar but slightly askew. That’s because the artist uses a millennia-old process to create works that resemble a common item: the plastic bottle. On a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, Porter Lara found pieces of ancient pottery and empty plastic

bottles left by migrants. The juxtaposition of the two inspired her new exhibit, “Border Crossing.”

Mission BBQ; a $65 VIP ticket gets you entry an hour early (at 6 p.m.) and additional beers to try.

National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW; Friday through May 14, $10.

Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Place, Silver Spring; Fri., 7-10 p.m., $50 (VIP: 6-10 p.m., $65).

MUSIC

Cashmere Cat Cashmere Cat, who has worked with Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and The Weeknd, is slated to release his debut album, “Wild Love,” this year. The record promises to be the most complete look at the producer’s vision for electronic pop music, which often weaves together warm blankets of woozy synths, digital sprites and soothing vocals. 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW; Fri., 8 p.m., $22. DRINKS

Love Thy Beer The main event of Maryland Craft Beer Lover Month — aka FeBREWary — is a new festival focused on seasonal ales, with 24 Free State breweries pouring stouts, porters and other cold-weather beers. The general admission ticket includes unlimited sampling and food from

Sat. MUSIC

Sinkane Sudanese musician Ahmed Gallab, who records under the moniker Sinkane, writes songs that groove and provoke thought in equal measure. His latest album, “Life & Livin’ It,” brims with musical and lyrical vitality. When he takes the stage at Black Cat, expect extended solos that bring another dimension to his well-crafted songs. Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW; Sat., 8 p.m., $16-$18.

Mon. BOOKS

George Saunders, ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Though he’s long been one of the country’s most acclaimed

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top stops short-story writers, George Saunders is just now getting around to writing his first novel at 58. “Lincoln in the Bardo,” released this week, takes place in the Georgetown cemetery, where President Abraham Lincoln has just buried his 11-year-old son. Then, things get weird (and funny) as a chorus of spirits debate class and race and advise Lincoln.

Written by Express and The Washington Post.

‘Daughters of the Dust’ AFI Silver, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring; opens Friday, $8-$13.

Twenty-five years after its release, filmmaker Julie Dash’s “Daughters of the Dust” returns to theaters. Set in 1902, the iconic film explores the Great Migration through the lives of a family living in a Gullah community on the Sea Islands off the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia. Dash was the first African-American woman to direct and produce a full-length feature film, and last year the movie saw a resurgence of recognition with the release of Beyonce’s visual album “Lemonade,” which channels elements of the film.

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I.M.P. PRESENTS Merriweather Post Pavilion • Columbia, MD JUST ANNOUNCED!

JACK JOHNSON w/ Lake Street Dive .............................................................JUNE 11 On Sale Friday, February 17 at 10am THIS WEEK’S SHOWS

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit w/ The Mountain Goats...... FRI JUNE 30

Cashmere Cat ............................................................................................... F 17

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN / SPOON / ANDREW BIRD w/ Ex Hex ......... JULY 30

U STREET MUSIC HALL PRESENTS

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STEEZ PROMO PRESENTS

Liquid Stranger & Manic Focus w/ Artifakts ....................................... Sa 18 A BENEFIT FOR NO ONE LEFT BEHIND

On Sale Friday, February 17 at 10am

STURGILL SIMPSON ................................................................. FRI SEPTEMBER 15 On Sale Thursday, February 16 at 10am

The Deadmen w/ Justin Jones & Special Guest ......................................... Su 19 Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears w/ Dams of the West ................. Tu 21

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The-Dream ................................................................................................... Th 23 No Scrubs: ‘90s Dance Party with DJs Will Eastman and Brian Billion .Sa 25

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Tribal Seeds w/ Raging Fyah & Nattali Rize ............................................... Su 26 MARCH

The English Beat ........................................................................................... W 1 The Knocks w/ Bipolar Sunshine & Gilligan Moss.......................................... Th 2 Randy Rogers Band & Josh Abbott Band w/ Stoney LaRue .................. F 3 U STREET MUSIC HALL PRESENTS

Haywyre & The Opiuo Band..................................................................... Sa 4 Agnes Obel...................................................................................................... Tu 7 Los Campesinos! w/ Crying & Infinity Crush ............................................... Th 9 ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Railroad Earth w/ Cris Jacobs ........................................................ F 10 & Sa 11 Sunn O))) w/ BIG|BRAVE ................................................................................ Su 12 Hippie Sabotage ........................................................................................... W 15 Katatonia w/ Caspian & Uncured .................................................................. Th 16 Galactic w/ Con Brio ........................................................................................ F 17 Galactic featuring Corey Glover w/ The Hip Abduction ..................................Sa 18 Tennis w/ Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.................................................... Su 19 Modern Baseball

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Sigur Rós ........................................................................................................... MAY 25 The Chainsmokers w/ Kiiara, Lost Frequencies, featuring Emily Warren .. MAY 26 Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds ....................................................JUNE 18 John Legend w/ Gallant..................................................................................JUNE 20 Steve Miller Band w/ Peter Frampton ........................................JUNE 23 • For full lineups and more info, visit merriweathermusic.com • 930.com

w/ Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band • Sorority Noise • The Obsessives...... Tu 21

Foxygen .......................................................................................................... W 22 The Zombies: Odessey and Oracle 50th Anniversary ........................... Th 23 SOHN w/ William Doyle & Nylo ......................................................................... F 24

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Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds : The Final Performances

with special guests Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin....................................................... MAY 4

Dwight Yoakam ................................................................................................. MAY 11 AN EVENING OF STORYTELLING WITH

9:30 CLUB PRESENTS AT U STREET MUSIC HALL

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Mickey Avalon .............................F FEB 17 Nikki Lane w/ Brent Cobb & Jonathan Tyler ............. M 27 Lisa Hannigan w/ Heather Woods Broderick ................. Th 23 Mako w/ Color Palette ....................Th MAR 2 Kap G & JR Donato .......................... Sa 25 Colony House w/ Deep Sea Diver ......... Sa 4 • Buy advance tickets at the 9:30 Club box ofﬁce

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going out guide Selected listings from goingoutguide.com. Head online for venue information and more events and activities!

1811 14TH St NW www.blackcatdc.com @blackcatdc FEB / MAR SHOWS FRI 17

DARKEST HOUR SOUTHERN SIDESHOW HOOTENANANY

Sound

FRI 17

SAT 18

SINKANE

THURSDAY

SAT 18

RIGHT ROUND

SUN 19

LEMURIA

through Feb. 19.

WED 22

DREAMCAST + FRIENDS

DC9: Names, the Red Fetish, 8:30 p.m.

THU 23

PISSED JEANS

FRI 24

1958

Black Cat: Kodie Shane, Saucy Longwe and Cymia, 7:30 p.m.

Blues Alley: Mary Wilson, 8 p.m.,

Gypsy Sally’s: Big Mean Sound Machine, West End Blend, 8:30 p.m.

The Barns at Wolf Trap: Solas, 8 p.m.,

SAT 25

through Feb. 17.

The Fillmore: Whiskey Myers, SUN 26

Goodbye June, 8 p.m.

Warner Theatre: Ms. Lauryn Hill, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY Birchmere: Arlo Guthrie, 7:30 p.m.,

Calvert Marine Museum: The DUSTIN CONDREN

DAR Constitution Hall: Musiq Soulchild, Lyfe Jennings, Dwele and the Foreign Exchange, 8 p.m.

Soundcheck: Chocolate Puma, 10 p.m. State Theatre: Tusk: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, 9 p.m.

PRIESTS (RECORD RELEASE)

Crenshaw, Kll Smth and Sumner, 10 p.m.

Honeybears, 7 p.m.

Gypsy Sally’s: Jazz is PHSH, 9 p.m.

SUNDAY

Blues Alley: Todd Bauchspies, 8 p.m.

Jammin Java: The Last Bison, Daniel

Black Cat: Lemuria, Cayetana and Mikey

Heffington and the Barons, 9:30 p.m.

Erg, 7:30 p.m.

DC9: Death by Unga Bunga, Plastic Nancy, 8:30 p.m.

Comet Ping Pong: Meat Wave, 10 p.m.

Gypsy Sally’s: Grand Ole’ Ditch, Dead Men’s Hollow, 8 p.m.

The Fillmore: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Don Q and Ben Beal, 8 p.m.

MGM National Harbor: Earth, Wind &

The Howard Theatre: Harlem Gospel

The Hamilton: Antibalas, Major and the Monbacks, 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Fire, 8 p.m.

