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Nine medical societies representing nearly 375,000 physicians are challenging the widely held perception that more health care is better, releasing lists Wednesday of tests and treatments their members should no longer order automatically.

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Dr. Christine Cassel, president of the American Board of Internal Medicine, said the goal is to reduce wasteful spending without harming patients. She suggested some may benefit by avoiding known risks associated with medical tests, such as exposure to radiation.

“We all know there is overuse and waste in the system, so let’s have the doctors take responsibility for that and look at the things that are overused,” said Cassel.

The recommendations will be circulated to consumers and doctors by a separate coalition called Choosing Wisely, which includes employer groups, unions, AARP and Consumer Reports. Neither the insurance industry nor the federal government was involved in process. R I C A R D O ALONSO-Z ALDIVAR (AP)

President Obama signed legislation Wednesday barring members of Congress, the president and federal workers from profiting from nonpublic information learned on the job, calling it an embodiment of the American value of fair play.

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Some of the affected employees will stay on for an unspecified period to finish various projects, according to Yahoo.

The housecleaning marks Yahoo’s sixth mass layoff in the past four years under three CEOs. This one will inflict the deepest cuts yet, eclipsing a cost-cutting spree that laid off 1,500 workers in late 2008 as Yahoo tried to cope with the Great Recession. (AP)

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Somalia’s Olympic committee and its soccer federation chief were among the dead.

The government said a female suicide bomber carried out the attack. The Islamist militant group al-Shabab used its Twitter feed to claim the bombing.

Al-Shabab fighters were pushed out of Mogadishu in August by government and African Union troops after two decades of violence. Since then, sports leagues have blossomed, markets have appeared and Western-style restaurants have sprung up, marking a long-await-

The revival of sports in Mogadishu is an important part of its transformation. Women who lived under harsh rules when the militant al-Shabab held sway can watch sports and even participate. Al-Shabab defectors have put down their guns and are participating in sports leagues. Still, al-Shabab has continued to carry out bombings. (AP)

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Augustine Mahiga, the U.N. special representative to Somalia, said Wednesday’s bombing must not derail Somalia’s progress.

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President Obama made clear in a speech Tuesday that he would campaign against Ryan’s budget proposal and tie Romney to it. Obama said the plan would pit the poor against the wealthy in a form of “social Darwinism,” and mocked Romney for having called the proposal “marvelous.”

Romney has struggled to connect with working-class voters, but Ryan showed how he might help as he introduced Romney at a forum Saturday in Pewaukee.

“Anybody fill up gas lately?” Ryan asked. “I mean, I filled up my truck last night and I couldn’t even get it to full because it cut me off at $100 — the credit card wouldn’t even let me buy any more gas. It’s ridiculous.”

And their chemistry has seemed to grow. By Monday, Sherry Magner, 61, decided on whom she thinks Romney should pick as his running mate.

“The chemistry was really great between the two of them,” Magner said at a town hall meeting in Milwaukee.

Added Jeff Burns, 54: “This election’s gonna turn on the economy, and you’ve got two guys who know what it takes to fix the economy. You’re talking about a very successful businessman and the most knowledgeable congressman available.”

However, a Romney-Ryan ticket is a big if — Romney says he hasn’t even begun considering a short-list.

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Perhaps we can promote this as much as ‘stand right, walk left’ for the system’s escalators?

I find that behavior — people blocking the doors — really annoying.

Metro has been trying for years to get people to avoid blocking the doors, without much success.

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Maybe Metro could put a door-closing countdown on the outside of their cars, like we now have on crosswalks?

The countdown idea is innovative.

It would be a pretty short countdown, though, wouldn’t it? Some of our crosswalk countdowns are more than 6 seconds. A Metro countdown would probably start at 3. We talk about the door-closing issue more and more these days. To recap, riders sometimes can’t get off the trains — let alone start getting onto the trains — before the doors close. This is especially true during rush hours and at the core stations, which are the most crowded.

Crowds pack in at Metro Center for the Restore Sanity or Fear Rally in Oct. 2010.

Could the Metro shut down for 2-3 weekends and totally fix all of the tracks/ stations at the same time? It would be a pain for anyone who wants to use the trains, but may be better getting it all done at once, rather than having the system in delays for the next year or two.

That’s an interesting theoretical question. First, I think that to totally fix all the tracks and stations at the same time would probably take more like six months — assuming that Metro could assemble the money, equipment, parts and workforce all at once. Governments that support Metro don’t make their contributions to the capital program all at once.

But I doubt the region would tolerate a complete shutdown of Metro for any length of time.

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Metro does not have a major source of dedicated funding. What your friends are probably thinking of is the law sponsored by Tom Davis, when he was a congressman from Virginia, that provided authorization for the federal government to match commitments to Metro made by our local governments.

The catch is that Congress has to appropriate the money every year for 10 years. That’s not what people mean by dedicated funding. Dedicated funding is money you can expect no matter what.

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Democrat Tim Kaine has offered his U.S. Senate campaign’s first policy presentation calling for government investment in education, transportation infrastructure and research and ending tax cuts for those earning $500,000 or more annually.

Kaine and Sen. Mark Warner, back-to-back former governors, barnstormed Norfolk, Arlington and Richmond Wednesday in Kaine’s most conspicuous public swing after months largely spent

MWi^_d]jed D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange, D-At Large, maintained a 543-vote lead over challenger Sekou Biddle, but the final outcome of the Democratic primary may not be known for weeks as nearly 5,000 provisional and absentee ballots remain to be counted.

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and activists on Wednesday tried to make sense of an election that saw four council members easily win reelection, despite an ongoing federal corruption probe of several District campaigns.

Incumbents Muriel Bowser, D-Ward 4, Marion Barry, D-Ward 8,

Yvette Alexander, D-Ward 7, and Jack Evans, D-Ward 2, all racked up huge margins.

Orange’s future remained in doubt pending the counting of absentee and provisional ballots by the Board of Elections and Ethics counts on April 13.

Biddle, a former interim council member trying to return to the body he briefly served on early last year, said he remained optimistic because “a lot could happen” in the final vote count.

Orange countered he’s “extremely confident” he will maintain his lead. TIM CR AIG ( THE WASHINGTON POST )

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The former Democratic National Committee chairman called for a simpler tax code for small business, more schooling before kindergarten and after high school, closing tax loopholes for the wealthy and Big Oil. He called for more development of alternative power sources such as wind and solar electricity and jabbed at Republican George Allen, saying he belittles all forms of energy that aren’t carbon-based. (AP)

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Greece Track and Field A Victim of Budget Cuts Greece’s track-and-field authority suspended all athletic operations Wednesday because of severe spending cuts — a major embarrassment for the nation that hosted the Summer Olympics only eight years ago. The decision will not affect the May 10 flame-lighting ceremony at Ancient Olympia for the 2012 London Olympics or have any immediate effect on the selection of Greek athletes for those games. (AP) 9EBB;=; 7J>B;J?9I

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In five starts after returning to Washington last September, Strasburg went 1-1 with a sparkling 1.50 ERA. (AP)

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Thursday that matters, opening day for the Nationals. And it will have been 593 days since the former No. 1 overall draft pick reared back and delivered the curveball that ended his rookie season and set him down a path that included Tommy John surgery and months of brutal work to return himself to the pitcher he was when he debuted in Washington, in June 2010.

Manager Davey Johnson chose Strasburg for the opening-day start, even though he is the least experienced pitcher in the starting rotation. It was an easy decision, Johnson said, because Strasburg is also the best pitcher.

“It’s not about Stephen Strasburg,” Johnson said. “It’s about the Washington Nationals. I’m going to put our best foot forward every step of the way.”

Strasburg leads a pitching staff expected to be far superior to the one he joined as a rookie. Any of the

GIO GONZALEZ: The Nats gave up four prospects this offseason for the lefty with a one-of-a-kind curveball.

JORDAN ZIMMERMANN: In his first year after Tommy John surgery, he posted a 3.18 ERA, 10th best in the NL.

EDWIN JACKSON: The Nats may have fixed a flaw in Jackson’s motion, after giving him an $11 million deal.

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other four — Jordan Zimmermann, Gio Gonzalez, Edwin Jackson and Ross Detwiler — likely would have been good enough to start on opening day during many of the lean, early years in Washington.

It’s telling that on Tuesday, Johnson informed John Lannan, the club’s opening-day starter in 2009 and 2010, that he’d been bested for the last spot in the rotation and instead was being optioned to the minors. “We’ve got five guys we feel are better than him,” general manager Mike Rizzo said.

Those five guys are the primary reason that many around the game are expecting a breakout year from the Nationals, despite having never finished above .500 in the seven seasons since baseball returned to Washington.

Zimmermann, Gonzalez and Jackson have all proved themselves

to be effective, sometimes-dominant major-league starters. At the front and back ends, Strasburg and Detwiler brim with potential. All are young — Jackson is the oldest at 28 — and all throw exceedingly hard, invaluable traits in Rizzo’s view.

Chien-Ming Wang, 32, won 18 games twice with the Yankees before shoulder problems derailed his career. He’ll begin the season on the disabled list with a hamstring injury, but he’s also expected to contribute once healthy.

Rizzo has studied the makeup of teams that succeed in the postseason and concluded that a deep stable of strong-armed starters is a prerequisite for such aspirations. With timely player development and strategic acquisitions, Rizzo believes he has assembled such a staff.

Only Zimmermann remains from the rotation that began the 2011 season, but it’s Strasburg who will take the lead.

“It’s a tremendous honor,” Strasburg said. “There’s still a lot of work to be done. It’s just one game.

Hopefully the games will be mattering at the end of the year for us.”

DEREK TURNER (FOR E XPRESS)

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Masters Mum on Women =eb\ Jabbed, prodded and poked repeatedly about a topic that never really goes away, Billy Payne wouldn’t budge.

Faced with questions, at his annual news conference, about when a woman would become a member at the home of the Masters, the Augusta National chairman kept giving different variations of the same answer: That’s our business, not yours.

The topic was on the front burner again Wednesday, on the eve of the year’s first major, because one of the club’s longtime sponsors, IBM, has a new female CEO, Virginia Rometty. The past four CEOs at IBM, all male, have been invited to be members.

8WYaijeho The issue of admitting women first came up in 2002, when Martha Burk, then the chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, campaigned for Augusta National to end its all-male membership and threatened to boycott companies whose executives belonged to the club. Johnson responded by cutting loose corporate backers, and the Masters was televised without commercials for the next two years.

A planned protest before the 2003 Masters was a dud, and the issue slowly receded. (AP)

Payne’s polite-but-firm responses were in direct contrast to those of his predecessor, Hootie Johnson.

When faced with the issue 10 years ago, Johnson famously declared female membership would come on the club’s timetable and “not at the point of a bayonet.”

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the inevitable question was asked for the first time Wednesday. “That statement remains accurate, and that remains my statement.”

Asked to expand on his refusal to comment, he gave two reasons: “Number one, we don’t talk about our private deliberations. Number two, we especially don’t talk about them when a named candidate is part of the question. “He did not say whether Rometty was that specific “named candidate.” (AP)

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With their hopes of reaching the playoffs for a fifth straight year reliant on the final two games of the season, the Capitals can make it simple: Win and they’re in.

Despite losing Monday night’s game to the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Caps head into Thursday’s critical game against the Florida Panthers in control of their playoff destiny.

The road to the postseason got a bit bumpier when the ninth-place Buffalo Sabres overcame a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 in overtime on Tuesday.

Now, instead of being in a situation where the Caps just needed to win at least one game to close out the regular season, Washington’s hold on the eighth and final playoff spot is more precarious.

By virtue of a tiebreaker (regulation wins versus overtime wins), the Capitals would reach the playoffs and the Sabres would be sent home if both teams won their final two games. But if the Capitals come up short Thursday to the Southeast Division leading Panthers or

on Saturday to the Eastern Conference champion New York Rangers, they would need the Sabres to lose on Thursday against Philadelphia or on Saturday at Boston.

The only other way for the Capitals to reach the postseason would be to claim the Southeast Division title — which also requires winning.

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Soft Touch The loosely organized but undeniably joyous spectacle that is International Pillow Fight Day is back! You can confuse and delight tourists who got here too late for the cherry blossoms by bringing a non-down pillow (feather pillows burst and make a mess) to the National Mall on Saturday afternoon for a 15-minute fight with like-minded individuals. After that the whole group will migrate to Dupont Circle for more pillow-related games. National Mall near the Smithsonian castle; 1:30 p.m., free; Pillowfightday.com. (Smithsonian)

Punk Love The girl groups of the early ’60s understood heartbreak. And though times have changed, the California dreamers of Hunx & His Punx are keeping the flame for the Ronettes and the Shangri-La’s — with a twist. Frontman Seth Bogart (aka Hunx, above) previously led the queercore band Gravy Train!!!!, so Hunx’s songs have a punk-schlock edge that’s hilarious and endearing. Windup Space, 12 North Ave., Baltimore; Sun., 9 p.m., $10; 410-244-8855.

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The DC band, fronted by tour de force Jessica Louise Dye, mixes clever songwriting and instrumentation with pop, folk, and rock melodies.

6 FRI # Berklee College of Music Roots Roadshow

Members of the American Roots Music Program will shift from bluegrass to oldtime through Celtic and Western Swing.

7 SAT # NSO Prelude Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play Beethoven and Farrenc.

8 SUN # Efi Hackmey The Israeli pianist brings his dynamic talents as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician to the stage.

Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Israel.

9 MON # Van Dyke Parks The American composer, producer, musician, singer, and actor, whose career spans nearly six decades, has worked with the Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, The Byrds, and Ringo Starr.

10 TUE # Dance Exchange On the first day of a 500-mile walk to explore resources and the stories behind the distances they travel, Artistic Director Cassie Meador steps off the trail to present excerpts from her newest project, How to Lose a Mountain.

; 2012 NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL ; The citywide festival, now through April 27, celebrates of the 100th anniversary of the gift of the cherry blossom trees and the enduring friendship between the citizens of the United States and Japan.

11 WED # Washington Toho Koto Society

The orginization is dedicated to promoting an understanding and appreciation for the koto (zither), Japan’s national instrument.

THU # Yoko Owada and Tim Janis Ensemble

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Yoko Owada, one of Japan’s leading flutists, performs a musical program with composer, musician, and conductor Tim Janis.

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The Sakuyahime Cultural Delegation presents music and dance of Japan with Ten-Chi-Jin, a unique combination of traditional Japanese shamisen and taiko drums with rock, jazz, and world music, and dancer Ufo Furosawa.

“OUTSTANDING … first-class production.”

“One of the BEST SHOWS of the season.”

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16 MON # Yamakiya Student Taiko Club

The student drummers, ages 12-20, have won first prize in a number of Japanese national competitions.

The group from Japan’s top performing arts university performs visually stunning Japanese dances.

The group plays a wide range of music from the Renaissance through the 21st century.

LAST CHANCE!

The group plays a program of gagaku (Japanese Imperial Court music).

Organized in 1987, this group of taiko drummers with intellectual disabilities has performed five times overseas and in more than 100 venues in Japan every year.

WED # U.S. Naval Academy Band Brass Quintet

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SUN # Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble

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EUGENE O’NEILL

IN THE FAMILY THEATER

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The national finalists of the KCACTF Ten-Minute Play Award present their original works.

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H[l_jWb_p[Z H^oj^c Cki_Y When the Howard Theatre opens its doors to the public next week for the first time in nearly 30 years, there will be very few people alive who can recall its original look.

T he t heater — one of t he nation’s first to cater to an AfricanAmerican clientele in segregated times — opened in 1910, during the days of Black Broadway. It continued to host acts through the Motown years of the ’60s and even saw some of Washington’s early go-go acts. The theater’s red-lettered marquee, added in the ’40s, remained a landmark on T Street NW, even as the theater sat in ruins after it was finally shuttered in 1980.

By then, the theater’s facade had changed dramatically. So when architects got to work on the $29 million restoration project, in September 2010, they kept chipping away until the building’s 1910 exterior remained. EHT Traceries, a company that specializes in architectural history, and historic preservation firm Martinez + Johnson Architecture worked from photographs to re-create the building’s original design. Even the new, blue marquee is a throwback to the theater’s early playbills.

Inside, the feel is decidedly modern. Local f irm Marshall Moya Design has managed to blend Kennedy Center class w it h t he u r b a n c h ic of t he

J^[ EbZ CWhgk[[0 The Howard’s red-lettered marquee, right, was a local landmark for decades. A new, blue marquee recalls the theater’s original playbills.

Park at Fourteenth. Towering lighted portraits of legends who performed at the theater in its heyday — Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong — grace every floor.

Even the elevators are fly.

“T he Howa rd wasn’t just going to be a paint-up, fix-up thing,” said Michael Marshall, principal architect at Marshall Moya Design. “We wanted a very finished, tailored space, not a space that looked like it was a garage converted with a bunch of lights thrown in. This is the Mercedes of theaters.”

Ef[d_d] 7Yji April 9 Community Day and ribboncutting ceremony, noon-3 p.m., free.

Performance by Wale, 9 p.m., $35.

April 13-15 Wanda Sykes, right, 8 p.m., $95-$125.

April 14 Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), 11:30 p.m., $45-$50.

April 15-16 The Roots, Sun., 11 p.m., $55, Mon., 8 p.m., $55.

=e_d]ekj]k_Z[$Yec Read more about the renovation and get a sneak peek inside the modern, new Howard Theatre in Friday’s Washington Post and at Goingoutguide.com.

It’s also been designed to be a multipurpose space, with a fullservice kitchen and a menu by chef Marcus Samuelsson of New York’s Red Rooster Harlem restaurant.

“There’s a flexibility of being [able] to have this as a dance hall or [for] a festival-style concert,” Marshall said. “Those are the t h i n gs t h a t w i l l m a k e t h i s economically viable. I like to call

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The Howard Theatre returns to life with a hip, restored building and a diverse lineup

Marshall Moya Design lent the Howard Theatre’s new interior a modern look with lighted portraits of such music legends as Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

it economically sustainable. You do this once and it’s here to last a long time.”

T h a t ’s i m p o r t a n t i f t h e surrounding neighborhood is to benefit from the theater’s revival.

The riots after Martin Luther K ing’s assassination in 1968 took a toll on the area, and many businesses never recovered.

The long-term development plan around the theater, managed

by Ellis Development, calls for an education center behind the Howard and, eventually, the addition of a mixed-use structure

down the block. Such sweeping plans raise concerns for some about the fast-encroaching gentrification of Shaw and nearby LeDroit Park.

But across the street from the theater, an employee at CityCare Medical Supplier Inc. smiled at the thought of some new energy.

“It’ll be totally good for the area,” said the man, who declined to give his name but said he had worked there for 20 years. “There was nothing here before — no establishments. It’ll be nice.”

Other residents are excited about the live music the theater

ÇOek Ze j^_i edY[ WdZ _jÊi ^[h[ je bWij W bed] j_c[$È — MICH A EL M A R SH A LL , PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT AT MARSHALL MOYA DESIGN, WHICH REVAMPED THE INTERIOR OF THE HOWARD THEATRE TO FUNCTION AS A MODERN, MULTIPURPOSE SPACE

April 20 Bad Brains, with GZA, 8 p.m., sold out.

April 21 Chuck Brown, 9 p.m., sold out.

April 28 Chuck Berry, 8 p.m., $95.

May 5 Chaka Khan, 8 & 11 p.m., $75.

will bring to the neighborhood.

(See the sidebar for our picks from the theater’s just-announced schedule.)

Charmon A nderson, a hairdresser at Reese’s Unisex Barber Shop on Florida Avenue, remembers spending many good nights at the Howard during the years it was open in the late ’70s and early ’80s.

“We had fun at Howard Theatre,” she said. “We’d see Chuck Brown, Rare Essence, EU — all the bands.

That was a good time, back then.

It was the joint.” CL IN TON YAT ES (EXPRESS)

Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW; 202-803-2899, Thehowardtheatre. com.

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@W[ Ae PAPER SCULPTOR Korea-born, Washington-based artist Jae Ko is having her seventh solo exhibition at Marsha Mateyka Gallery, near Dupont Circle. Ko works with ink and paper but makes sculpture rather than drawings: She twists rolls of adding-machine tape into coiling forms, held in place by glue and ink.

After years of using only black ink, why did you add red for this show?

Black goes back to calligraphic writing, part of my Asian background. But I was starting to miss using color. Red is difficult to use; I had to find the right kind of red. In East Asia, red is the color of happiness.

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Is a 3-year-old’s new obsession with fart humor innate or learned (say, from Dad, much to Mom’s dismay)?

“There’s this interesting connection between … humor and play,” Patterson says. “Play is very important in learning how to function. ‘How does my body function? How do I function in relation to my mother and father and other people?’” In other words, watching his mother’s irritation and his father’s laughter teaches the preschooler that his body does surprising things and different people react in different ways to its output.

Why do you add graphite to the ink?

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Glue mixed with pigment often dries to a shiny, rubbery color. Graphite reduces this quality. I rub the graphite powder lightly on the work to enhance the details and bring out the layers of the paper.

Most jokes are structured to surprise you, says Patterson. “Let’s take a classic physics joke: ‘A proton has mass. I didn’t even know it was Catholic!’ Whether it’s funny or not, you think it’s taking you in one direction, but it takes you in a totally different direction.” Patterson says some scientists believe that humor is there to “debug our thinking” by forcing our brains to deal with unexpected outcomes. In an evolutionary sense it made us better problem-solvers than other forms of life. “Invertebrates are terrible improvisers,” he says.

While there is evidence that animals respond by laughing to physical stimulation (that evidence involves a scientist, a super-hearing device and a grad student who was willing to tickle mice), there’s little to suggest that animals have a sense of humor in the way humans do — even at the most basic level. “Kids are born with an innate sense of physics — we don’t expect things to fall upward,” says Patterson. But when something violates the way things are supposed to be — say, a person suddenly falls down — we often laugh. Though there have been experiments suggesting that chimpanzees get surprised when their expectations are violated, they don’t seem to take pleasure from it. So when one of your cats misjudges the distance and doesn’t quite make it to the counter from the table, the other cat doesn’t find it funny. “They don’t have a good sense of pratfalls,” says Patterson.

“They wouldn’t laugh at Charlie Chaplin.”

Do you think you’ll ever exhaust this technique?

I once took a roll of paper to the ocean, buried it in the sand and recovered it several hours later to discover how the paper changed. I don’t feel I will ever get exhausted because there are so many other ways I still have to experiment.

What interests you about these forms?

The shape right at the point the work’s almost collapsing — another push or pull might ruin the work. I am inspired by pushing the limits of shaping paper into these forms. MARK JENKINS (FOR E XPRES S)

Marsha Mateyka Gallery, 2012 R St. NW; through April 14, Wed.-Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., free; 202-328-0088, Marshamateykagallery.com.

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Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda; Thu. (sold out) and April 26, $21; 301-581-5100, Strathmore.org. (Grosvenor-Strathmore)

IYh[Wc_d] <[cWb[i0 Some days, reflective, moody indiejangle just isn’t what you want. You want crunchy, loud guitars — Thin Lizzy guitars. New Jersey’s Screaming Females deliver fully on that front, courtesy of frontwoman and guitarist Marissa Paternoster. They’ve been getting more attention of late, and though they still play the odd house show, Sunday’s backstage gig at the Black Cat might be one of the last chances you’ll have to see the band in a small, awesomely loud room. Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW; Sun., 8 p.m., $12; 202-667-7960, Blackcatdc.com. (U Street) SHAUNA MILLER (E XPRESS)

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:WdY[\beeh HeoWbjo With a new record due out soon, Big Freedia expands her kingdom as the ‘queen of bounce’

Part of this inclusive vibe comes from the music scene that Freedia, who is transgender, came up in. Though hiphop in general hasn’t always been a gayfriendly genre, the New Orleans bounce scene has long been influenced by queer rappers, including Katey Red and Sissy Nobby. A few music journalists have floated “sissy bounce” as its own genre, but Freedia rejects the term. “It’s all bounce.

In New Orleans, we don’t separate it.”

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D.C. can be a little stiff when it comes to dancing. But Big Freedia is here to help.

“If you can’t use your body to dance and have fun and feel free,” she says, “then what?”

Since dropping her debut disc, 1999’s “An Ha, Oh Yeah,” Freedia has led a resurgence of interest in bounce, an uptempo, bass-heavy, call-andresponse style of rap birthed in New Orleans about 20 years ago. Like the name suggests, bounce is meant to get bodies moving. And the titles of some of Freedia’s club hits — 2010’s “Azz Everywhere” and “Make Ya Booty Go” — offer clues that the party is going to have an R rating.

“A lot of bounce has to do with assshaking, of course, and you can take it as sexual,” Freedia says. “But it’s really more of a command …. Like, if I say, ‘Dribble your ass like a basketball,’ there’s a move behind it.”

Freedia turns that sweaty enthusiasm into a safe space, especially for female fans. She often corrals the ladies to the center of the room, while men stay to the edges.

At over six feet tall, Freedia has the commanding physical presence to back up her onstage orders. But she says her shows stay positive because everyone shows mutual respect.

“I definitely make it a safe haven to be yourself and have fun without anyone coming at you or touching you,” she says. “We gonna have fun and we gonna jam and jump up and holler and scream and have a good night.”

Big Freedia has brought bounce out of New Orleans and on the road.

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Expect to hear some new material when Freedia hits Baltimore Thursday: She’s working on a new record slated for release this year on her own label. “No More Dreams, It’s Reality” will feature cross-genre guest stars, including Philadelphia underground rappers Spank Rock, New Orleans funk band Galactic and possibly Brooklyn band Matt & Kim, who Freedia toured with in 2010.

Did Freedia school those indie-poppers on how to bounce?