Choir, 1:30 p.m.; Keke Wyatt, Black Alley, the Fix and PatriceLIVE, 8:30 p.m.

Black Cat: Dreamcast, 7:30 p.m.

Twins Jazz: Hot Club of Baltimore,

Expressions, the Shacks, 8 p.m.

9 p.m., through Feb. 18.

U Street Music Hall: Mickey Avalon, 7 p.m.; Mark Farina, Sam the Man Burns, 10:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 9:30 Club: Liquid Stranger & Manic Focus, Artifakts, 10 p.m.

SECONDHAND SERENADE MINUS THE BEAR

EVERY WEEKEND AT 7PM FRI: TEN FORWARD HAPPY HOUR SAT: DR. WHO HAPPY HOUR

songs (think: Courtney Barnett) had caught the ears of Matador Records, which signed the singer and re-released the record. Dacus is currently working on a follow-up while opening shows for Hamilton Leithauser, including Wednesday’s Rock and Roll Hotel gig.

Lincoln Theatre: Leo Kottke and Keller

McMillan, 8 p.m.

LEOPOLD & HIS FICTION

Lucy Dacus: Richmond’s Lucy Dacus quietly released her debut album, “No Burden,” last February. By summer, her grungy, candid

Williams, 8 p.m.

The Fillmore: Josh Garrels, John Mark

THE CURE V THE SMITHS FYM PROD. DANCE PARTY

SAT 11

FRI 24

Redwine Jazz Band plays Mardi Gras, 7 p.m.

CRYFEST

SAVE FERRIS

WED 15

Black Cat: Darkest Hour, Ringworm, Rotten Sound, 8 p.m.

Rock & Roll Hotel: Sean Barna, Paperhaus and Redline Graffiti, 9 p.m.

PRINCE / MJ / MADONNA

WED 1

through Feb. 18.

Kennedy Center: Regina Carter, 7 p.m.

80S ALT POP DANCE PARTY

DANCE PARTY W/ DJ DREDD

Tally Ho Theatre: Sam Grow, 8 p.m.

Echostage: Big Gigantic, Keys N Krates and Brasstracks, 9 p.m.

NO BS BRASS BAND

Rock & Roll Hotel: Lee Fields & the The Fillmore: Locash, Ryan Follese,

U Street Music Hall: XXYYXX, Antonio Mendez, 9 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

MONDAY

The Hamilton: New Orleans Suspects,

Birchmere: Maceo Parker, 7:30 p.m.

Bonerama, 8 p.m.

Blues Alley: Kendra Foster, 8 p.m.

The Howard Theatre: Buika, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY

U Street Music Hall: Barclay

9:30 Club: Black Joe Lewis & the

FRI FEB 17 DARKEST HOUR

SAT FEB 18

SINKANE

& NO BS BRASS BAND

Blues Alley: Andre Jackson, 8 p.m. DC9: River Whyless, Mail the Horse, 8:30 p.m. Kennedy Center: Snarky Puppy, 8 p.m.

The Hamilton: Stephen Kellogg and the South, West, North, East, Don Miggs, 7:30 p.m.

SUN FEB 19

LEMURIA WE ARE 3 BLOCKS FROM THE U STREET / CARDOZO METRO STATION TICKETS: www.TICKETFLY.com

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goingoutguide.com Sight American Art Museum: “Harlem Heroes: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten”: An exhibition of 39 images — including those of James Baldwin, Ossie Davis, W.E.B. DuBois, Ella Fitzgerald, Althea Gibson, Langston Hughes, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Bessie

Smith — by photographer, author and social commentator Van Vechten, who made portraits of central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, through July 19; “Isamu Noguchi: Archaic/Modern”: An exploration of how Noguchi was inspired by the ancient world in his forwardlooking sculptures, featuring more than 70 works from the Noguchi Museum in New York, that span a time more than 60 years, through May 9; “Gene Davis: Hot Beat”: An exhibition featuring 15 stripe

Local movie times DISTRICT

AMC Loews Georgetown 14

3111 K St N.W. www.amctheatres.com/ Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: 1:30-4:15 The Founder (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: (!) 5:15 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) CC/DVS;No Green Or Red Tickets;RS: 2:15-5:15 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS;RS: 4:35-7:45 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS;RS: 1:45-4:30-7:15-10:00 La La Land (PG-13) AMC Independent;RS: 3:15-6:15-9:00 Lion (PG-13) AMC Independent;CC;RS: 12:50-3:45-6:30-9:15 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS;RS: 8:00 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS;RS: 12:45-1:15-4:15-7:15-10:15 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: 8:15-10:45 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: 2:00 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS;RS: 2:00-4:45-7:45-10:30 Moonlight (R) AMC Independent;RS: 10:15 A Dog's Purpose (PG) CC/DVS;RS: 2:00 The Great Wall: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) RS: 7:00-9:30 The Comedian (R) AMC Independent;CC/DVS;RS: 5:00 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS;RealD 3D;RS: 3:30-10:15 Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (PG) Alternative Content;RS: 7:00 The Lego Batman Movie: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) RS: 1:50-4:25 Fifty Shades Darker (R) Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime;RS: 3:00-5:45-8:30 The Founder (PG-13) RS: 2:30 Split (PG-13) RS: 1:45-4:30-10:45

AMC Loews Uptown 1

3426 Connecticut Ave N.W. www.amctheatres.com/ Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: 4:20 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: 7:00

AMC Mazza Gallerie

5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW www.amctheatres.com/ Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS: 2:00-4:30 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 12:00-5:00 Fifty Shades Darker (R) 21+;CC/DVS: (!) 1:50-4:40-7:30 La La Land (PG-13) AMC Independent;CC/DVS: 1:00-4:00-7:00 Lion (PG-13) AMC Independent;CC: 1:20-4:00 Hidden Figures (PG) DVS: 1:10-4:10-7:10 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) 21+;CC/DVS: (!) 12:05-2:55-5:45-8:30 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: (!) 2:30-7:35 Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (PG) Alternative Content: (!) 7:00 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS: (!) 7:00

Avalon Theatre

5612 Connecticut Ave www.theavalon.org Hidden Figures (PG) Oscar Nom - Best Picture!!: 11:00-2:00-5:00-8:00 Elle (R) WINNER - Golden Globe! Best Foreign Language Film / Oscar Best Actress Nominee: 4:50 Moonlight (R) EIGHT Oscar Nom's including BEST PICTURE!: 10:30-2:10-7:45

Landmark Atlantic Plumbing Cinema

807 V St, NW www.landmarktheaters.com/ The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 1:30-2:30-3:45-4:45-7:00-9:15 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: (!) 2:15-4:45-7:30-10:00 La La Land (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 2:10-4:50-7:25-10:00 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 12:15-2:45-6:45-7:15-9:30-9:50 The Comedian (R) CC/DVS: (!) 1:45 Arrival (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 4:20-7:10-9:45

Landmark E Street Cinema

555 11th St NW www.landmarktheaters.com/ La La Land (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 12:30-3:30-7:00-9:40 Lion (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 1:20-4:20-7:20-9:50 20th Century Women (R) CC: (!) 12:00 Moonlight (R) CC: (!) 1:05-4:05-9:40 A United Kingdom (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 7:15-9:45 Jackie (R) CC/DVS: (!) 5:20-7:40-9:55 I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13) CC: (!) 12:00-2:15-4:45-7:30-9:55 Manchester by the Sea (R) CC/DVS: (!) 12:45-3:45-6:45-9:30 Silence (R) CC/DVS: (!) 2:45 2017 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animated (NR) (!) 1:45-3:00-7:15 2017 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action (NR) (!) 12:15-4:00-9:30

Landmark West End Cinema

2301 M Street NW www.landmarktheaters.com/ Loving (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 7:30 Paterson (R) CC: (!) 1:15-4:00-7:15 The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge) (PG) DVS: (!) 1:00-3:00-5:00 2017 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary (NR) (!) 1:30-4:45-8:00

Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14

701 Seventh St Northwest www.regmovies.com/ Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (R) CC/DVS: 11:45-5:05 Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:30-5:45-8:10-10:35 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:30-3:35 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 11:35-2:00-4:25-6:50-9:15 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: (!) 11:05-1:00-1:55-4:00-4:45-7:00-7:35-10:00-10:25 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS: 8:00-9:50 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS: 12:50-3:45-6:40-9:35 Split (PG-13) CC/DVS: 11:30-2:15-5:00-7:45-10:30 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS: 7:40 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:15-4:05-10:30 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS: 11:00-12:15-1:45-3:00-4:30-7:15-10:00-10:30 Arrival (PG-13) CC/DVS: 4:25 Fences (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:35-3:40-6:45 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS: 7:20-9:40

paintings from the 1960s by Washington native Gene Davis, through May 16. Eighth and F streets NW.

Anacostia Community Museum: “From the Regenia Perry Collection: The Backyard of Derek Webster’s Imagination”: Webster created sculptures from scraps of wood, trash and found materials, and adorned them with costume jewelry and brightly colored house paint. This exhibition

consists of nine of his pieces created between 1980 and 1996, through April 23; “Gateways/Portales”: Through the gateways of social justice, community access and public festivals, this exhibition explores the experiences of Latino migrants and immigrants in Washington, Baltimore, Charlotte, N.C., and RaleighDurham, N.C., through Aug. 6. 1901 Fort Place SE.

“Jose Gomez Sicre’s Eye”: The museum celebrates the centennial of Sicre’s birth, through Dec. 6; “Santiago Montoya: The Great Swindle (Colombia)”: This exhibition is of works by the Colombian artist who used banknotes as a canvas, imbuing layers of meaning including political propaganda and historic events in the works, through March 26. 201 18th St. NW.

Art Museum of the Americas:

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery:

(!) No Pass/No Discount Ticket The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 12:55-3:20-5:45-8:10-10:35 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 3D (R) CC/DVS: (!) 2:20 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 10:20 Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (PG) (!) 7:00

Smithsonian - Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater

601 Independence Ave SW D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (NR) 12:40-4:10 Journey to Space 3D (NR) 11:50-2:25-5:00 A Beautiful Planet 3D (G) 10:55-1:30-3:15 To Fly! (1976) (NR) 10:20AM

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MARYLAND

AFI Silver Theatre Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Rd Hidden Figures (PG) 1:30-4:00-6:45-9:20 20th Century Women (R) 2:05-4:30-7:00-9:25 Moonlight (R) 7:15-9:30 Jackie (R) 5:15

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AMC Ctr Park 8

4001 Powder Mill Rd. www.amctheatres.com/ Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (R) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 3:10 Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 2:00-4:30 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 1:30-7:00 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 1:15-4:15-7:15-10:00 La La Land (PG-13) AMC Independent;CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 1:00-4:00 Hidden Figures (PG) Recliners;RS: 12:45-3:45-6:45-9:40 Split (PG-13) CC;Recliners;RS: 1:45-4:30-7:15-10:00 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 12:30 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: (!) 8:00 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: (!) 7:00 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: 4:15-9:30 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: (!) 7:00-9:15 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 12:45-3:45-6:45-9:35 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 3D (R) CC/DVS;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: 5:40 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: (!) 9:45

AMC Magic Johnson Capital Ctr 12

800 Shoppers Way www.amctheatres.com/ Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (R) CC/DVS: 11:25-4:30 Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 11:45-2:20-5:00-7:45-10:10 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 11:55-5:15-10:15 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: (!) 11:00-1:45-4:30-7:30-10:15 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS: 11:50-2:45-5:45-8:45 Split (PG-13) CC/DVS: 11:00-1:40-4:20 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS: (!) 8:00 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 7:00-10:00 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS: (!) 11:00-2:00-4:45-7:30-10:15 xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (PG-13) CC/DVS: 11:15-2:15-4:45 Sleepless (R) CC/DVS: 11:45-2:10-4:40-7:05-9:30 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS: (!) 7:00-9:30 I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13) AMC Independent;CC: (!) 11:20-1:45-4:10-6:45-9:15 Fences (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 11:30-2:45-6:00-9:20 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: (!) 2:45-7:45 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 3D (R) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: 2:00 The Lego Batman Movie: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) (!) 11:00-1:30-4:00 The Great Wall: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) (!) 7:00-9:45

Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema

7235 Woodmont Ave www.landmarktheaters.com/ Julieta (R) DVS;RS;Subtitled: (!) 1:40-4:30-9:55 Toni Erdmann (R) CC/DVS;RS;Subtitled: (!) 12:50-8:00 The Salesman (Forushande) (PG-13) RS;Subtitled: (!) 1:20-4:20-7:15-9:55 A United Kingdom (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: (!) 7:00-9:45 La La Land (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: (!) 1:00-3:50-7:10-9:30 Lion (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: (!) 1:50-4:40-7:20-10:00 Manchester by the Sea (R) CC/DVS;RS: (!) 1:10-6:55 20th Century Women (R) CC;RS: (!) 4:10-7:00-10:00 Jackie (R) CC/DVS;RS: (!) 1:05-4:05 National Theatre Live: Saint Joan (NR) No Discount Tickets Accepted;No Passes;RS: 2:00 Fences (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: (!) 4:00-9:40

Regal Hyattsville Royale Stadium 14

6505 America Blvd. www.regmovies.com/ Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (R) CC/DVS: 2:00-5:00 Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:45-4:45-7:30-10:15 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 2:15-4:45-7:15-9:45 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: (!) 12:30-2:30-3:50-5:30-7:05-8:30-10:15 Lion (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:45-3:45-7:00-10:00 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS: 8:00 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS: 1:15-4:15-7:15-10:15 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS: 7:15 Split (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:15-4:15-7:15-10:30 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:30-3:45 Sing (PG) CC/DVS: 2:00-4:45-7:45-10:30 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS: 1:15-4:15-7:15-10:30 xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:45-4:00 Fences (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:45-4:00 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS: 7:00-9:45 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 1:00-3:30-6:00-8:30 I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13) CC: 7:45-10:30 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 10:00

Regal Majestic Stadium 20 & IMAX

900 Ellsworth Dr www.regmovies.com/ Moana (PG) CC/DVS: 12:00 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (R) CC/DVS: 4:15-10:25

Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:30-4:15-10:45 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:00 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 12:30-3:15-6:00-8:45 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: (!) 12:15-1:45-3:30-4:45-6:30-7:45-9:30-10:45 La La Land (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:45-4:45-7:30-10:30 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS: 12:00-3:00-6:15-9:30 Lion (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:15-3:30-6:30-9:20 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS: 8:30 Split (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:00-4:30-7:45-11:00 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS: 7:00-10:00 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:00-4:00 Sing (PG) CC/DVS: 12:45-3:45 Fences (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:15-3:45 A Dog's Purpose (PG) CC/DVS: 12:45-3:45 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS: 12:00-1:30-3:20-4:45-6:30-7:45-9:45-10:45 xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (PG-13) CC/DVS: 3:00-5:45 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS: 7:15-10:00 I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13) CC: 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 1:00-4:00-6:45-9:30 The Great Wall: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) CC/DVS: 7:10-10:10 The Lego Batman Movie: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 1:40-4:15 Jolly LLB 2 (NR) 12:00-3:30-6:45-10:00 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 7:45-10:45 Everybody Loves Somebody (PG-13) CC/DVS: 7:00-9:45 Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (PG) (!) 7:00

Fifty Shades Darker (R) Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime;Recliners: (!) 1:00-4:00 Fist Fight (R) Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime;Recliners: (!) 7:00-9:45 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 8:00-10:30 The Great Wall (PG-13) (!) 7:00-7:30-8:45-10:00 The Great Wall: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) (!) 7:00-9:30

7710 Matapeake Business Dr www.xscapetheatres.com Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (R) CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 7:00-10:45 Rings (PG-13) CC;Stadium Seating: 12:05-2:40-5:15-8:00-10:20 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC: (!) 11:00-1:30-4:00 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC;PLF;Stadium Seating: (!) 11:10-2:00-4:50-7:40-10:30 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 8:10 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 7:00 Hidden Figures (PG) CC;Stadium Seating: 10:30-1:20-4:20-7:10-9:30 Split (PG-13) CC;Stadium Seating: 10:50-1:40-4:30-7:30-10:40 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC;Stadium Seating: 12:10-3:00 Sing (PG) CC;Stadium Seating: 11:15-1:45-4:15 A Dog's Purpose (PG) CC;Stadium Seating: 10:40-1:10-3:40 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC;PLF;Stadium Seating: 10:50 xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (PG-13) CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 11:50-2:40-5:30 Sleepless (R) CC;Stadium Seating: 12:20-2:50-5:25-7:55-10:35 Fences (PG-13) CC;Stadium Seating: 12:40-4:10 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 9:55 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC;PLF;Stadium Seating: (!) 10:20-12:50-3:20-5:50-8:20 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 6:50-9:40 Fist Fight (R) CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 7:30-9:45 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC;Stadium Seating: 10:25-1:00-3:50-6:40-7:50-10:00 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 11:40-2:10-4:40-7:20-9:10-9:50