“Oh, yeah, definitely,” she laughs.

“They was cuttin’ up. All on top of the drums, they was cuttin’ up.”

SHAUNA MILLER (E XPRESS)

Golden West Cafe, 1105 W. 36th St., Baltimore; Thu., 10 p.m., $10; 410- 889-8891; Goldenwestcafe.com.

9ec[Zo ed j^[ JWXb[0 Comedy clubs are nice, if you’re into “nice.”

But it’s a well-known fact that live comedy is much funnier when experienced in a dive-bar setting.

The good people at Velvet Lounge have you covered with this Friday’s Comedy on the Table event, featuring a lineup of local female comedians including DCist’s Valerie Paschall and WAMU blogger Elahe Izadi, left. Hosted by Reggie Melbrough, the evening’s proceeds benefit HIPS, a local organization that provides resources to sex workers. Velvet Lounge, 915 U St. NW; Fri., 7 p.m., $5; 202-462-3213, Velvetloungedc.com. (U Street) SHAUNA MILLER (E XPRESS)

M_dZ_Wd 8h_d]i J^[ De_i[ :$9$Êi X[ij fWhjo#fkda \[ij_lWb is back, courtesy of local record label Windian Records. In case you are still stewing about missing South By Southwest this year, this annual showcase — now in its third year — has all the loud rock ’n’ roll and scene-making that you crave.

Ten bands will assault your ears over two nights, including several local acts. Here’s a roundup of what’s in store:

The Penetrators: This Syracuse, N.Y., band, above, opens the fest Friday night with a nod to history — they formed in the ’70s and punkers have been trying to sound like them ever since.

Foul Swoops: Also playing Friday, Arlington’s Foul Swoops deliver simple, addictive pop with bluesy, fuzzedout guitars.

They’re playing with another local group, Suns of Guns.

Thee Lolitas: Playing Saturday, this local band blends country, Dutch pop and Caribbean party music. But it works.

Really! They’ll be joined by D.C.’s own Shirks, who specialize in fast, sweaty punk.

Doozies: You won’t be able to understand a word of this D.C.-based “harsh pop-garage” band’s lyrics, but they’re mostly about overweight dogs and hamburgers. AMANDA ERICKSON (FOR EXPRESS) Montserrat House, 2016 9th St. NW; Fri. & Sat.; 8:30 p.m., $15 per night ($12 in advance), 2-day passes $30 ($22 in advance); Windianrecords.com.

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Frankie Rose steps out from behind the drums and into a new sound

Cki_Y Before she became a full-time musician, Frankie Rose was a bike messenger. For six years she rode through the streets of New York delivering packages and visiting art galleries between errands. “I

could just roam around the city and do whatever I wanted,” she recalls.

“Other than that, I don’t think I’ve ever kept a job for more than four months.”

Each day was different from the day before and the day after. She pedaled to different neighborhoods,

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encountering different people.

For the Brooklyn-based Rose, music has offered a similar respite from routine. She has played drums in numerous buzzed-about New York acts, including Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls and Dum Dum Girls.

In 2010 she released her first solo album as Frankie Rose and the Outs. In January she followed it up with “Interstellar,” which dropped the Outs part of her moniker and represented a dramatic change in direction.

“Why would I want to make the same record twice or three times?” asks Rose, who plays Friday at Artisphere as part of a 20th-anniversary bash for cult music zine Chickfactor. “I want to learn and grow and understand the craft, and the only way to do that is to push yourself into trying new things.”

“Interstellar” represents a huge leap for Rose as both a songwriter and singer. Coming out from behind the drum kit, she delivers solid hooks on the tunes “Know Me” and “Daylight Sky.” On “Pair of Wings” and “Moon in My Mind,” her voice becomes almost synthlike, reinforcing the dreamy quality of the songs. But it’s far from today’s mainstream pop.

Mec[dÊi 7hj_ij_Y B_X[hWj_ed A new show collects classical works from French female artists ;n^_X_ji The show is at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, so of course the 77 works in “Royalists and Romantics” are by women. Anywhere else, though, viewers would likely be surprised to encounter so many accomplished paintings, prints and sculptures made by women from 1750 to 1850.

Even the owners of the artworks were startled to learn they had such significant work by women artists of that era, reveals the exhibition’s organizer, Jordana Pomeroy, chief curator at the museum.

The show’s subtitle, “Women Artists from the Louvre, Versailles and other French National Collections,” reveals the source of its contents. Despite having such riches in its national holdings, France hasn’t paid much attention to the women who painted and sculpted during that period, Pomeroy says.

“French art historians are just now looking at the history of women artists,” she says. “In the U.S. we started doing this back in the mid-’80s.”

The works are divided into seven themes, including “families,” “scandal and power,” “reinventing the past” and “portraits” — one is of Napoleon’s dog. They were often done without live models, or were based on other works

Ifejb_]^j Jacques-Louis David. Eugene Delacroix. Elisabeth Louise VigeeLeBrun. That last name isn’t as well-known as the others, but it once was. National Museum of Women in the Arts curator Jordana Pomeroy calls VigeeLeBrun “the best-known woman artist of her time.” She lived from 1755 to 1842 and served for six years as Marie Antoinette’s official portraitist. Among her subjects was artist Joseph Vernet, left, one of three Vigee-LeBrun works in the show. M.J.

of art, because these artists didn’t have the freedom their male counterparts enjoyed. Many were taught by male painters — and sometimes

exploited by them. “Often men took credit for women’s work,” says Pomeroy.

The works on display resulted

“When I think of pop I think of what I listened to as a kid, when Tears for Fears, the Cure and New Order were on the radio,” she says.

She’s not just indulging in Reaganera nostalgia, though: Rose turns her influences into something new and personal.

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“It’s my goal to make an album that can’t be pinpointed” as to where it draws from, she explains. “My dream would be for someone to hear my music and say, ‘Oh, that’s Frankie Rose.’” STEPHEN M. DEUSNER (FOR E XPRESS)

Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; Fri., 8 p.m., $25-$27; 703875-1100, Artisphere.com. (Rosslyn)

from a unique flowering of women’s creativity that separated France from all other countries at the time.

France in the 18th century, museum director Susan Fisher Sterling says, experienced an age of “liberty, equality and sorority.”

“France was very special in the period,” agrees Pomeroy. “I don’t know where I would focus” if coordinating another show on women’s art of this era.

“Royalists and Romantics” will travel to Stockholm after its run at the National Museum of Women ends, on July 29. Then the artworks will return to France, perhaps to increased prestige. “One of our hopes,” Pomeroy says, “is that when they go back, they’ll be looked at anew.” MARK JENKINS (FOR E XPRESS) National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW; through July 29, $10; 202-783-5000, Nmwa. org. (Metro Center)

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the last day of school, and it certainly doesn’t start on Memorial Day. Summer begins when movie budgets get big and stuff starts blowing up. Brace yourself, because this summer’s box-office offerings promise not only adventure and explosions, but a number of films that actually look pretty good.

Here’s a peek at the hottest ticket for each month (and a close runner-up). K RISTEN PAGE-K IRBY (E X PRES S)

CWo It’s great when a plan comes together, and “MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS” (right, out May 4) takes parts of some of the best superhero movies of the past few years and blends them in a comic-book-y explosion of awesome.

And we can say “comic book-y” because it’s something Joss Whedon would say, and he’s directing. It can’t get any better.

ALSO IN MAY: “Dark Shadows” with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter (May 11).

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“SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN” (June 1) doesn’t look like it will follow in the footsteps of “Mirror Mirror,” which took the story of Snow White and the Queen to a happy, sometimes-silly place. Charlize Theron, above, looks deliciously evil as the woman who wants to consume Snow White’s heart (a detail Disney left out), Chris Hemsworth looks buff as the Huntsman, and Kristen Stewart … well, she’s better here than in “Twilight.”

ALSO IN JUNE: “Brave,” Pixar’s first animated story with a female protagonist (June 22).

@kbo Christian Bale, above, scowls under the cowl for the last time in “THE DARK KNIGHT RISES” (July 20), the final installment in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” series. The Caped Crusader continues his journey by battling Bane (Tom Hardy), and the rest of the cast is strong, too: Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine either join the cast or reprise their roles.

ALSO IN JULY: “The Amazing Spider-Man,” with Andrew Garfield as Spidey and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy (July 3).

“TITANIC” returned to the seas (and screens) with its 3-D rerelease this week. The most famous ship in history does have some competition when it comes to ships in film. And (spoiler alert) some of THESE stay afloat. K.P.K.

Jack Sparrow spends most of 2003’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” looking for his beloved ship, which has a black hull and sails. Black is the new boat.

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Jeremy Renner, above, steps into Matt Damon’s shoes — kind of — in “THE BOURNE LEGACY” (Aug. 3).

Renner plays Aaron Cross, a CIA operative in the vein of Damon’s Jason Bourne, which means there will be running and jumping and improbable driving and much double-crossing and probably Russians at some point. Not a bad recipe for summer fun.

ALSO IN AUGUST: “Total Recall,” a remake of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger film with Colin Farrell in the Ah-nold role (Aug. 3).

The cruise ship in 1972’s “The Poseidon Adventure” gets hit by a wave it can’t handle and winds up upside down and full of dead people, which was not shown in the brochure.

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Catch-a-Tiger Tale If you want to spend the weekend watching Willem Dafoe be a badass (and who doesn’t?), you could do worse than “The Hunter,” out Friday. Dafoe plays, um, a hunter contracted by a mysterious, possibly evil corporation to go to Tasmania and hunt for the Tasmanian tiger, an animal that may or may not be extinct. (The tiger did exist in real life, and purported sightings still occur from time to time.) He boards with a family whose father has gone missing (possibly while on his own search), and there are lots of glowering and stalking and looking handsome yet creepy in the way only Dafoe can do. Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW;

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) Andrea Gail Like a cop two days from retirement, a crew taking out a boat for “one last mission” should not expect things to go well. And they don’t for the fishing vessel in 2000’s true-life drama “The Perfect Storm.” The Weather Channel is your friend, kids.

* The African Queen In this 1951 classic, Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are drawn together by that old cliché: taking a slow boat downriver in East Africa while attempting to evade the Germans during WWI. What ... again?

+ HMS Surprise 2003’s “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” taught moviegoers far more than they wanted to know about self-surgery, the Galapagos and how close 19th-century ships had to get so they could bomb the pants off each other.

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9:30 Club: The Budos Band, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, 7 p.m., $20.

Birchmere: The Ventures, 7:30 p.m., $35.

Black Cat: School of Seven Bells, Exitmusic, 8 p.m., $15.

BlackRock Center for the Arts: “Nancy McNamara: Prints, Etchings and Collagraphs”; “5th Annual Tribute to Fiber Art”.

Blues Alley: Toshiko Akiyoshi, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $25.

Bohemian Caverns: Zwei, 8 p.m., $10.

DC9: Happy Hour at DC9, 5-8 p.m; Homunculus, Thundermilk, 9 p.m., $8.

Empire: “Turnt Up Thursday”, 8 p.m., $10.

George Mason University/Patriot Center: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: Fully Charged, 7 p.m., 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., 11:30 a.m. a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., $14-$110.

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Celebrate the Gift of Trees with the Gift of Music!

April 4 – 12, 2012 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theatre 7:30 PM Tickets are $20

Iota Club & Cafe: Dub City Renegades, 9 p.m., $12.

Jammin’ Java: Aztec Two-Step, 7:30 p.m., $25.

Kennedy Center/Terrace Theater: Classical violin recital, 7:30 p.m., $20; amaki Kawakubo, 7:30 p.m., $20.

Kennedy Center/Concert Hall: National Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 8 p.m., $20-$85.

Kennedy Center/Millennium Stage: Lightfoot, 6 p.m., free.

Music Center at Strathmore: Friday Morning Music Club, 11 a.m; Kevin Costner and Modern West, 8 p.m., $35-$125.

Rams Head Tavern: Joan Osborne, Lera Lynn, 8 p.m., $45.

Red Palace: The Dirty Guv’nahs, Bobby E. Lee & the Sympathizers, the Highballers, 8 p.m., $14.

Rock & Roll Hotel: The Shondes, Troll Tax, Fell Types, 8:30 p.m., $10; DJ DyNasty, 10 p.m., free.

Twins Jazz: Bobby Muncy Quartet, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $10.

U Street Music Hall: Dieselboy, Photek, 9 p.m., $15.

Velvet Lounge: The Dead, the Fordists, Set and Setting, Bereft, 9 p.m., $8.

FRIDAY 9:30 Club: Snow Patrol, 8 p.m., Sold out.

Birchmere: Junior Brown, 7:30 p.m., $25.

Black Cat: “Work the Walls”, 9:30 p.m., $5; Friday Night Fights, 7-8:30 p.m; Cursive, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Conduits, 9 p.m., $16 in advance, $18 at the door.

Bohemian Caverns: Tedd Baker Quartet, 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., $18.