671 N. Glebe Rd www.regmovies.com/ Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS: 11:55-5:20 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 11:00-1:35-1:55-2:15-4:15-7:00-9:00-9:45 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: (!) 11:30-2:20-5:10-8:00-10:45 La La Land (PG-13) CC/DVS: 11:05-2:00-7:45-10:45 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS: 12:30-3:30-6:30-9:35 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS: 8:00 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS: 7:00 Split (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:00-2:25-3:15-6:35-9:25 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:45-3:30-10:05 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS: 1:00-4:00-7:30-10:30 Arrival (PG-13) CC/DVS: 11:00AM Moonlight (R) CC: 4:45 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 11:30-12:10-2:50-5:40-6:15-8:20-10:45 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 10:00 Jolly LLB 2 (NR) 11:15-3:25-7:10-10:15 Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (PG) (!) 7:00

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AMC Courthouse Plaza 8

2150 Clarendon Blvd. www.amctheatres.com/ Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: (!) 1:00-3:30 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 12:50-3:40-7:10-10:00 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: (!) 12:00-1:45-2:45-4:30-5:30-7:15-8:15-10:00 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: (!) 9:30 A Dog's Purpose (PG) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 1:30-4:10 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: (!) 1:15-4:00-6:45-9:30 Split (PG-13) CC;Recliners;RS: 1:50-4:30-6:05-9:00 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: (!) 7:00-9:15 Fences (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 12:05-3:10-6:15-9:40 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: (!) 7:00

AMC Hoffman Ctr 22

206 Swamp Fox Rd. www.amctheatres.com/ Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (R) CC/DVS: 5:00 Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 2:15-4:45-7:20-10:05 The Founder (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:40 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) CC/DVS;No Green Or Red Tickets: 5:30 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 11:00-12:15-3:30-8:15-9:00 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: (!) 11:45-2:30-5:15-7:00-10:00 La La Land (PG-13) AMC Independent;CC/DVS: 11:20-2:15-5:15-8:15 Lion (PG-13) AMC Independent;CC: (!) 1:25-4:15-7:10-9:55 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS: (!) 8:00-9:30 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS: 11:00-2:00-5:00-8:00 Split (PG-13) CC/DVS: 11:15-2:00-4:45-7:30-10:20 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC/DVS: 11:45-2:35 Sing (PG) CC/DVS: 11:45-2:25 Manchester by the Sea (R) AMC Independent;CC: 11:10-3:45 A Dog's Purpose (PG) CC/DVS: 11:05-1:30-4:00 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS: 11:30-1:30-2:30-4:40-5:30-7:30-8:45-10:15 xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (PG-13) CC/DVS: 4:30 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS: 8:15 Sleepless (R) CC/DVS: 11:20-1:45-4:10-10:15 Moonlight (R) AMC Independent;CC: 1:05 Fences (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:20-3:25-6:45-9:50 I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13) AMC Independent: 12:45-3:10-5:30-8:00-10:25 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: (!) 12:45-2:45-5:30-6:15 Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (PG) Alternative Content: 7:00 Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (PG-13) AMC Independent;English Subtitles;Mandarin: 11:25-5:05 I am Jane Doe (NR) AMC Independent: (!) 11:15-2:00-4:45 Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back 3D (PG-13) AMC Independent;English Subtitles;Mandarin;RealD 3D: 2:15 The Lego Batman Movie: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) (!) 1:30-4:00 My Ex and Whys (NR) AMC Independent;English Subtitles: (!) 7:00-9:45

Angelika Film Ctr Mosaic

2911 District Ave Lion (PG-13) CC/DAS: 10:00-1:00-7:45-10:35 The Founder (PG-13) CC/DAS: 7:10 The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge) (PG) CC/DAS: 11:45-1:55 20th Century Women (R) CC: 11:10-1:50-4:35 Moonlight (R) CC: 4:45 La La Land (PG-13) CC/DAS: 10:15-1:30-4:15-7:15-10:15 The Salesman (Forushande) (PG-13) No Passes: (!) 11:20-2:15-5:00-10:20 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DAS;No Passes: (!) 11:00-1:45-4:30-7:30-10:30 The Comedian (R) CC/DAS;No Passes: (!) 10:45AM Fist Fight (R) 7:40-9:45 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DAS;No Passes: (!) 10:30-1:15-2:30-4:00-5:15-7:00-8:0010:00-10:45 National Theatre Live: Saint Joan (NR) 7:00

Arlington Cinema 'N' Drafthouse 2903 Columbia Pike Moonlight (R) 7:45

www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/

Regal Ballston Common Stadium 12

Regal Kingstowne Stadium 16 & RPX

5910 Kingstowne Towne Ctr www.regmovies.com/ Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:45-4:30 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:30-4:15 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 2:15-4:45-7:15-9:45 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: (!) 12:45-1:00-3:45-4:20-6:55-7:35-10:00-10:25 La La Land (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:15-3:00-6:10-9:00 Lion (PG-13) CC/DVS: 12:30-3:40 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS: 12:20-3:15-6:15-9:20 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS: 8:00 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS: 7:30-10:00 Split (PG-13) CC/DVS: 2:10-5:00-8:00-10:30 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC/DVS: 6:00-9:15 Sing (PG) CC/DVS: 12:15-3:10 A Dog's Purpose (PG) CC/DVS: 1:50-4:50 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS: 7:15-9:45 xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:05-4:05 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS: 1:00-3:50-7:00-10:20 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS;RPX: (!) 1:15-4:00 Raees (NR) 12:15-3:20-6:25-9:35 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 8:00-10:30 Jolly LLB 2 (NR) 12:15-3:30-6:45-9:55 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RPX: (!) 7:00-9:30 Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (PG) (!) 7:00

Regal Potomac Yard Stadium 16

3575 Potomac Avenue www.regmovies.com/ Moana (PG) CC/DVS: 2:00-4:55 Rings (PG-13) CC/DVS: 2:10-4:50-7:40-10:10 The Lego Batman Movie (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:45 Fifty Shades Darker (R) CC/DVS: (!) 1:15-3:15-4:30-6:30-7:15-9:25-10:30 La La Land (PG-13) CC/DVS: 3:25-6:35-9:35 Hidden Figures (PG) CC/DVS: 3:10-6:10-9:05 Lion (PG-13) CC/DVS: 3:00-6:00-8:55 A Cure for Wellness (R) CC/DVS: 8:00-10:15 Sing (PG) CC/DVS: 1:25-4:05 The Great Wall (PG-13) CC/DVS: 9:45 Split (PG-13) CC/DVS: 2:45-5:35-8:30 The Space Between Us (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:00-3:50 A Dog's Purpose (PG) CC/DVS: 1:10-4:10 Fist Fight (R) CC/DVS: 7:15-10:00 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) CC/DVS: 1:00-1:40-3:55-4:45-6:45-7:25-10:00-10:30 I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13) CC: 2:25-5:05-7:30-10:05 The Lego Batman Movie 3D (PG) CC/DVS: (!) 2:15-5:00-7:45-10:25 The Great Wall 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS: (!) 7:00 Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (PG) (!) 7:00

Smithsonian - Airbus IMAX Theater

14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy/ D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (NR) Stadium Seating: 1:45-3:30 Journey to Space 3D (NR) Stadium Seating: 10:10-12:00-2:40 A Beautiful Planet 3D (G) Stadium Seating: 11:00-12:50 Arrival (PG-13) Stadium Seating: 4:40 The Great Wall: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) Stadium Seating: 7:10-9:50

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College Park Aviation Museum: “Art of the Airport Tower”: A traveling exhibit featuring 50 large-scale images of airport traffic control towers from around the world taken by Smithsonian photographer Carolyn J. Russo, through March 10. 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park, Md.

Folger Shakespeare Library: “500 Years of Treasure From Oxford”: An exhibition of 50 manuscripts and printed books — including biblical works in English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew and French and illuminated and historical scientific texts — marks the 500th anniversary of the library of Corpus Christi College in Oxford, through April 30. 201 East Capitol St. SE.

George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum: “A Collector’s Vision: Creating the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection”: In 2011, Small gave George Washington

Garden: “Suspended Animation”: Artists Ed Atkins, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Josh Kline, Helen Marten and Agnieszka Polska challenge conceptions of reality, through March 12; “Linn Meyers: Our View From Here”: A sitespecific wall drawing stretching the circumference of the inner-circle galleries on the museum’s second level, through May 14. Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW.

Library of Congress: “World War I:

political cartoons, illustrations, fine prints, popular prints, documentary photographs and fine-art photographs, through Aug. 19. 101 Independence Ave. SE.

National Archives: “Amending America”: This exhibition of 50 original documents that demonstrate how and when the Constitution was amended, and how attempts were made to amend it, marks the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, through Sept. 4. 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

American Artists View the Great War”: This exhibition showcases posters,

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“Perspectives: Michael Joo”: An installation using multiple techniques and media by the Brooklyn-based artist specifically for the Sackler, inspired by Korean red-crowned crane migration patterns, through July 9; “Sky Blue: Color in Ceramics of the Islamic World”: The vessels on view span the ninth through the 19th centuries and demonstrate mineral colors of cobalt blue and copper green as pigments for painting and writing on the clay or as colorants in glazes, through July 23; “Turquoise Mountain: Artists Transforming Afghanistan”: Artisans from the Murad Khani district of Old Kabul demonstrate their work and share their experiences, through Oct. 29; “Chinamania”: Inspired by his travels in China and by the kilns at Jingdezhen, contemporary artist Walter McConnell created an installation of Kangxi porcelains similar to those originally displayed in the Peacock Room, through June 4; “Body of Devotion: The Cosmic Buddha in 3D”: An interactive installation of a 3-D model of the Cosmic Buddha, a statue of the Buddha covered in narrative scenes that create a symbolic map of the Buddhist world, explores the work and methods of studying sculpture, through July 9; “Red: Ming Dynasty/Mark Rothko”: Created more than five centuries apart and through disparate processes, an imperial Chinese porcelain dish and a painting by Rothko, juxtaposed, reveal an uncanny similarity in vivid red, through Feb. 20; “The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures From the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts”: This exhibition presents nearly 70 manuscripts that demonstrate, through calligraphy and illumination, the book’s significant role in the history of the arts in the Islamic world, through Feb. 20. 1050 Independence Ave. SW.

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National Gallery of Art, West Building: American modernist Stuart Davis blurred distinctions between text and image, high and low art, abstraction and figuration. The exhibition “Stuart Davis: In Full Swing” is of nearly 100 of his jazzinspired compositions, through March 5. University his collection of 1,000 maps, prints, rare letters, photographs and drawings that document the history of the District. Updated in the summer with a dozen new objects, this exhibition presents highlights of the collection, including Small’s first acquisition: a handwritten 1905 scrapbook of a survey of the city’s boundary stones, through Dec. 1; “Your Next President … ! The Campaign Art of Mark and Rosalind Shenkman”: This exhibition of rare campaign flags and patriotic textiles from the collection of Mark and Rosalind Shenkman illustrates how presidential campaigning developed, through Aug. 10. 701 21st St. NW.

Luther W. Brady Art Gallery: “Glenn Goldberg: Of Leaves and Clouds”: An exhibition of paintings, small ceramic objects and works on paper by the Brooklyn-based artist. Also included is a print completed in collaboration with students from GW’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, through April 14. 805 21st St. NW. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens: “Four Seasons”: This

multimedia exhibition of works by a collaboration of 30 native and nonnative Alaskan artists centering on endangered traditions and contemporary identity, through March 18. 500 17th St. NW.

exhibition, by contemporary artist and filmmaker Philip Haas, of threedimensional portrait busts made from foliage and blooms, and in correspondence to the four seasons, was inspired by “The Seasons” series by Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo, through March 31; “Friends and Fashion: An American Diplomat in 1820s Russia”: An exhibition of 45 portraits from a family photo album of politician and statesman Henry Middleton shows diplomatic life in early19th-century St. Petersburg, through June 11. 4155 Linnean Ave. NW.

George Washington University,

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture

George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design: “Decolonizing Alaska”: A

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B FEATURED LISTING B The Punany Poets School of Seduction

Friday, Feb. 17, 2017

Fall in love again at The School of Seduction. This ain’t a gospel play! Let The Punany Poets remind you how with this inspiring and hilarious romantic comedy show for lovers and friends. Co-Produced by Theresa the S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D., the singing poet you may recognize from TV One’s Verses.

Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club 7719 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD Phone: (240)330-4500 www.bethesdabluesjazz.com

$65-$75

Visit www. bethesda bluesjazz. com then go to the calendar – Scroll to 17th of February

THEATRE Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein's

January 12 - March 19

Show Boat Yo También Hablo De La Rosa

Thru Feb 26 Thurs-Sat at 8 pm Sun at 2 pm

Baby Screams Miracle

Now On Stage Through February 26

Now Playing

The Hard Problem by Tom Stoppard directed by Matt Torney

Last chance! Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies Now Playing

I Wanna F*cking Tear You Apart written and directed by Morgan Gould

Now Playing! Check website for complete schedule Thur 2/16 at 8pm Fri 2/17 at 8pm Sat 2/18 at 7pm, 10pm Sun 2/19 at 7:30pm Now Playing! Check website for complete schedule

Peter and the Starcatcher

Runs thru 3/12 Th, Fr, Sa at 8 pm Sa, Su at 2 pm

Shear Madness

Regular Schedule: Tuesday–Friday at 8 Saturday at 6 & 9 Sunday at 5 & 8

The Kennedy Center Theater Lab

CAMERON CARPENTER and the International Touring Organ Fri, Mar 3, 8pm Strathmore “Extravagantly talented… fantastical and memorable” —New York Times

Hammerstein & Kern’s classic hit, featuring show stopping songs like ‘Old Man River’ and ‘Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man’. Two teens derail a train and cause a media frenzy. A witty and humorous look at truth and reality. A masterpiece of modern Mexican theatre. You’ve never seen a family pray quite like this. Enter the eye of the storm with them, and bear witness to a surreal, harrowing tale of survival and forgiveness.

Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia 410.730.8311 Tobysdinnertheatre.com GALA Theatre 3333 14th Street, NW 202-234-7174 www.galatheatre.org Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. 641 D Street NW 202-393-3939, woollymammoth.net

Master dramatist Tom Stoppard’s newest play is bristling with intellectual energy and searing wit, The Hard Problem explores the complexities of consciousness, the nature of belief, and how to reconcile hard science with lived experience. “Breathtakingly on-point new comedy” (Washington Post). Timely world premiere about growing up black in America. “5 STARS” (DC Theatre Scene) Samantha and Leo are a team—best friends &roommates, fat girl and gay guy against the world—until a new friend upends their cozy co-dependent diet of mutual self-loathing and TV marathons. An ode to the complications of friendship in its many messy forms, and nod to love that sometimes looks a lot like rage. A grownup prequel to Peter Pan. Magical and hilarious with daring movement and mermaids. Visit ConstellationTheatre.org This wildly popular interactive comedy whodunit keeps the audiences laughing as they try to outwit the suspects and catch the killer. New clues and up to the minute improvisation deliver “shrieks of laughter night after night.” (Washington Post)

Call for tickets and info. $20-$45

In Spanish with English surtitles

Regular Tickets start at $35

“A wonderful devastation to behold” – DC Theatre Scene

Studio Theatre 1501 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 202.332.3300, studiotheatre.org

Tickets available online and at the box office

"Lightning wit and intellectual energy." —The New York Times

Atlas Perf. Arts Center 1333 H Street NE 202-399-7993 ext 2 MosaicTheater.org

$40-60

Special late night show Sat 2/18 at 10pm

Studio Theatre 1501 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 202.332.3300, studiotheatre.org

Tickets available online and at the box office

Join us for this world premiere.

Source 1835 14th St. NW 202-204-7741

$20-45

Winner of 5 Tony Awards!

Tickets Available at the Box Office

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Three Pieces After Bach Thu, Mar 16, 8pm Sixth & I

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Inspired pairing of classical and jazz from renowned piano master

(202) 785-9727

Special thanks: The Abramson Family Foundation

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PERFORMANCES Marine Chamber Orchestra: Conflicts and Confluences

U.S. Navy Concert Band

Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m.

The Marine Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, will feature works that illuminate conflict and confluence through music: Mozart’s Overture to Don Giovanni, Watson’s Bassoon Concerto, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 in E-flat.

Schlesinger Concert Hall Northern Virginia Community College 4915 East Campus Dr. Alexandria, VA 202-433-4011 www.marineband.marines.mil

Thursday, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m.

This concert is a musical buffet for your ears, which includes “Cartoon” by Paul Hart, Bernstein’s “Profanation,” “The Wild Goose,” a bassoon concerto featuring Musician 1st Class Renee Deboer, and more!

Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall 4915 East Campus Drive Alexandria, Va.

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Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Lambert Orkis, piano

Daniil Trifonov, piano

Spring Musical:

Little Women The Broadway Musical

Thurs, March 23, 8 p.m.