Comet Ping Pong: Title Tracks, Teenage Aviation, Teen Mom, 10 p.m., $10.

DC9: “Liberation Dance Party”, 9 p.m., $7; Empire: Alright Like This, Dixon On Guitar, Keith Wesby Project, Alex Lease, ZeroShift, Panel of Experts, Auto Da Fe, BDK, No Blitz, 7 p.m., $10.

Iota Club & Cafe: Justin Trawick Group, Tiffany Thompson, 8:30 p.m., $12.

Jammin’ Java: Jimmy Gnecco, Chris Kasper, 10 p.m., $15 in advance, $20 at the door; The Banjo Man, $5.

Kennedy Center/Terrace Theater: Urban Tango Trio, 7:30 p.m., $20.

Kennedy Center/Millennium Stage: Berklee College of Music concert, 6 p.m., free.

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Introducing Overtures, a unique concert series that presents seven award-winning, world-class musicians as they perform an existing composition, drawing inspiration from the Centennial Gift of Trees. The concert series will take place in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Terrace Theatre.

For more information, visit www.OverturesSeries.org

The Embassy of Japan is proud to support Overtures.

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Red Palace: Plants and Animals, This is the Kit, 10 p.m., $10; DJ Ed the Metaphysical, 10 p.m., free.

Rock & Roll Hotel: “Villains DJs”, 9:30 p.m., free; Naylor Court, The District Lights, Rene Moffatt, 9 p.m., $10.

State Theatre: Jimmy Thackery, Cathy Ponton King, 9 p.m., $16 in advance, $20 at the door.

Twins Jazz: Wailin’ Mailman Buck Hill, 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., $18.

U Street Music Hall: The Revenge, 6th Borough Project, Joe L, Juan Zapata, Fil Latorre, 10 p.m., $10, free before 11 p.m. before age 21 and older.

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State Theatre: Cody Canada & the Departed, Scott Kurt & Memphis 59, 9 p.m., $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

U Street Music Hall: A Silent Film, Empires, 7 p.m., $12; Willy Joy, DJ Ayres, Sammy Bananas, DJ Yorker, 10 p.m., $10.

Velvet Lounge: Liz & the Lost Boys, the Sea Life, Go Cozy, 9:30 p.m., $8.

Warner Theatre: Bhangra Blowout, 7 p.m., $20-$35.

9:30 Club: “Blowoff”, 11:30 p.m., $12.

Birchmere: Cleve Francis, 7:30 p.m., $32.50.

Black Cat: Hellmouth Happy Hour, 7-8:30 p.m; Billy Woodward & the Senders, Triple Cobra, Lisa Lim, 9 p.m., $12; “Moon/Bounce Dancing Affair”, 9:30 p.m., $7.

DC9: “Red Light District”, 10 p.m., free; Empire: “VA Bangerz / Chino XL”, 9 p.m., $10.

Iota Club & Cafe: Cobra Collective, Bellflur, Olivia Mancini and the Mates, 9 p.m., $10.

Jammin’ Java: Politicks, Future, Stella and the Fire, 10 p.m., $10 in advance, $13 at the door; Barefoot Truth, Taylor Carson, 7 p.m., $10 in advance, $13 at the door; Banjo Man & Friends Family Show, 10:30 a.m., $10 for everyone 1 year+.

Kennedy Center/Terrace Theater: Percussionist recital, 7:30 p.m., $20; Andy Akiho, 7:30 p.m., $20.

Kennedy Center/Concert Hall: Creative movement with New York City Ballet, 10:30 a.m., $15; Creative movement with New York City Ballet, 10:30 a.m., $15; Kennedy Center/Millennium Stage: National Symphony Orchestra concert, 6 p.m., free.

Music Center at Strathmore: “Video Games Live”, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., $25-$76.

Rams Head Tavern: Junior Brown, 1 p.m., $25.

Red Palace: “Edit”, 10 p.m., free.

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Black Cat: Screaming Females, Laura Stevenson and the Cans, 8 p.m., $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Galaxy Hut: Prabir/Goldrush, the NRIs, 9 p.m., $5.

Iota Club & Cafe: IOTA Poetry Series, 6 p.m., free.

Jammin’ Java: FunkMnkyz, Black Alley, Castro, 8 p.m., $10 in advance, $13 at the door.

Kennedy Center/Terrace Theater: Classical guitar recital, 7:30 p.m., $20; Soichi Muraji, 7:30 p.m., $20.

Kennedy Center/Millennium Stage: Efi Hackmey piano recital, 6 p.m., free.

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Addison/Ripley: “Bits of Elsewhere,” works by Isabel Manalo, through April 14. 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW; 202-3385180, Addisonripleyfineart.com.

American Painting: “Remembering Ross Merrill,” an exhibit of paintings by the former Chief of Conservation at the National Gallery of Art and his friends, whose works memorialize the late artist, through April 28. 5118 MacArthur Blvd. NW; 202-244-3244.

American University/Katzen Arts Center: “Gabarron’s Roots,” cristobal Gabarron’s paintings and sculptures appear in the Washington area for the first time, through April 15. Celebrating Japanese Art & Culture, american

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University will feature Ukiyo-e prints

nitely, “Hokusai: 36 Views of Mount Fuji,”

itt from submissions by members of the

from its Charles Nelson Spinks collec-

works by the great Japanese woodblock

Botanical Art Society of the National

tion depicting actors, famous places,

printmaker (1760-1849), through June

Capital Region, through April 29. 201

geisha, nature scenes and landscapes

17. “Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amaz-

Prince St., Alexandria; 703-548-0035,

by Hiroshige, Hokusai and other artists,

ing Disciples,” kano Kazunobu’s phan-

through April 25. Katzen Arts Center,

tasmagoric paintings reflect the lives

LAST CHANCE BlackRock Center for

4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW; 202-885-

and deeds of the Buddha’s 500 disciples,

1300, American.edu/katzen.

which have never before been displayed

the Arts: “5th Annual Tribute to Fiber Art,” works by 25 East Coast-based artists working with fiber, through Fri. “Nancy McNamara: Prints, Etchings and Collagraphs,” works by the Montgomery County resident, through April 27. 12901 Town Commons Dr., Germantown; 301528-2260, Blackrockcenter.org.

Conner Contemporary Art: Janet Biggs: Kawah Ijen / Wilmer Wilson IV: Domestic Exchange, conner’s two concurrent solo exhibitions feature new video by Janet Biggs of New York and performance and sculpture by Washingtonian Wilmer Wilson IV. “Kawah Ijen” is Biggs’ second solo exhibition with the gallery; “Domestic Exchange” is Wilson’s inaugural show with the gallery, through May 5. 1358-60 Florida Ave. NE; 202-588-8750, Connercontemporary.com.

Corcoran Gallery of Art: “Shadows of History: Photographs of the Civil War

Arlington Arts Center: “Spring Solos 2012,” works by Emily Biondo, Michael Borek, Leah Cooper, Travis Head and Emily Hermant, through June 10. “This Is My City,” photographs by students from Arlington and partners in Mexico, Uganda and El Salvador, through June 10. Jenny Sidhu Mullins, through June 10. 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; 703248-6800, Findyourartist.org.

Art Museum of the Americas: “New York,” latin American artists on migration and mobility in one of the world’s most bustling cities, through May 20. 201 18th St. NW; 202-458-6016, Museum.oas.org.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: “Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran,” an extensive collection of metalwork from the first millennium BCE to the early Islamic period. Open indefi-

outside of Japan, through July 8. “Art of Darkness: Japanese Mezzotints from the Hitch Collection,” approximately 20 prints and copperplates show Japanese artists’ innovative uses of the European technique of mezzotint, opening Sat., through July 8. 1050 Independence Ave. SW; 202-633-1000, Asia.si.edu.

Artisphere: “Elevator to the Moon: Retro-Future Visions of Space,” a collection of 20th century projections of the future, through June 9. Jenny Sidhu Mullins, in Artisphere’s Works in Progress Gallery, artist Jenny Sidhu Mullins creates work for Arlington’s “Art on the ART Bus” project, through April 15. 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; 703-875-1100, Artisphere.com.

Athenaeum: “The Garden Path: Consistency and Change Through Botanic Art,” a group show juried by Marcia deW-

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ing the edifice’s perimeter; but the work

an exhibit of photographs from the Civil

fills the air with sound, too. Inspired by

War documents the intersection of war

the song “I Only Have Eyes for You,” the

and the nascent discipline of photogra-

project features versions of the song

phy. Featuring works by Mathew Brady,

by Beck, James Murphy of LCD Sound-

Alexander Gardner and Timothy H.

system, Devandra Banhart, Mountains

O’Sullivan, through May 6. “Tim Hether-

and No Age, through May 13. “Suprasen-

ington: Sleeping Soldiers,” photographs

sorial: Experiments in Light, Color and

by the late photojournalist depict sol-

Space,” a survey of the evolving Light

diers at leisure in chaotic war zones,

and Space movement symbolized by

through May 20. 500 17th St. NW; 202-

bold, large-scale multimedia installa-

639-1700, Corcoran.org.

tions, through May 13. Seventh Street

Foxhole,” works by Dawn Black, Thu.Sat. 1515 14th St. NW; 202-387-1008, Curatorsoffice.com.

Folger Shakespeare Library: “Shakespeare’s Sisters: Voices of English and European Women Writers, 1500-1700,” an exhibit on the women who wrote in Shakespeare’s time but whose work was often never published, through May 20. Ongoing exhibits: a collection of Shakespeare materials and other rare Renaissance books, manuscripts and works of art, 201 East Capitol St. SE; 202-544-4600, Folger.edu.

Freer Gallery of Art: “Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler’s Interiors,” a look at the recurring themes of reading, music, reverie and studio practice in the works of James McNeill Whistler, through July 1. “Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese Painting,” an ornithologically themed collection of traditional Chinese paintings that depicts more than 35 species of birds in flight, through Aug. 5. Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW; 202-6331000, Asia.si.edu.

Goethe-Institut: “Gute Aussichten: New German Photography 2011/2012,” contemporary snapshots by seven German photography students, through April 27. 812 Seventh St. NW; 202-2891200, Goethe.de/ins/us/was/enindex. htm.

Hemphill: “Gun Shy,” photographs of depleted shot gun shells, abandoned duck blinds, found birds and feathers and abstractions, through May 26. 1515 14th St. NW; 202-234-5601, Hemphillfinearts.com.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Song 1: Hirshhorn 360-Degree Projection,” artist Doug Aitken uses 11 high-definition projectors to cast colors and moving images as a sheath of “liquid architecture” onto the Hirshhorn’s circular exterior nightly for two months. Observers won’t be able to fully absorb the work without walk-

and Independence Avenue SW; 202-6331000, Hirshhorn.si.edu.

Honfleur: “With Every Fiber of My Being,” works by Amber Robles-Gordon use re-purposed second-hand materials such as clothing and accessories, through April 27. 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE; 202-536-8994, Honfleurgallery.com.

International Visions: “15,” works by more than 30 artists are on display to mark the gallery’s 15th anniversary, through May 5. 2629 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-234-5112, Inter-visions.com.

Jerusalem Fund: “Thoughts on the Spring,” works by Helen Zughaib, through April 13. 2425 Virginia Ave. NW; 202-338-1958, Thejerusalemfund.org.

tion of paintings and photographs, on loan from the National Museum of the Marine Corps, honors the branch’s legacy as a supplier of air support for U.S. troops over a 100-year period, from World War I through Afghanistan and Iraq, Ongoing exhibits: explore the evolution of flight, with displays, hands-on exhibitions and historic aircraft, from the Wright Brothers plane to Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis to crafts used to land on the moon. The museum also has a planetarium and IMAX theater, which for a fee shows educational films on flight and outer space, Sixth Street and Independence Avenue SW;

National Building Museum: “Investigating Where We Live,” an exhibit of photographs and creative writing by Washington area middle and high school students who were given four weeks to interpret three neighborhoods in the District, through May 28. “Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition,” architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker uses Lego blocks to re-create landmarks including the Empire State Building, through Sept. 3. “Unbuilt Washington,” an examination of what Washington, D.C., could have looked like if some of the proposed designs for its most prominent buildings were realized, through Continued on page E14

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Mexican Cultural Institute: “A Thousand and One Faces of Mexico: Masks From the Collection of Ruth D. Lechuga,” a display of more than 140 traditional masks from throughout Mexico, through May 5. Ongoing exhibits: a collection of objects from Mexico’s cultural past and present, 2829 16th St. NW; 202-728-1628, Icm.sre.gob.mx/imw.

LAST CHANCE Morton Fine Art: “Veils And Transparencies,” paintings by Choichun Leung, Thu.-Sun. 1781 Florida Ave. NW; 202-628-2787, Mortonfineart.com.

Mount Vernon: “Hoecakes & Hospitality: Cooking with Martha Washington,” see recipes and cookbooks, pots and other accessories used in the estate’s kitchen and dining room, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy., Alexandria; 703780-2000, Mountvernon.org.

National Academy of Sciences, Keck Center: Ongoing exhibits: explore the relationships between the arts and science, engineering and medicine, 500 Fifth St. NW; 202-334-2436, Nationalacademies.org.

National Air and Space Museum: “Fly Marines! The Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation: 1912-2012,” this exhibi-

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Through Botanic Art,” now at the Athenaeum in Alexandria. The above is “Pink Magnolia,” done in colored pencil, so be careful if you bring an eraser to the show.

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tion of artifacts shows stories and history have shaped our national identity, “Jefferson’s Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth,” thomas Jefferson’s document from the early 19th century aimed to present a chronological version of Jesus’ life, omitting anything that appeared “contrary to reason,” through May 28. 14th Street and Consti-

Affirmations

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tution Avenue NW; 202-633-1000, Amer-

for a

New World

D.C.’s own Sweet Honey In The Rock and the National Symphony Orchestra join forces for the world premiere of Bill Banfield’s Affirmations for a New World. An important NSO co-commission, Affirmations will call upon every sweet drop of talent from this world-renowned group of African American female vocalists, producing an unrivaled performance that will be as historical as it is musical. The program also includes selections from other great African American composers, including Adolphus Hailstork, Duke Ellington, William Grant Still, and more.

April 13 & 14 at 8 • Concert Hall David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO. General Dynamics is the proud sponsor of the National Symphony Orchestra Classical Season.

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United States, through April 29. “Pica-

May 28. Ongoing exhibits: learn about

sso’s Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing

the history of buildings and their envi-

Tradition,” more than 50 Picasso draw-

ronmental impact, 401 F St. NW; 202-

ings show the development of his artis-

272-2448, Nbm.org.

tic style over 30 years, through May 6.

National Gallery of Art, West Building: “A New Look: Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre,” an early artistic endeavor by the inventor of the telegraph, through July 8. “Civic Pride: Dutch Group Portraits From Amsterdam,” rare depictions of meetings inside the Kloveniersdoelen, the gathering place of one of Amsterdam’s three militia companies, by Govert Flinck and Bartholomeus van der Helst are displayed, “Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Ito Jakucho (1716ñ1800),” a rare set of 18th century scrolls is on display following a six year restoration, the first time all 30 paintings have been on view in the

“The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione,” a collection of paintings by the baroque, naturalistic Italian artist, through July 8. Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW; 202-7374215, Nga.gov.

National Museum of African Art: “Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Highlights,” donated to the museum in 2005, the collection features unique and rare works of traditional African art from throughout sub-Saharan Africa, 950 Independence Ave. SW; 202-633-4600, Africa.si.edu.

National Museum of American History: “American Stories,” a crosssection of the museum’s vast collec-

icanhistory.si.edu.

National Museum of Natural History: “More Than Meets the Eye,” a look at the tools, skills and technologies used by the museum’s scientists to explore the diversity in lifeforms and cultures, through Nov. 4. “Nature’s Best Photography Awards,” portraits of plants, animals and people by the world’s best amateur and professional photographers, “The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji,” congolese photographer and videographer Sammy Baloji explores the meaning of memory in an exhibit of collages and photographs of the copper mine industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo before and after independence, “The Evolving Universe,” see images of space taken through telescopes and explore the time between the creation of the universe to present day on Earth, “Titanoboa: Monster Snake,” from a Colombian coal mine, scientists uncovered 65-million-year-old remains of the largest snake in the world. Measuring 48 feet long and weighing 2,500 pounds, this massive predator could crush and devour a crocodile. Fossil plants and animals found at the site reveal the earliest known rainforest, the lost world that followed the demise of the dinosaurs. Explore the a full-scale model of Titanoboa and video from the Smithsonian Channel documentary to delve into the discovery, reconstruction, and implications of this enormous reptile, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW; 202-633-1000, Mnh.si.edu.

National Museum of the American Indian: “A Song for the Horse Nation,” explore the relationship between Native Americans and their horses in this exhibit, which will include a lifesize mannequin of a horse in full beaded regalia, rifles and a Sioux tepee, “Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of Quileute Wolves,” an exhibition of rare works that serve as a counterpoint to the supernatural storyline of the “Twilight” film series, through May 9. “Huichol VW: Art

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Leifer, including Muhammad Ali’s vic-

by modern masters active in France in

“vocho” in Mexican slang) decked out in

inent African Americans, through April

633-1000, Npg.si.edu.

tory over Sonny Liston, will be on dis-

the early 20th century, including Pierre

beads and fabric from the Huichol indig-

22. “The Confederate Sketches of Adal-

play, through Aug. 12. 555 Pennsylvania

Bonnard, Andre Derain and Edouard

enous group, through April 27. Fourth

bert Volck,” sketches by the German-

Ave. NW; 888-639-7386, Newseum.org.

Vuillard. The works range from por-

Street and Independence Avenue SW;

born Confederate propagandist and

202-633-1000, Nmai.si.edu.

lithographer, “The Death of Ellsworth,”

National Museum of Women in the Arts: “25 x 25: Artists’ Books from the NMWA Collection,” through June 24. “New York Avenue Sculpture Project: Chakaia Booker,” internationally renowned sculptor Chakaia Booker exhibits her rubber tire-based sculpture outside the museum along New York Avenue as part of a series of changing installations of contemporary works by women artists, “R(ad)ical Love: Sister Mary Corita,” more than 60 prints by ‘60s artist Sister Mary Corita, who used graphic design to communicate visions of peace and love, through July 15. “Royalists to Romantics: Women Artists from the Louvre, Versailles, and Other French National Collections,” seventy-seven prints, sculptures and paintings from 1750 to 1850, through July 29.

Ongoing exhibits: artworks by renowned female artists, 1250 New York Ave. NW; 202-783-5000, Nmwa.org.

National Portrait Gallery: “In Vibrant Color: Vintage Celebrity Portraits from the Harry Warnecke Studio,” twenty-four portraits taken by pioneering New York Daily News photographer Harry Warnecke, including Lucille Ball, Jackie Robinson, Gene Autry, W.C. Fields and others, through Sept.

3. “Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts,” to mark the centennial of the Girl Scouts, a portrait of Juliet Gordon Low, the group’s founder, a patent award, a membership pin and photographs of Low when she commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Girl Scouts are on view, “Mathew Brady’s Photographs of Union Generals,” studio portraits by one of the most famous photographers of the Civil War, “Mementos: Painted and Photographic Miniatures, 1750-1920,” an exhibit of portrait miniatures that were often made as love tokens or keepsakes, through May 13. “One Life: Ronald Reagan,” an exhibition celebrating the 40th president’s 100th birthday, through May 28.

“Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter,” portraits by seven Asian American artists that capture the complexities of being Asian in America, through Oct. 14. “The Black List,” photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

the first of four yearly alcove exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery recounts the death of the first Union officer killed in the Civil War, through

Newseum: “Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,” a look at how media coverage of presidential campaigns has evolved from William McKinley’s 1896 campaign to the present day, “Photo Finish: The Sports Photography of Neil Leifer,” moments captured by sports photographer Neil

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Alyson Shotz creates three interrelated, monumental drawings made of yarn and nails that investigate spatial perception and engage the architecture of a gallery in the Phillips house, through May 27. “Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard,” about 300 works, mostly photographs, by artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Felix Vallotton and Edouard Vuillard will be on display.

The collection includes several photographs by the painters that were previously unpublished, through April 29.

1600 21st St. NW; 202-387-2151, Phillip-

scollection.org.

Renwick Gallery: “Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts From the White House,” a collection of pieces, including furniture, ceramics, glass and textiles, shows the history of the White House’s decor, through May 6. 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 202-633-1000, Americanart.si.edu.

S. Dillon Ripley Center: “Math Alive!,” math can be a tough sell for kids, but once they’re able to see its application beyond the calculator, there’s a whole new world of possibilities. Aimed at older elementary school and mid-

Local movie times DISTRICT

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Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) Digital Presentation: 10:20-1:00-3:40 21 Jump Street (R) Digital Presentation: 11:00-2:00-5:10-8:00-10:40 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:10-3:00-5:45-8:30 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 6:15-9:50 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 10:00-11:45-2:30-4:15-7:00-8:45 The Raid: Redemption (Serbuan maut) (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: 10:40-1:104:00-6:45-9:30 Friends With Kids (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: 12:00-2:45-5:40-8:20 Wrath of the Titans: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) IMAX 3D: (!) 11:302:15-5:00-7:40-10:15 The Hunger Games (PG-13) 10:05-12:20-1:20-3:50-4:45-7:15-8:10-10:30 Mirror Mirror (PG) (!) 10:50-1:40-4:20-7:10-10:00 American Reunion (R) (!) 12:01AM Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) (!) 10:10-12:45-3:30-6:30-9:15 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT;Digital Presentation: 10:45-1:30-4:10-6:50-9:40 21 Jump Street (R) 12:30-3:20-6:20-9:05

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A Thousand Words (PG-13) CC/DVS-Closed Captions & Descriptive Video: 10:20-12:35-5:50-8:10-10:30 21 Jump Street (R) Digital Presentation: 10:10-12:50-3:30-7:10-9:45 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: 5:00-7:30-10:00 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 4:30-7:40-10:45 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: 12:30-4:30-8:30 Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:00-2:30 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 10:00-12:10-2:20 John Carter (PG-13) 2:50 The Hunger Games (PG-13) 10:00-1:10-4:20-7:40-10:45 Mirror Mirror (PG) 11:30-2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30

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The Hunger Games (PG-13) 11:00-2:00-5:10-8:20 Jiro Dreams of Sushi (PG) 11:45-1:45-3:45-5:45-7:45

Landmark E Street Cinema 555 11th Street NW

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Jiro Dreams of Sushi (PG) 1:30-3:40-5:50-8:00-9:55 The Kid With a Bike (Le Gamin au Velo) (PG-13) 1:00-3:15-5:30-7:45-9:55 A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (PG-13) 2:15-5:15-8:15 Jeff, Who Lives at Home (R) 9:40 The Deep Blue Sea (R) 2:35-5:05-7:35-9:55 The Raid: Redemption (Serbuan maut) (R) 2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50 Friends With Kids (R) 7:10 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG-13) 1:35-4:15-7:00-9:45 Boy (NR) 2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00

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John Carter in Disney Digital 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:45-7:05 Project X (R) Digital Projection: 1:00-3:15-5:40-8:10-10:35 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 11:50-12:30-2:20-3:20-5:006:10-7:40-8:50-10:20 The Hunger Games (PG-13) OC-Open Caption: 3:00-9:20 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 2:15-6:40 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:00-1:00-4:20-5:20-8:30-9:30 John Carter (PG-13) 3:55-10:15 Safe House (R) 1:30 The Hunger Games (PG-13) 11:40-12:10-12:50-3:30-4:00-6:20-6:50-10:0510:35 Mirror Mirror (PG) 11:35-2:10-4:50-7:20-10:00 Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) (!) 4:10-7:00-9:40 Casa de mi Padre (R) 12:20-2:40-4:55-7:10-9:15 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) 12:05-4:30-9:00 21 Jump Street (R) 11:45-2:25-5:10-7:50-10:25

dle school students, MathAlive! uses

awesome while not moving. But in “Pil-

evolving for more than two generations

interactive workstations and consoles

grimage,” Leibovitz sets out from the

now, but it’s probably fair to say that a

to show how the fields of action sports,

photo set to capture a more elusive sub-

genre has reached maturity when it has

video games, entertainment, fashion

ject: nature. Niagara Falls, Old Faithful

its own Smithsonian show. “The Art of

and music all rely on numbers, through

and the Yosemite VAlley are among the

Video Games” explores the evolution of

June 3. 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW; 202-633-

subjects in this collection, which also

game design and culture with an interac-

1000, Si.edu/museums/ripley-center.

includes scenes from the homes of cul-

tive gallery of more than 80 revolution-

Smithsonian American Art Museum: “Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage,” throughout her 40 year career, Annie Leibovitz has excelled at capturing the human form, predominantly through evocatively posed portraits in glossy magazine spreads. That’s her gift: Making subjects look thoroughly

tural icons like Thomas Jefferson, Geor-

ary (at the time) game titles, including

gia O’Keeffe and Pete Seeger, through

“Pac-Man,” “Super Mario Brothers,” “The

May 20. “Inventing a Better Mousetrap:

Secret of Monkey Island,” “Myst” and

Patent Models From the Rothschild Col-

“Flower.” The exhibition’s opening week-

lection,” models of mousetraps show the

end has been dubbed GameFest, with

different patents inventors submitted

panel discussions and Q&A sessions with

during the 19th century, “The Art of Video

game designers and artists, through Continued on page E19

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Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) Digital Presentation: 10:15-2:50-7:30 21 Jump Street (R) Digital Presentation: 11:15-2:15-4:45-7:15-10:00 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 10:45-1:30-4:00-6:45-9:20 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 10:00-11:30-1:10-2:404:15-6:00-7:20-9:10-10:25 Mirror Mirror (PG) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:00-2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 9:45-1:45-5:45-9:45 Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:45-2:30-5:00-7:50-10:15 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 12:30-5:15-9:50