Free, tickets required http://usafband.eventbrite.com The Jazz Heritage Series returns! Join the Airmen of Note live with legendary drummer Peter Erskine! Thursday, March 23 at 8 p.m.

Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center 4915 E Campus Dr. Alexandria, VA 22311 Unclaimed seats will be released 15 min prior to performance.

Sat, Apr 8, 3pm

One of the reigning violin virtuosos of our time, Anne-Sophie Mutter has enthralled audiences worldwide with her technical mastery and transfixing tone. National Symphony Orchestra principal keyboardist Lambert Orkis joins her in works by Mozart, SaintSaëns and more.

Kennedy Center Concert Hall 2700 F St, NW Washington, D.C. 20566 202.785.9727 | 202.467.4600 washingtonperformingarts.org

Tue, Apr 4, 8pm

Trifonov returns to the Kennedy Center in his first solo recital since 2013. The young Russian, heir to Rachmaninoff, Ashkenazy and Kissin, performs works by Schumann, Shostakovich and Stravinsky.

Kennedy Center Concert Hall 2700 F St, NW Washington, D.C. 20566 202.785.9727 | 202.467.4600 washingtonperformingarts.org

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Feb. 17, 18, 24, 25 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 26 2 p.m.

Based on the 1869 novel by Louisa May Alcott, the musical focuses on the lives of four sisters in Massachusetts during the Civil War. At its core it is a musical about family and the love that binds them together against all odds.

Ward Recital Hall The Catholic University of America music.cua.edu

$20-$5

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Mon, Feb 27, 8pm

Yuri Temirkanov, former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director, presents “an innate sense of poetry” (Gramophone) as he leads the ensemble, joined by Nikolai Lugansky, in works by Russian masters Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich.

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A musical, political satire. We put the MOCK in Democracy! www.capsteps.com Info: 202.312.1555

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Yuri Temirkanov, music director Nikolai Lugansky, piano

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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: For “Peacock Room Remix: Darren Waterson’s Filthy Lucre,” the painter created this interior as a reinterpretation of James McNeill Whistler’s iconic “Peacock Room,” only in ruin from its own excess, through June 4. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31

National Building Museum: “Around the World in 80 Paper Models”: Drawn from a 4,500-piece collection recently donated to the museum, the architectural paper models represent buildings, cultures and countries from Austria to Wales, through April 17; “Timber City: Innovations in Wood”: To demonstrate recent technological innovations within the timber industry, this installation features samples of engineered wood, architectural models and wood walls, through May 21; “House and Home”: An ongoing exhibition that explores what it means to live at home, through May 1. 401 F St. NW.

National Gallery of Art: “In the Library: Process and Participation in the Work of Christo and JeanneClaude”: An exhibition of photographs of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, their works of art during the 1960s and 1970s, and documentation of two major installations, taken by Shunk-Kender, a partnership between German photographer Harry Shunk and Hungarian photographer Janos Kender, who photographed major artists and their studios from 1958-1973, through April 14. Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Exclusive Media Sponsor:

www.folger.edu | All the objects in this exhibition have been lent by Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.

National Gallery of Art, East Building: “Photography Reinvented: The Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker”: In celebration of the

reopening of the East Building galleries, works from the collection including those by Thomas Demand, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Jeff Wall are on view, through March 5. 440 Constitution Ave NW.

National Gallery of Art, West Building: “Civic Pride: Group Portraits From Amsterdam”: Rare depictions by Govert Flinck and Bartholomeus van der Helst of meetings inside the Kloveniersdoelen, the gathering place of one of Amsterdam’s three militia companies in the mid-17th century, through March 11; “Della Robbia: Sculpting With Color in Renaissance Florence”: An exhibition of about 40 works by Della Robbia, his nephew Andrea and Andrea’s sons, as well as the competing Buglioni workshop, including various sculptural types, Madonna and Child reliefs, portraits, architectural decorations, household statuettes and full-scale figures, through June 4. Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

National Geographic Museum: “@NATGEO: The Most Popular Instagram Photos”: National Geographic has more than 56 million followers on Instagram and more than 1 billion likes on its 11,000-plus posted images. This exhibition tells the stories of these images and the photographers behind them, through April 30; “National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers”: A family-friendly exhibition divided

into five environmental modules of multimedia experiences with content from National Geographic Explorers around the world, through Sept. 4. 17th and M streets NW.

National Museum of African American History and Culture: Ongoing exhibitions: focusing on a diversity of historical subjects including the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the civil rights movement, the history of AfricanAmerican music and other cultural expressions, visual arts, theater, sports and military history, through April 9. 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

National Museum of African Art: “Healing Arts”: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection that attempt to counter physical, social and spiritual problems including global issues such as the HIV/AIDS crisis, through Dec. 31; “Senses of Time: Video and Film-Based Works of Africa”: Six African artists explore how time is experienced and produced by the body. Bodies stand, climb, dance and dissolve in seven works of video and film, or “time-based” art, through March 26; “Emeka Ogboh: Market Symphony”: A sound installation by the Nigerian artist commissioned by the museum that emulates the ambient sounds of Balogun, an open-air market in Lagos, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous city, through July 4. 950 Independence Ave. SW.

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National Museum of the American Indian: To celebrate the construction of the Inca Road, which linked Cuzco, Peru, with the farthest reaches of the empire, “The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire” digs into its early foundations and the technologies that made building the road possible, through Dec. 11.

National Park Service: Preserve, Enjoy, Inspire”: To celebrate its centennial, the National Park Service has teamed with the National Museum of Natural History to present more than 50 images showcasing the national parks, through Aug. 31; “The Primordial Landscapes: Iceland Revealed”: Photographs by Feodor Pitcairn and poetry by Ari Trausti Guomundsson focus on the natural beauty of Iceland, through April 1; “Mud Masons of Mali”: Djenne, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mali, is famous for its architecture. This exhibition of archival and contemporary photographs and early engravings demonstrates how the city’s masons, inheritors of a CONTINUED ON PAGE 37

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craft tradition handed down through generations since the 14th century, have given the city its character, through Dec. 11; “The Last American Dinosaurs: Discovering a Lost World”: A large-scale fossil exhibition focused on the late Cretaceous period in North America allows visitors to view the fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs from a working preparation lab, through Nov. 13; “Nature’s Best Photography: The Best of the Best”: An exhibition of photographs of wildlife and landscapes on large-format prints and in HD videos, through Sept. 1. 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

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Library of Congress: “Baseball’s Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National Game” is an exhibition of baseball sheet music and videos of baseball songs, including “Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball,” by Count Basie; “Right Field,” by Peter, Paul and Mary; and “All the Way,” by Eddie Vedder. There’s also an audio station featuring 20 covers of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” through July 22.

Books”: The Dead Feminists’ broadside series presents profiles of international feminist heroes, through March 17; “From the Desk of Simone de Beauvoir”: An installation of the feminist’s works in the areas of literature, philosophy and popular culture, through June 2; “New Ground: The Southwest of Maria Martinez and Laura Gilpin”: An exhibition organized by the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Okla., that features 26 works by potter Martinez and 48 platinum, gelatin silver and color print photos by Gilpin. Both artists worked from the 1930s to the 1970s, focusing on the subject of the Southwest, through May 14. 1250 New York Ave. NW. CONTINUED ON PAGE 38

Saturday, February 18 • 8pm Adventure Theatre MTC Flying V Imagination Stage The Keegan Theatre Rorschach Theatre Round House Theatre

$15 Admission Purchase tickets at www.bethesda.org. Imagination Stage 4908 Auburn Avenue

February 24 at 8 p.m. Eisenhower Theater Jazz pianist Jason Moran teams up with Chicagobased installation artist and sculptor Theaster Gates to remount a jazz-ﬁlled program featuring students from Chicago’s Kenwood Academy High School that explores themes of gun violence, youth pride, and the resiliency of the human spirit.

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Knowledge Shapes Our World”: The exhibition focuses on indigenous cosmologies, worldviews and philosophies related to the creation and order of the universe and the spiritual relationship between humankind and the natural world, through April 1; “Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations”: An exhibition exploring the relationship between Native American nations and the United States, through Dec. 12; “For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw”: Born six years after the end of the reservation period, the photographer documented fellow Indians, relatives and friends during everyday and important life events, creating a visual history of multi-tribal native life in the mid-1920s and continuing for the next 50 years, through June 4; “Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces”: An exhibition of photographs of Native Americans who served in the United States military, through Jan. 1. Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW.