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A Thousand Words (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 10:50-1:30-4:10-6:55-9:30 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) Digital Presentation: 11:10-4:15-9:20 John Carter in Disney Digital 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: 2:10-8:35 John Carter (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 11:00-5:10 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 10:40-4:40-10:30 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:30-3:45-7:10-10:30 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 10:00-2:30-7:00 Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 1:40-7:40 Wrath of the Titans: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) IMAX 3D: (!) 10:0012:40-3:40-6:40-9:40 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 1:50-6:50 The Hunger Games (PG-13) (!) 11:40-3:10-6:20-9:50 Mirror Mirror (PG) (!) 10:10-1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 Project X (R) 10:15-12:30-3:00-5:25-8:00-10:20 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) 11:30-2:20-5:20-8:30 21 Jump Street (R) 10:20-1:20-4:20-7:20-10:10

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Footnote (Hearat Shulayim) (PG) 2:05-4:45-7:10-9:45 A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (PG-13) 2:30-5:30-8:30 Jeff, Who Lives at Home (R) 1:15-3:15-5:15-7:25-9:35 The Deep Blue Sea (R) 1:35-4:15-6:45-9:15 Friends With Kids (R) 2:10-4:40-7:15-9:50 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG-13) 2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 Delicacy (La delicatesse) (NR) 1:50-4:35-7:05-9:40

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Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 2:30-5:10-7:50 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 3:00-7:00 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 2:10 John Carter (PG-13) 1:00-3:50

The Hunger Games (PG-13) 1:00-3:00-4:00-6:00-7:00 Mirror Mirror (PG) 1:10-2:15-3:40-4:50-6:40-7:30 This Means War (PG-13) 6:50 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) 1:00-3:10-5:20-7:40 Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) (!) 4:15-7:10 21 Jump Street (R) 1:30-4:30-7:20

Regal Hyattsville Royale Stadium 14 6505 America Blvd.

21 Jump Street (R) RWC: 2:10-4:55-8:10-10:50 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 2:45-5:30-8:00-10:45 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 1:00-2:00-5:15-7:00-9:25 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:35-7:05 John Carter (PG-13) 1:00-4:05-7:15 The Hunger Games (PG-13) 1:00-1:30-2:00-3:10-4:10-4:40-5:10-6:20-7:207:50-8:20-9:30-10:30 Mirror Mirror (PG) 1:10-1:50-4:00-4:50-7:10-7:40-9:50-10:20 Project X (R) 10:25 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) 1:40-4:45-7:35-10:25 American Reunion (R) 12:01AM Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) 4:15-9:35 Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) (!) 2:15-5:00-7:30-10:15

Regal Majestic 20 & IMAX 900 Ellsworth Drive

John Carter in Disney Digital 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 3:30-10:00 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:15-1:25-2:35-4:00-5:15-6:307:45-8:50-10:15 The Hunger Games (PG-13) OC-Open Caption: 8:15 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:30-1:30-4:30-5:30-8:30-9:30 Wrath of the Titans: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) IMAX 3D: (!) 11:452:10-4:35-7:00-9:20 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 11:40-1:50-3:55-6:05 John Carter (PG-13) 12:20-6:45 The Hunger Games (PG-13) 11:30-12:00-1:45-2:45-3:10-5:05-5:50-6:20-7:308:55-9:35-10:50 Mirror Mirror (PG) 11:35-12:30-1:05-2:05-3:00-4:05-4:45-5:30-7:15-8:009:45-10:30 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) 8:30-11:00 American Reunion (R) 12:01AM Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) (!) 12:50-3:25-6:00-8:25-10:45 Casa de mi Padre (R) 1:00-3:20-5:40-8:40-10:55 A Thousand Words (PG-13) 12:05-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:30 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) 12:25-2:50-5:20-7:55-10:10 21 Jump Street (R) 11:55-12:55-2:25-3:40-5:00-6:15-7:40-9:00-10:25

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John Carter in Disney Digital 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: 6:40 Hugo 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 3:30-6:20-9:20 John Carter (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 3:40-9:40 Mirror Mirror (PG) Digital Presentation: (!) 4:00-6:30-9:00 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 3:106:10-9:10 The Iron Lady (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT: 7:25-9:55 Jeff, Who Lives at Home (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: 3:20-5:30-7:40-9:50 The Vow (PG-13) 2:35-4:55-7:20-9:45 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) 2:40-5:10 Mirror Mirror (PG) (!) 2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00

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A Thousand Words (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:05-2:30 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) Digital Presentation: 11:55-2:15-4:40-7:00-9:1511:35 John Carter in Disney Digital 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: 1:20-4:25-7:40-10:50 21 Jump Street (R) Digital Presentation: 12:50-3:45-5:00-6:30-7:50-9:20-10:35 Safe House (R) Digital Presentation: 11:05-2:05-4:50-7:35-10:25 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 11:00-1:45-4:30-7:15 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 10:25-11:10-11:50-12:301:10-1:50-2:35-3:15-3:55-4:35-5:15-6:00-6:40-7:20-8:40-9:25-10:05-10:4011:00-11:55 Mirror Mirror (PG) Digital Presentation: (!) 10:30-11:15-12:35-1:15-2:00-3:204:00-4:45-6:05-7:30-8:50-10:15-11:30

American Reunion (R) Digital Presentation: (!) 12:01AM Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 11:20-12:40-2:10-3:40-4:55-6:25-8:00-9:10 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 6:45-9:35 Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 12:00-2:45-5:30-8:15 Act of Valor (R) Digital Presentation: 10:00 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT;Digital Presentation: 11:25-2:05-4:35-7:10-9:50 October Baby (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT;Digital Presentation: 10:55-1:404:20-7:05-9:45 Wrath of the Titans: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) IMAX 3D: (!) 12:453:30-6:15-9:00-11:40 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 10:45-1:05-3:35-5:55-8:20-10:45 Rascal Flatts: Changed (PG) (!) 8:00

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The Sitter (R) 7:30 The Descendants (R) 9:50

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Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 2:25-5:00-7:40 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 4:30 The Hunger Games (PG-13) OC-Open Caption: 12:50-7:20 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:00-4:15-8:30 The Hunger Games (PG-13) 1:30-2:45-4:05-4:45-6:00-8:00 The Artist (PG-13) 1:55 Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) (!) 1:40-4:15-6:55 Act of Valor (R) 12:40-3:35-6:20 Friends With Kids (R) 4:25-7:10 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG-13) 1:50-4:40-7:30 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) 2:10 21 Jump Street (R) 2:15-5:10-7:50 Rascal Flatts: Changed (PG) 8:00

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John Carter in Disney Digital 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 4:05-7:15 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 11:30-12:05-1:50-2:25-4:10-4:506:40-7:25-9:10-9:50 The Hunger Games (PG-13) OC-Open Caption: 11:30-8:55 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 11:35-1:45-3:55-6:10-8:20 Titanic 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 11:50-4:00-8:15 John Carter (PG-13) 12:55-10:15 The Hunger Games (PG-13) 12:00-12:30-1:15-2:10-2:35-3:05-3:35-4:25-5:155:45-6:15-6:50-7:35-8:25-9:25-10:00-10:35 Mirror Mirror (PG) 11:30-12:15-2:00-2:50-4:35-5:25-7:10-7:55-9:45-10:25 Wrath of the Titans (PG-13) (!) 12:50-3:15-5:35-8:05-10:30 Act of Valor (R) 11:35AM American Reunion (R) 12:01AM Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) 12:45-2:55-5:10-7:20-9:35 21 Jump Street (R) 11:40-2:15-4:55-7:45-10:30

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

All Time Low • Taking Back Sunday • JULY 24 New Found Glory and more!

THIS WEEK’S SHOWS

The Budos Band & CharlesTHIS Bradley andSHOWS His Extraordinaires ..............Th 5 WEEK’S

BLOWOFF featuring •the DJ Sounds of Hank 3 as Hellbilly Attention Deficit Domination • Bob Mould & Richard Morel 21+ to enter. ............................................................Sa 7

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On Sale Friday, April 6 at 10am For a full lineup, visit www.vanswarpedtour.com

3 Bar Ranch(Kuntry-Hellbilly-Doom)

STEEZ PRESENTS

featuring "Tribulation Bythe Craig Baldwin ........................................

Th FEED MEFilm with TEETH w/99" Kill Noise & Linkmindz ....................................

Su15 8 ALL GOOD PRESENTS Nada Surf w/ An Horse ..........................................................................................Tu 10

The Infamous Stringdusters APRIL

w/ Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad ......................................................Sa 17 Lotus (F 13PRESENTS - w/ Archnemesis / Sa 14 - w/ Damn Right!) ..............................................F 13 & Sa 14 ALL GOOD The All-American Rejects w/ A Rocket to the Moon ..........................................................

Su19 15 Toots and The Maytals w/ The Constellations ............................M

sweetgreen's Sweetlife Food and Music Festival

Fitz and the Tantrums • A$AP Rocky • fun. and more! ..............................SATURDAY, APRIL 28 For a full lineup, visit sweetlifefestival.com

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

M3 Kix-Off Party featuring RATT • QUEENSRYCHE NIGHT RANGER • KIX Skid Row • Warrant • Quiet Riot • L.A. Guns

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Mickey Hart Band ..........................................................................................................................M 16 Mayer Hawthorne and The County: How Do You Do World Tour w/ The Stepkids ....................................................................................................................................Tu 17 ALL GOOD PRESENTS Shpongle presents The Masquerade w/ EOTO & Phutureprimitive............................W 18

Fountains of Wayne w/ James Iha ............................................................................................Th 19

featuring

Avicii • Kid Cudi • The Shins • Explosions in the Sky •

M3 All-Star Jam • Great White

and more!

FRIDAY, MAY 11

and more!

SATURDAY, MAY 12

Single-Day tickets on sale now. For a full lineup, visit m3rockfest.com

THE METAL LORDS' DAY featuring

ROB ZOMBIE & MEGADETH w/ Lacuna Coil Fantasies Festival Stage featuring

First Night Sold Out! Second Night Added!

Needtobreathe w/ Ben Rector......................................................................................................Su 22 The Wombats w/ The Static Jacks & Flagship ............................................................................M 23 Kina Grannis w/ Imaginary Friend................................................................................................Tu 24 Lucero w/ J Roddy Walston and The Business ..............................................................................W 25 A$AP Rocky w/ Schoolboy Q ..........................................................................................................Su 29

BATTERY - Masters of Metallica • SANCTUARY - Tribute to Iron Maiden • MOON BABY - Tribute to Godsmack ........................................................................................................................MAY 13 w/ Arctic Monkeys ..........................................MAY 18

MAY

w/ Darius Rucker & Thompson Square ..............................................................MAY 20

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Beats Antique w/ Laura Low (DJ Laura) ......................................................................................W 2 Eric Hutchinson w/ Graffiti6 ..........................................................................................................Sa 5 Rusted Root w/ Rebecca Pidgeon ....................................................................................................Su 6 Spiritualized ......................................................................................................................................Th 10 Mark Lanegan Band w/ Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss

Early Show! 6pm Doors ..............................................................................................................................F 11

Reckless Kelly w/ Gabriel Kelly Late Show! 10pm Doors ..............................................................F 11 James Morrison w/ HONEYHONEY ..............................................................................................W 16 2 Skinnee J's - Full Band/Electric Show ....................................................................................Th 17 ALL GOOD PRESENTS

SOJA w/ Zedicus & Rootz Underground ..........................................................................................F 18 SOJA w/ DJ ?uestlove ........................................................................................................................Sa 19 SOUNDBITES - Music • Food • Change - A Benefit for D.C. Central Kitchen featuring DJ Set by Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation • Archives • Nappy Riddem • Bones, Fur and Feathers For a full restaurant lineup, visit soundbitesdc.com ......Su 20 Reggie Watts ......................................................................................................................................M 21

MANY MORE SHOWS ON SALE! Visit 930.com for a full lineup.

Zac Brown Band

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featuring

and more! ..............................................FRIDAY, JUNE 1 - SUNDAY JUNE 3 For a full lineup, visit capitaljazz.com

FOSTER THE PEOPLE w/ The Kooks & Kimbra

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JUNE 10

Touring Together for the First Time in More than Two Decades

Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, David Marks ..................................FRIDAY, JUNE 15

Sarah McLachlan with

The National Philharmonic ..................................................................................................JULY 5 Kids 14 and under get free lawn access with each paid lawn ticket!