Darin Atwater, conductor with The Mellow Tones A nine-time Grammy® nominee, R&B and jazz recording artist Ledisi joins the NSO Pops for an evening of her hits. The ﬁrst half of the program features vocal ensemble The Mellow Tones performing hits by Marvin Gaye and others. NEXT WEEKEND!

February 24 & 25 at 8 p.m. Concert Hall

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Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard”: This exhibition is of Leonard’s photos of jazz greats. After opening a studio in Greenwich Village in 1948, Leonard photographed in New York’s jazz clubs. His pictures appeared on album covers and in magazines such as DownBeat and Metronome, through

Feb. 20; “Double Take: Daguerreian Portrait Pairs”: This exhibition showcases 14 daguerreotypes, two portraits each of seven subjects including Frederick Douglass, Jefferson Davis and John Quincy Adams, through June 4; “Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait”: The exhibition, the gallery’s first devoted to media art, is a selection of Viola’s works that focus on the face and the body, using metaphors of water, light and spirituality, through May 7. Eighth and F streets NW.

National Postal Museum: “Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks”: Featuring original postage-stamp art from the Postal Service and artifacts loaned by the National Park Service, the exhibition explores the ways in which mail moves to, through and from our national parks, through March 25; “British Guiana One-Cent Magenta: The World’s Most Famous Stamp”: The exhibition puts the world’s rarest stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, on display, through Nov. 1. 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE.

Newseum: “Inside Today’s FBI”: A new version of the FBI exhibit “Fighting Crime in the Age of Terror” features evidence and artifacts from some of the FBI’s biggest cases, through Dec. 31; “1776 — Breaking News: Independence”: This exhibition is of the first newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence as it appeared in the Pennsylvania Evening Post on July 6, 1776, through Dec. 31; “Pulitzer Prizes at 100: Editorial Cartoons”: To mark the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzers, this exhibit features work from the portfolio

of Jack Ohman of the Sacramento Bee, the 2016 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, through Dec. 31; “Refugee”: Photographs created solely for the exhibition by five internationally acclaimed photographers — Lynsey Addario, Omar Victor Diop, Graciela Iturbide, Martin Schoeller and Tom Stoddart — aim to illuminate the plight of the displaced throughout the world, through March 12; “Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics”: The Newseum and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame partnered for this exhibition of rock-and-roll-related media that affected politics and social movements, through July 31; “1967: Civil Rights at 50”: An exhibition examining the events of 1967, exploring the relationship between the First Amendment and the civil rights movement of the 1960s, through Jan. 2. 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Phillips Collection: “Arlene Shechet: From Here on Now”: This exhibition is part of a series that explores the intersections between old and new traditions, modern and contemporary art practices and museum spaces, and artistic interventions. Shechet’s ceramic sculptures, some created specifically for the exhibition, are included, through May 7; “Jake Berthot: From the Collection and Promised Gifts”: An exhibition of works received in 2015 from the artist’s estate, through April 2; “Jacob Lawrence’s The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture”: An exhibition of 15 silk-screen prints created by Lawrence between 1986 and 1997. The series portrays the life of Toussaint L’Ouverture (1742-1803),

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the slave-turned-leader of Haiti’s independence movement, through April 23; “Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Epoque”: An exhibition of lithographs and posters by ToulouseLautrec, known for his images of cabaret, cafes and Parisian nightlife, through April 30. 1600 21st St. NW.

Prince George’s African American Museum & Cultural Center: “Sacred Cows”: A showcase of collage and mixed media works by Imar Hutchins’ portraits that explore the treatment of African-Americans in America, through May 19. 4519 Rhode Island Ave., North Brentwood, Md.

U.S. Botanic Garden: “You Can Grow It!”: An exhibition of exploring the basics of growing plants, for solving common plant problems and for learning horticulture techniques, through Oct. 15. 100 Maryland Ave. SW. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: “I Want Justice!”: An exhibition that explores the history of efforts to hold perpetrators of genocide and mass atrocities accountable through court proceedings, with a special focus on the ongoing trials in Cambodia of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders, through Oct. 1; “Cambodia 1975-1979”: An exhibition that examines the brutal policies and action undertaken by the Khmer Rouge regime, leading to the deaths of nearly 2 million people, through Oct. 1. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW.

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National Portrait Gallery: The exhibition “One Life: Babe Ruth” displays approximately 40 objects, including prints and photographs of Ruth, personal paraphernalia and advertising memorabilia endorsed by Ruth, through May 21. Bonsai Saga: How 53 Japanese Bonsai Came to America”: An exhibition that features archival images and film that tells the story of how Japan gave 53 bonsai to the United States in celebration of the nation’s 200th birthday, through Oct. 1. 3501 New York Ave. NE.

Woodrow Wilson House: “Evolving Elections: The Transformation of Campaigns, Inclusivity, and Festivity, 1916 and 2016”: Comparing last year’s election with that of 100 years earlier, the exhibition features 1916 campaign buttons and Woodrow Wilson’s unique election walking stick, through Feb. 26. 2340 S St. NW.

Stage ‘All My Sons’: The Arthur Miller play is directed by Jodi Kanter. George Washington University, 2100 Foxhall Road NW, through Feb. 19.

Theatre, 641 D St. NW, through Feb. 26.

‘Blues for a Royal Flush’: Tom Minter stages his original play about Duke Ellington and his influences in 1967. Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW, through Feb. 20.

‘Blues in the Night’: This Tony-

Shakespearean comedy, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE, through March 5.

nominated musical tells the interwoven stories of three women and the men who wronged them. Creative Cauldron, 410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church, Va., through March 5.

‘Baby Screams Miracle’: A family is

‘Caroline, or Change’: Roundhouse

thrown into chaos when a deadly storm hits their community. Woolly Mammoth

Theatre stages Tony Kushner’s Tony Award-winning musical about a black

‘As You Like It’: A retelling of the

maid and a Jewish family in Louisiana in 1963. Round House Theatre, 4545 EastWest Hwy., Bethesda, through Feb. 26.

‘Dial M for Murder’: The Newtowne Players stage this murder mystery about a man who blackmails someone to kill his wife. Three Notch Theatre, 21744 S. Coral Drive. Lexington Park, Md., through Feb. 26.

‘Disney on Ice: Dream Big’: The ice show features Tinker Bell, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Belle, “Frozen” characters, Jasmine, Snow White, Aurora and Tiana. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW, through Feb. 20. CONTINUED ON PAGE 40

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Songwriting Awards Finalists Luke Brindley Ruut DeMeo Peter Garza with Band of Us Lea Morris Be Steadwell

Friday, March 3 • 7:30pm All concerts are FREE and open to the public. No tickets required. For our full performance calendar, visit our website.

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Young Songwriter Finalists Calista Garcia Matthew Hemmer Eli Pafumi Finalists will perform their original songs. $12,500 in prize money will be awarded at the close of the show.

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‘Watch on the Rhine’: Golden Globe winner Marsha Mason stars as Fanny Farrelly in Lillian Hellman’s political thriller. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW, through March 5.

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‘Dracula’: Bram Stoker’s classic horror

Dead Man Walking

story is directed by Carl Menninger. Greenberg Theatre, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW, through Feb. 18.

“I WILL BE THE FACE OF LOVE FOR YOU.”

‘Ella Enchanted: The Musical’: Adventure Theatre stages a musical based on the book by Gail Carson Levine about a girl cursed with the inability to disobey orders. Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, Md., through March 19.

Sister Helen’s calling was clear: show ALL God’s children the gift of mercy. But was her faith strong enough to help shepherd even the darkest soul to salvation? Based on a true story, Jake Heggie’s instant modern classic is an extraordinary tale of courage and compassion featuring a sensational cast and an unforgettable score infused with American popular styles. The New York Times calls this mesmerizing drama “a masterpiece of words, music, and emotions.”

‘H2O’: An inexperienced actor is cast as Hamlet and finds a devout Christian actress to act as Ophelia. Rep Stage, 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia, Md., through March 5.

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In English with Projected English Titles | New WNO Production Dead Man Walking contains mature subject matter, including depictions of sexual violence and murder. Not recommended for audiences under the age of 15.

from Baltimore, decides that Marquis, a brainy prep-schooler, has forgotten his roots and pens him a manual. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE, through Feb. 19.

‘I Love You Because’: Arts on the Green presents Damascus Theatre Company in a modern musical interpretation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, Md., through Feb. 26.

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A new friend threatens the relationship between two roommates. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW, through Feb. 19.

‘King Charles III’: The regional debut of Mike Bartlett’s award-winning play that explores what England would be like if Prince Charles became king. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW, through March 12.