Furthur featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir

Def Leppard & Poison w/ Lita Ford

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9:30 CUPCAKES

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Anita Baker • George Benson • Fourplay

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I.M.P. PRESENTS

9:30 Club Presents at U STREET MUSIC HALL A Silent Film w/ Empires ..........................................................................................................................................................Sa APRIL 7

MAY • Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Course

SCREAM FOR VIOLENCE TOUR featuring

Onslaught & M:pire of Evil ............................................................................................................................................................Su 8

PREAKNESS INFIELDFEST featuring

MAROON 5 & WIZ KHALIFA

9:30 CLUB and BLACK CAT Present

w/ The Darkness and more! ..............................................................................................................SAT MAY 19 For more info, visit preakness.com/infield

Tim Fite w/ The Torches ................................................................................................................................................................................F 13 Jill Barber ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................F 20 9:30 CLUB and BLACK CAT Present

Chairlift w/ Nite Jewel ..................................................................................................................................................................................Sa 21 Alan Evans Trio (of Soulive) w/ Gallons to Ounces ..........................................................................................Th 26

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue • Washington, D.C.

The Polyphonic Spree w/ Sweet Lee Morrow

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MAY 21

The Music Center at Strathmore • N. Bethesda, MD

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Light Asylum ..............................................................................................................................................................................................Sa MAY 5 ALO w/ Chris Kasper ..............................................................................................................................................................................................M 14 Yo Gotti ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................Tu 15 GI Blythe ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................Th 17

Beth Orton w/ Selah Sue

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through April 29. “String Theory,” works

Sept. 30. Eighth and F streets NW; 202-

memorating the Asian calendar’s year

by Elena Tchernomazova, through April

633-1000, Americanart.si.edu.

of the dragon, “Sourcing the Museum,”

29. 901 New York Ave. NW; 202-347-2787,

new works inspired by textiles from the

Touchstonegallery.com.

U.S. Botanic Garden: “Orchid Mystique: Nature’s Triumph,” a display of orchids from around the world, through April 29. 100 Maryland Ave. SW; 202225-8333, Usbg.gov.

museum’s holdings, through Aug. 19.

“Woven Treasures of Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop,” silk kimonos and other garments from one of the world’s most illustrious garment makers, through SCOTT SUCHMAN

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum: “Artuare,” works by artist Steven Cummings look at how images shape our ideas of who we are, through April 29. “Citified/Neighborhood Palette,” twin interpretations of the cultural and historical legacy of wards 7 and 8, through Aug. 5. “Conversations in the Contemporary,” an exhibit of works by Creative Junkfood, through April 29. 1901 Fort Pl. SE; 202-633-4820, Anacostia.si.edu.

Susan Calloway Fine Arts: “Rodgers Naylor: A Journey from Paris to the South,” works by the artist are inspired by a trip to France, through April 21.

1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW; 202-965-4601, Callowayart.com.

Textile Museum: “Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep,” textiles from

Aug. 12. 2320 S St. NW; 202-667-0441, Textilemuseum.org.

The Old Print Gallery: “Blossom DC,” the show features prints from D.C. artists as well as a selection of works by New York contemporary artists and several early 20th century printmakers, through May 11. 1220 31st St. NW; 202965-1818, Oldprintgallery.com.

Torpedo Factory Art Center/Art League Gallery: “Earth,” an allmedia juried exhibit, featuring images of wildlife, landscapes and other subjects, through April 30. “Somewhere

2033 M Street, NW | 202 530 3621

;K=;D; EÊD;?BBÊI EDBO 9EC;:O" “Ah, Wilderness!” is at Arena

Stage, with June Schreiner as Muriel McComber and William Patrick Riley as Richard. Unlike most O’Neill plays, it won’t leave you longing for death and/or whiskey.

in the Orient II,” by Marcia Jestaedt, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays (until 9 p.m. Thursdays), noon-6 p.m. Sundays, through April 30, Art League Gallery,

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Friday, April 13 at 8pm GWU Lisner Auditorium

Terence Blanchard Saturday, April 14 at 8pm Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

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Friday, May 11 at 8pm Saturday, May 12 at 2pm & 8pm Sidney Harman Hall

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Touchstone: “Spirit and Enigma,” ceramic sculptures by Bill Mould,

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1776: The birth of America — from Philadelphia’s Second Continental Congress to the Declaration of Independence — is explored in this musical, through May 19, $25-$60. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW; 202-347-4833, Fordstheatre.org.

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O’Neill explores young love and growing up through this nostalgic play, through Special Event

Special Event

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Chelsea Lately, VH1 & Comedy Central

Opie & Anthony Show, HBO & Comedy Central

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MAY 10 - 13

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30 Rock, Louie, Soul Plane & Comedy Central

The Pitbul of Comedy from HBO & Tosh.0

Boondock Saints I & II & The Tonight Show

Last Comic Standing, House of Payne & HBO

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Francophonie Cultural festival

2 0 1 2 MARCH 6 - APRIL 13 WASHINGTON, DC Thurs., April 5 at 7:00 PM Alexandre Najjar Literary Salon Alliance Française, 2142 Wyoming Ave., NW Mon., April 9 at 6:30 PM Guy Régis Jr Literary Salon Embassy of Haiti 2311 Massachusetts Ave., NW Tues., April 10 at 7:30 PM Moi, fardeau inhérent - The Burden Within Theater Play by Guy Régis Jr. La Maison Française 4101 Reservoir Rd., NW

Sun., $55-$90. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW; 202-488-3300, Arenastage.org.

LAST CHANCE Alexander and the Ter-

rible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: Alexander contemplates moving to Australia after waking up with gum in his hair, a missing dessert at lunch, a breakup with his best friend, cavities and other atrocities, through Mon., $18. Glen Echo Park, Adventure Theatre, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo; 301634-2270, Adventuretheatre.org.

Antigone: Sophocles’s classic is staged, through April 15, $5-$24, $5-$20 students and seniors. Maryland Ensemble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick; 301-694-4744, Marylandensemble.org.

LAST CHANCE Aquarium: Is that a lemon or the sun? Let your imagination decide at this show that takes kids into an underwater world. As part of the My First Imagination Stage series, the show caters to the youngest audience members, encouraging them to participate in the show, through Sun., $10, $5 children younger than 12 months. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda; 301280-1660, Imaginationstage.org.

Arias With a Twist: Cabaret performer Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist team up to tell the story of a drag queen in the Garden of Eden, through May 6,

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Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!: Jay Alvarez recounts his family’s journey from Cuba to America in 1964, through April 22, $45-$50, $25 students. MetroStage, 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria; 703-548-9044, Metrostage.org.

Brother Russia: A Russian theater troupe tells the story of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin in a rock musical, through April 15, $62-$86. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington; 703820-9771, Signature-theatre.org.

Contradiction Dance: opens Fri. through April 14, $15, $10 seniors and age 30 and yougner. Round House Theatre, 8641 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring; 240-644-1100, Roundhousetheatre.org.

LAST CHANCE Dean Moss: through Fri., $35, $30 seniors, $9 students. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kogod Theatre, University of Maryland, Route 193 and Stadium Drive, College Park; 301-405-2787, Claricesmithcenter. umd.edu.

Eugene O’Neill Festival: Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company and other theater groups celebrate the prolific playwright with productions, play readings, lectures, exhibits and panel discussions, through May 6, prices vary.

Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW; 202-488-

3300, Arenastage.org.

Harvey: The Port Tobacco Players stage Mary Chase’s comedy about a man and his best friend, an invisible six-foot tall rabbit, through April 15, $17; seniors, military and students $14. Port Tobacco Players, 508 Charles St., La Plata; 301932-6819, Ptplayers.com.

Long Day’s Journey Into Night: Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical play explores strained relationships between the Tyrone family as they boil over after a night of drinking, through May 6, $55-$70. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW; 202-488-3300, Arenastage.org.

LAST CHANCE New York City Ballet: The company created by George Balanchine performs two mixed repertory programs, one comprising works

by American artists and a second focusing on contemporary 21-century works, through Sun., $25-$85. Kennedy Center, Opera House, 2700 F St. NW; 202-4674600, Kennedy-center.org.

On the Waterfront: American Century Theater presents Budd Schulberg’s play, which focuses on violence and corruption on the New York docks, through April 28, $17-$35, $17-$32 students and seniors, age 18 and younger free. Gunston Arts Center Theater II, 2700 S. Lang St., Arlington; 703-998-4555.

Rapunzel: Stuck up in a remote tower and guarded by a witch, Rapunzel doesn’t know what she is missing until

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Wed., April 11 at 8:00 PM Cheikh Lô Concert George Washington University Lisner Auditorium 730 21st St., NW Fri., April 13 at 9:00 PM Visio-DISCO – A Remix of Music and Art Dance National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard, 800 F Street

Concerts / Literary Salons / Theater / Dance

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past five years than virtually anyone

through May 20, $11-$22. Imagination

$15. Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW; 202-315-

has earned the benefit of the doubt.

Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda; 301-

1305, Flashpointdc.org.

Performances begin Saturday at

a prince stumbles onto the scene,

This tour of Basil Twist is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Side Man: The history of jazz and one broken family is explored, through April 22, $25, $15 students. 1st Stage, 1524 Spring Hill Rd., McLean; 703-854-1856, 1ststagespringhill.org.

Strange Interlude: A heartbroken woman gets married to a man she doesn’t love and, while pregnant, discovers his family’s secret. Presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company, through April 29, $20-$105. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW; 202-547-1122, Shakespearetheatre.org.

Sucker Punch: Two black teens in 1980s London face off in the boxing ring, through April 15, $35-$69. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW; 202-332-3300, Studiotheatre.org.

SUNDAY ONLY The Dance Theatre

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young children now playing at Imagination Stage. Hyla Matthews Heyniger is Calypso, and Rex Daugherty is Jack in this interactive, rousing production.

of Harlem Ensemble: The Ensemble performs a mixed repertory pro-

Thearcdc.org.

LAST CHANCE The Nightmare

gram, opens Sun., sold out. THEARC,

Dreamer: New company Tattooed

1901 Mississippi Ave. SE; 202-889-5901,

Potato shows promise with this devised

The Seafarer: Scena Theatre presents Conor McPherson’s play about a group of Irish men betting their souls on a card game, opens Sat. through May 20, $15$45, $10-$45 students. H Street Playhouse, 1365 H St. NE; 202-544-0703, Hstreetplayhouse.com.

The Taming of the Shrew: Here’s what we know about Synetic Theater’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”: It will be wordless, like the seven ShakespeareSynetic collaborations before it; and in the production’s promotional materials, shrew Katherina (Irina Tsikurishvili) is riding on the back of a motorcycle driven by a biker jacketwearing Petruchio (Ryan Sellers).

But the company that has done more with Shakespeare’s canon in the

2 p.m, through April 22, $25-$65.

Lansburgh Theatre, 450 Seventh St. NW; 202-547-1122, 877-487-8849, Shakespearetheatre.org.

The Young Olympians and the Most Amazingly Awesome Adventure Ever!: In this musical, Zeus’s sons and their friends set out to save the Olympians, through April 22, $12. Maryland Ensemble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick; 301-694-4744, Marylandensemble.org.

LAST CHANCE Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey: Cardona and Lacey perform “TOOL IS LOOT,” an exploration of identity in the face of the question “What comes after you don’t know anymore?”, opens Fri. through Sat. Dance Place, 3225 Eighth St. NE; 202-269-1600, Danceplace.org.

Cue the Music!

Bring on the Drama!

Great performances, theatre, music, opera, comedy, and tragedy are just around the corner at The Catholic University of America.

Benjamin T. Rome School of Music

Department of Drama

Choral Ensemble Concert Series April 15, 21, 28, and 29 Concert of Newly Composed Music by CUA Student Composers April 20

The Crucible

By Arthur Miller Directed by Bill Largess April 19–22 Plus, Readings and Discussion Series held throughout March and April. Check the website for the complete schedule.

Instrumental Ensemble Performances April 23 and 24

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Intense coffee-colored apple jus and several cups of rendered pork fat are hardly needed to make this smoked Mulefoot ham juicy.

Feha J^WjÊi 7 9kj 7Xel[ Mulefoot and Berkshire hogs are bred to produce high-quality meats I made a date last month to visit the Keedysville, Md., farm where Jeanne Dietz-Band raises Mulefoots, a rare heritage breed of hogs that the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy has placed on its priority list.

In the meantime, fate intervened in the form of a stunning five-pound, fourbone rack of Berkshire pork loin calling my name from a butcher’s display case.

Some detective work revealed the pork was Berkshire and came from Craig Hagaman’s High View Farms in Berryville, Va. So I doubled my porcine wish list: Mulefoots and Berkshires.

The two farmers responsible came to farming as “next chapter” pursuits and

subscribe to the theory that the quality of an animal’s life correlates with its value as a foodstuff.

Dietz-Band has a doctorate in molecular biology and genetics and worked in that field until 11 years ago, when she and her husband made a qualityof-life decision to get their then teenage sons away from the city. The goal was to have their 40-acre Many Rocks Farm pay for itself, and it does, primarily from goat farming. The pigs didn’t come until last year.

“The rarity of the breed cinched it for me,” says Dietz-Band. “Creating a market for their product helps them stay on the planet.”