‘Last Train to Nibroc’: Two people meet on an east-bound train in this romantic comedy set in the 1940s. Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW, through Feb. 19.

‘No Solemn Silence: A Gilbert & Sullivan Review’: A sample of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Savoy Operas,” masterpieces of musical theater presented by Mason’s School of Theatre. George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, through Feb. 18.

‘Now I’m Fine’: Comedian and musician Ahamefule J. Oluo hits the stage with a 17-piece orchestra in this musical autobiography featuring dark monologues about dealing with illness, despair and regeneration. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, Route 193 and Stadium Drive, College Park, Md., through Feb. 17.

friends, Inky and Pale, learn about the different colors of the rainbow. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE, through Feb. 20.

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Tony Award-winning prequel to J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan.” Source Theatre, 1835 14th St. NW, through March 12.

central figures in the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW, through Feb. 19.

‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’: Olney Theatre Center stages the Stephen Sondheim musical about a barber seeking revenge on the judge who separated him from his family for 15 years. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md., through March 5.

‘The Freshest Snow Whyte’: The beloved Disney princess is reimagined as a graffiti artist in the year 3000 in this new hip-hop musical. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, through March 18.

‘The Gin Game’: Roz White and Doug Brown star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. MetroStage, 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria, through March 12.

‘The Hard Problem’: In Tom Stoppard’s play, a psychology researcher attempts to define consciousness. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW, through Feb. 26.

‘The Taming of the Shrew’: A modern retelling of Bard’s comedy with Hollywood socialites. Synetic Theater, 1800 S. Bell St., Arlington, through March 19. ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’: Holly Twyford stars as Martha in this staged production of Edward Albee’s black comedy, directed by Aaron Posner. Ford’s Theatre, 549 10th St NW, through Feb. 19.

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Love in the time of politics Director Amma Asante kept things complicated in ‘A United Kingdom’

Oscar-nominated actress Queen Latifah is set to receive the Entertainment Icon award at this year’s American Black Film Festival Honors, taking place in Los Angeles on Friday. The actress said she is honored to receive the award: “It means so much to me coming from fellow entertainers and my peers.” The ABFF Honors will air Wednesday at 8 p.m. on BET and Centric. (AP) BOOKS

Krysten Ritter to release her first novel this year For Ruth and Seretse (Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo), love doesn’t come easy.

At the time, Britain was struggling to rebuild its economy after WWII, its former empire was rapidly shrinking and there was immense pressure put on the government by Bechuanaland’s neighbor and British ally South Africa, which was just beginning its apartheid system (so they were quite unhappy with a black African man marrying a white British woman). “If you don’t understand what [Seretse and Ruth] were up against,” Asante says, “you won’t understand the strength of their love.”

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FILM “The story of a black man who falls in love with a white woman, on its own, isn’t massively interesting,” Amma Asante says. Which may not be the way to sell “A United Kingdom,” the director’s new film, which opens Friday. And yet the trailers make it look like the story of a black man who falls in love with a white woman. The movie goes far deeper. Based on the lives of Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams (David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike), “A United Kingdom” is as much a political drama as it is a love story. Seretse, the heir to the throne of Bechuanaland (the country of Botswana today), meets and marries Ruth, a white woman living in postwar Britain. While they face obstacles typical for the time — most notably family and cultural opposition from both sides — Seretse’s role on the world stage means their marriage has effects that ring much louder than awkwardness at Christmas dinner. “By the time I came to the story, there was a wisdom amongst the team that this had to be completely a love story, that the politics made it too heavy,” says the London-born Asante (“Belle”). “My argument was we’ve got to go for this from the get-go as a story that’s a combination of love and politics.”

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What that means, rather ironically, is that “A United Kingdom” is the rare romance where Asante the two le ads spend most of the movie apart. After the two are married and move to Bechuanaland, then a British protectorate, they are politically outmaneuvered, resulting in Seretse essentially living in exile in Britain for years while Ruth remains in Bechuanaland. Those were the years of Seretse and Ruth’s story that Asante

found most interesting. “This [had to] be a movie about what happens once they fall in love — that’s the fascinating aspect of the story.” Still, it’s not all diplomacy and mining rights and political maneuvering. “I’m an old-fashioned romantic,” Asante says. “So seeing [the scene with] her holding the baby while he’s speaking about a new future for his country is always very emotional to me. Look at all of what this couple had to stand up against, and that baby is the best evidence of their love. That child exists as their legacy.” KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY (EXPRESS)

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“I don’t think there’s a race problem at all.” NEIL PORTNOW, president of the Recording Academy, telling Pitchfork the Grammys do not have a racial bias because

the awards are not a “corporate entity,” but are “peer-voted” by 14,000 academy members. He added, “They have to qualify in order to be members … so they are sort of the experts and the highest level of professionals in the industry.”

Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos to appear on Friday’s “Real Time With Bill Maher”

Crown Archetype announced Wednesday that it had acquired actress-producer Krysten Ritter’s “Bonfire,” a psychological thriller about an environmental lawyer and a company accused of dumping toxic chemicals. The book is scheduled for publication on Nov. 7. Ritter said in a statement that she welcomed the chance to “explore a character journey” and likened the writing process to studying an acting part. (AP) TELEVISION

‘Saturday Night Live’ is on a ratings streak “Saturday Night Live” reached its largest audience since 2011 with 10.8 million viewers during last weekend’s episode. Hosted by President Trump impersonator Alec Baldwin, the episode also featured the return of Melissa McCarthy’s portrayal of White House press secretary Sean Spicer. To put viewership into perspective, “SNL” had a bigger audience than all but four prime-time programs on TV last week. Among younger viewers, only the Grammys had better ratings. (AP)

Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran among performers added to iHeartRadio awards, airing March 5

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Slow, to a conductor Pitch easily Part of Einstein’s famous equation Sound that’s bullish Tug but good Opera highlight Fancy way to resign It can be about a foot Scout abode Perform a classic comedy reaction Expire Pale and sickly Hurricane part Live, as a batted ball Mysterious Himalayan Place to relax in mud Norse capital Moses’ sibling Tilly or Ryan of Hollywood Saloon feature “Slippery” tree

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67.5 degrees, in directions Mark Twain, famously Old King Cole’s fiddlers, collectively Senators play for money here Iron Mike of the ring Pearl City locale Pompous one Anatomy class prop A photo finish Region or vicinity Emulate the Titanic Fill to the maximum A great one can make your week Taking a gander at Tubes with electrodes Step softener Arced, soft throw Two-masted ships Port in the Keystone State

31 Eliminated rough edges 32 Humans 33 Saw eye-to-eye 35 Quizzes 38 Place for a tiny flag 39 Like teeth 40 Banned bug spray 46 Get ___ of (throw away) 47 Slowly, on sheet music 48 A nuclear weapon

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An adult needs to take away Harrison’s toys

The universe is ganging up on Alanis Alanis Morissette’s home in Los Angeles’ upscale Brentwood neighborhood was burglarized last week, TMZ reported, and the thieves got away with $2 million in jewelry. It’s not clear if they took anything else. The singer was not at home at the time. This report comes weeks after Morissette’s manager admitted to stealing nearly $5 million from the singer between 2010 and 2014. (EXPRESS)

Harrison Ford had a potentially serious run-in with an airliner, NBC-TV reported. Ford, 74, was told to land his single-engine plane on a runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., on Monday, but he mistakenly landed it on a parallel taxiway, passing over an American Airlines jet holding nearby. “Was that airliner meant to be underneath me?” Ford is heard asking air traffic controllers in a recording. The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating. This incident comes after Ford was injured in 2015 when his World War II-era trainer crashed on a Los Angeles golf course. In 1999, Ford crash-landed his helicopter during a training flight. (AP)

Mike Comrie is being investigated for rape

‘Sincerely, Karlie, aka her very upset publicist’

The Los Angeles Police Department told People that it is investigating Mike Comrie, former NHL player and ex-husband of Hilary Duff, for allegedly raping a woman. Sources told TMZ that the woman, who was not named, met Comrie on Saturday at a bar and went with him to his home, where he raped her multiple times, she said. He reportedly claims they had consensual sex. (EXPRESS)

Karlie Kloss has apologized after she was criticized for appearing in Vogue in a Japanese-themed photo shoot that portrayed Kloss dressed in traditional geisha garb. “These images appropriate a culture that is not my own and I am truly sorry for participating in a shoot that was not culturally sensitive,” she tweeted. “My goal is, and always will be, to empower and inspire women. I will ensure my future shoots and projects reflect that mission.” (EXPRESS)

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