Mulefoots, so named because they have mulelike, uncloven hooves, were grown heavily in the Corn Belt in the 1800s until about 1930, explains DietzBand. “They are known for their excel-

Asian minestrone with glazed pork belly.

lent hams and their lard, but the lard industry crashed in the ’30s, and, coupled with the advent of factory farming, Mulefoots all but disappeared.”

Save for the efforts of farmers like her, they might have.

Hagaman’s story is similar to DietzBand’s, though his operation seems to be growing at a faster rate. He’s 65, and he semi-retired nine years ago as a general contractor. He bought his 199-acre farm in 1996 and got into raising pork

Jeanne Dietz-Band sells her Many Rocks Farm pork at: Freshfarm Market Silver Spring, Ellsworth Drive between Fenton St. and Georgia Ave., Silver Spring; Saturdays.

Baltimore Farmers Market and Bazaar, Holliday and Saratoga streets, Baltimore; Sundays, 7 a.m.-noon.

8[hai^_h[ Feha Craig Hagaman sells his High View Farms pork directly; 540-955-2449 or craig hagaman46@ gmail.com.

Sample prices, per pound: ground pork, $6; chops, $7.50; loin roast, $8.50.

It also is sold at: Society Fair, 277 S. Washington St., Alexandria; 703683-3247, Societyfair.net.

White House Meats (10- to 15-pound shares); 202-320-4829, Whitehousemeats. com.

Great Falls Farmers Market, Walker Road, Great Falls; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. , after April 25.

Purcellville Farmers Market, Main Street, Purcellville, Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Purcell villecommunitymar ket.com.

three years ago. Research led Hagaman to Berkshires (also known as Kurobutas), recommended to him by area chefs. He cooked Duroc and Berkshire breeds side by side and found the latter superior.

“The meat was darker and more marbled and had a lot more flavor. It was moister and juicier,” he says.

Berkshires are an English breed known for fast growth and high-quality meat. They are black with white hooves and snouts and large, erect ears.

“With their wide backs, a one-inchthick pork chop weighs about 14 ounces,” says Hagaman. “Once I get someone to try my chops, they come back for more.”

After cooking some of them, I understood. I quick-cured and panfried them, along with some Mulefoot ham steaks. Both were bold and toothsome. I smoke-roasted one of Dietz-Band’s ham butt roasts (a hind leg) the same way I had prepared the

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Berkshire loin, to greater effect. The leg took twice as long to cook, so more fat was rendered. When I lifted the grill lid, the ham leg was crosshatched with black diamonds of crunchy cracklings.

A sight to behold.

The roast was so juicy it hardly needed the apple jus its drip pan yielded. It was, to my chef’s eye, a perfect dish. It had better be, given its $100plus price tag. (Dietz-Band sells it for $10.99 per pound.)

Chunks of Mulefoot pork belly tenderized in stock, then sautéed to crispness and caramelized, became centerpieces of an Asian minestrone.

The Mulefoot and Berkshire meats were lush and luxe, with the latter being perhaps a tad richer. My palate, apparently, isn’t refined enough to discern a huge difference in flavor between the two breeds.

I guess I’ll just have to keep trying.

DAVID HAGEDORN (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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7hj\kb ;n[Ykj_ed Rockville’s East Pearl serves Chinese food in a stylish setting For those of us who have come to accept the low-budget decor of our favorite Chinese eateries along Rockville Pike, the interior of East Pearl will come as something of a shock. The 86-seat dining room, with its calming sherbet-orange hues, exudes the industrial, open-air-duct opulence of restaurants in far tonier neighborhoods.

Someone here is clearly aiming to raise the expectations for Chinese restaurants in Rockville.

That someone would be owner Sue Li, who was last seen overseeing the sprawling China Chef eatery in Wheaton before she sold the property in 2006. Li returned to

restaurants in February with East Pearl, a Hong Kong-style establishment that features two menus, one of them devoted mostly to noodle soups, congee, and roast duck and chicken. Li’s devotion to her twin-menu concept is so complete that she has built separate kitchens for each.

The roast duck here is not the Peking kind, with crisp pieces of skin and flesh swaddled in soft pancakes with scallions and hoisin sauce. No, these thick, bone-in sections tantalize the nostrils with their sweet, spicy aromatics that smack of Chinese five-spice powder; the manual dexterity required to hold the bony pieces with chopsticks and extract the meat is duly rewarded with bites of rich, succulent flesh. The Lai wan congee pays different dividends: It’s a mild,

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almost milky gruel, in which the kitchen has buried little bursts of flavor (salty peanuts, pigskin) or texture (crunchy squid).

Best as I can tell, the true art of East Pearl lies in the kitchens’ ability to roll out wonton wrappers (so light, so thin, so delicious when concealing your protein of choice) and to develop broths (so clear, so fragrant, so superior to those fat, chewy, essentially tasteless noodles that Li orders from New York).

The truth is, given the almostgeological strata of East Pearl’s menus, I have only begun to skim the extreme outer layer of the potential treasures here. I look forward to digging deeper, but I might wait.

Li doesn’t expect to secure a liquor license for six to eight months.

TIM CARMAN (THE WASHINGTON POST )

838-B Rockville Pike, Rockville; 301-838-8663.

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The guy ringing me up at Arlington’s Arrowine wine-and-cheese shop (4508 Lee Highway) wanted me to buy just a little bit more. “Are you sure you don’t want a baguette to go with that?” he asked, eyeing my pecorino and prosciutto and pointing at a basket filled with wands of warm bread.

“It’s made by a reeeeally good local bakery.”

I hesitated … then caved (it was only $3!). Turns out, the baguette, made by LeoNora Bakery (1108 8o AWj_[ N. Irving St., Arling7X[hXWY^ ton), was so good that I had to get another — directly from the source.

LeoNora is a spartan Clarendon storefront with just enough space for owner Carolina Garcia and her flourcovered bakers to roll out and proof their dough and to sell a small array of fresh breads, croissants and cookies (some of which will soon be available at new Paciugo Gelato, a few blocks away at 3033 Wilson Blvd.).

Garcia, who honed her craft by working with renowned Parisian baker Arnaud Delmontel, says her baguettes get their rich flavor, crisp crust and airy interior from their slow fermentation and baking process. It takes 10 hours to make a batch of loaves; each one is made by hand.

Garcia also bakes a treat she calls the “American brioche”: a sort of tall muffin made with the same dough used for croissants. I couldn’t get enough of its golden, buttery exterior.

That cashier at Arrowine sold me on a lot more than he realized.

Read Katie’s column every other week here and at Expressnightout.com.

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Our work has been matched by your patience, and we thank you. While there’s more work to be done, it’s time to take a four-week break so that you can experience springtime in our nation’s capital. Enjoy the sights, the weather and your ride on a safer, more reliable Metro. For more information about the work we’ve done and will do, visit MetroForward.com or call 202-637-7000. And remember, the work we’re doing is all part of Metro’s commitment to building a better ride for you.

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A ‘B’ or Not a ‘B’?

Read Marc’s previous columns at: expressnightout.com/muse

Judy Smith is a D.C.-based crisis manager who’s evaded the public eye for more than two decades.

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Next Wednesday at 9:30 p.m., ABC launches its new sitcom, “Don’t Trust the B… in Apt 23.” In episode one, Chloe, the titular “B” (Krysten Ritter, above) has sex with the fiancé of June, her earnest roomie. In the heat of passion, Chloe ends up on top of June’s birthday cake.

She scams new roomies by driving them crazy till they leave, then keeps their deposit. She walks out of a bar without paying (“hard times” is 8o CWhY her rationale) and eats I_bl[h yogurt while naked to titillate a neighbor.

She has a bitchy track record, too.

Her ex-boyfriend is James Van Der Beek, playing a goofball version of himself. He and Chloe met when she sold him a condo — only it turns out the owners were just on vacation.

Chloe appears to be the bitchiest bitch in sitcom history. Or is she? It’s revealed that her motive in the fiancé seduction was to show June that her husband-to-be is a letch. June is profoundly grateful.

So the B is, in fact, a moral relativist! Why use the “B” word, ABC? Perhaps because the network’s in-house philosopher advised, no one will watch a show called “Don’t Trust the M.R. in Apt 23.”

On ABC’s “Scandal,” Kerry Washington stars as Olivia Pope, a character inspired by Judy Smith.

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J[b[l_i_ed Judy Smith, D.C.-based crisis manager extraordinaire, is the inspiration, if not the subject, of the ABC drama series “Scandal,” debuting April 5 at 10 p.m.

She’s played by L.A. babe Kerry Washington. Smith is the show’s coexecutive producer. Her first book, “Good Self, Bad Self,” debuts this week, too.

This is almost beyond belief.

For more than two decades, few high-profile people in Washington have been as invisible as Smith. She famously represents the well-to-do who are in high-end contretemps — Monica Lewinsky, the Chandra

Levy family, Michael Vick, BP after the Gulf oil spill — and she just as famously stays off camera.

Her crisis management and communications firm, Smith & Co., is not listed in phone directories. It has no website. She has no current business cards. When you ask to meet at her office, she says she’ll come to you. When she calls you on the phone, the caller ID reads “Verizon.”

When Betsy Beers, another of the co-executive producers of “Scandal,” searched the Internet for a picture of Smith, she found a total of one — Smith pushing a camera out of her face in a media scrum.

While “Scandal” is clearly based on Judy Smith’s career — an African American crisis manager who once worked at the White House — creator Shonda Rhimes says none of the episodes stems from behind-the-scenes drama Smith told them, because Smith told them almost nothing. Writing the first season, Rhimes says, was a process of her and her staff creating situations, then asking Smith how she’d handle them. “She’s the inspiration for the show,” Rhimes says, “but Olivia Pope is not Judy.” N.T. DANNY FELD/ABC

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So you just know the stories she could oh-so-thinly veil in “Scandal.” The Bush White House during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings! The U.S. Attorney’s Office during the (first) Marion Barry prosecution! Monica! Enron!

Larry Craig in the men’s room!

And . . . have you lost your mind?

You think, having seen the media beast up close, she’s about to spill her guts to TMZ? “When you’re working in crisis situations, people have a tendency — particularly the media — to stake out your house,” she says, explaining her extreme sense of privacy. “Hav-

ing done this for 20 years, I understand what that is like.”

During the height of the Clinton impeachment scandal, she hid Lewinsky from the tabloids and the television cameras on some days at a church’s homeless outreach program, says her friend Robin Marcus, a teaching instructor at George Washington University. Lewinsky volunteered and worked there for several days over several months.

It’s easy to see why Beers and Shonda Rhimes, the creator-writer of “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” were taken with Smith when they first met her, in 2009. Beers’ agent told her about Smith, and the idea of a show blossomed the first time they all sat down together.

“I’m very proud of what I do, even if it’s hard to talk about on the record, and there really hasn’t been a show like it on television,” Smith says.

So, Smith is happy to be the inspiration and consultant for “Scandal,” but when her character, Olivia Pope, both kisses and slaps the president of the United States in the very first episode?

“Really, really, really didn’t happen,” she laughs. “It’s television.”

NEELY TUCKER (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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occupation as a candy-coated, pinkbewigged Super Bass Barbie?

“Roman Reloaded” splits the difference, dividing its 19 songs into “rap” and “pop” sides, which means that Minaj isn’t so much subverting expectations as giving in to them.

Twice. Your enjoyment of “Roman Reloaded” will probably be inversely proportional to your level of attachment to the original, “authentic” Minaj. The hip-hop songs — some so dirty they should come with their

own hazmat teams — are featureheavy, unerringly sharp and almost entirely great. But they can’t help but seem less fierce against the pink fluff of “Roman’s” second half.

“The only thing that’s pop is my endorsement op,” Minaj rasps on the title track, although the song is, paradoxically, the gateway to the album’s pop-on-steroids second half. The garish “Starships” is a bubble-gum Top 40 striver that makes “Super Bass” sound like a song by Tyler, the Creator.

It also makes matters painfully clear: Minaj’s competition is no longer the ’90s ghost of Lil’ Kim. It’s Katy Perry. A L L I S O N S T E WA R T (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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Other Famous Cousins: Edgar Allan Poe and Wife, Charles Darwin and Wife, All European Royalty Kevin Bacon and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, are distant cousins, according to “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” Bacon, 53, and Sedgwick, 46, have been married for 23 years. They have two children, Travis, 22, and Sosie, 19. The PBS show uses DNA analysis. (EXPRESS)

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‘Everyone Has the Problems I Don’t Actually Even Have’ Rihanna tells Elle that dating isn’t just hard for her: “I feel like it’s hard for everybody,” she said. “I don’t think it has anything to do with being famous.

There’s just a major drought out there.

I don’t know.” Of her friendship with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, she says, “people end up wasting their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that’s all right.” (EXPRESS)

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Some Mischievous Intern Is So Getting Fired Today Time released a list of the 100 greatest fashion icons, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen appear with Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs and other luminaries.

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James Van Der Beek did not name his new son, Joshua, after “Dawson’s Creek” co-star Joshua Jackson, he told Usmagazine.com Monday. “It would have been cute, but no, it’s something I did not even think about.

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