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It was the latest in a string of major arrests in the past two years as authorities have targeted fraud that’s believed to cost the government between $60 billion and $90 billion each year. Stopping Medicare’s budget from hemorrhaging that money will be key to paying for President Obama’s health care overhaul.

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Attorney General Eric Holder partnered in 2009 to increase enforcement by allocating more money and staff and creating strike forces in fraud hot spots.

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Community mental health centers are the latest trend in Medicare fraud, which has developed more complex schemes over the years, moving from medical equipment and HIV infusion fraud to ambulance scams, as crooks try to stay one step ahead of authorities. The scams have also grown more sophisticated, using patient recruiters who are paid kickbacks for recruiting patients, while doctors, nurses and company owners coordinate to make it appear they are delivering medical services when they are not. (AP)

administration-wide commitment to protecting American taxpayers from health care fraud,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. “We are determined to bring to justice those who violate our laws and defraud the Medicare program for personal gain.” KELLI KENNEDY AND

documents and charging 107 suspects in Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Chicago, Tampa, Fla., and Baton Rouge, La. The government suspended payment to 52 providers as part of the probe.

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The first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station has been delayed again for more software testing. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, was aiming for a Monday liftoff of its Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule. But on Wednesday, the California-based company announced its latest postponement and said a new launch date had not been set. It will be the first time a private entity launches a supply ship to the space station. (AP)

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Thirteen people were charged Wednesday for their roles in the hazing death of a Florida A&M University drum major who was severely beaten in what appears to be one of the biggest college hazing cases ever.

The charges were announced more than f ive months after 26-year-old Robert Champion died aboard a chartered bus parked outside an Orlando hotel following a performance against a rival school.

The case has exposed a harsh tradition among marching bands at some colleges around the U.S. State Attorney Lawson Lamar said 11 of the 13 people will face a hazing resulting in death charge, a third-degree felony. If convicted, they could face up to nearly six years in prison. The other two people will face misdemeanor charges.

The Champion family said they were disappointed. “I thought there would be more serious charges,” said Champion’s mother, Pam. “I thought it should send a harsher message.”

8WYaijeho Robert Champion was severely beaten by band members aboard a bus in November and had bruises on his chest, arms, shoulder and back, authorities said. Witnesses said Champion was vomiting before he was found unresponsive. Witnesses also said Champion might have been targeted because he opposed the hazing, or that he was targeted because he was gay and a candidate for chief drum major. (AP)

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8WYaijeho Chen Guangcheng, 40, became an international human rights figure and inspiration to many ordinary Chinese after running afoul of local officials for exposing forced abortions. He served four years in prison on what supporters said were fabricated charges, then was kept under house arrest with his wife, daughter and mother. He escaped on April 22 and made his way to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (AP)

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The blind Chinese dissident who boldly fled house arrest and placed himself under the wing of U.S. diplomats balked Wednesday at a deal delicately worked out between the two countries to let him live freely in China, saying he now fears for his family’s safety unless they are all spirited abroad.

After six days holed up in the U.S. Embassy, as senior officials in Beijing and Washington tussled over his fate, Chen Guangcheng left the compound Wednesday for a nearby hospital for treatment of a leg injury. A shaken Chen told the Associated Press from his hospital room that Chinese officials warned he would lose his opportunity to be reunited with his family if he stayed longer in the embassy.

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promise that Chen would join his family and be allowed to start a new life in China.

That announcement had been timed to clear up the matter before

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But the murky circumstances of Chen’s exit from the embassy, and his appeal to leave China after declaring he wanted to stay, threatened to overshadow the talks.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry signaled its unhappiness, demanding that the U.S. apologize for giving Chen sanctuary.

“What the U.S. side has done has interfered in the domestic affairs of China, and the Chinese side will never accept it,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said in a statement. ALE X A OLESEN AND MAT THEW LEE (AP)

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China, a major oil buyer from both countries, and Russia traditionally oppose sanctions but voted in favor of the U.S.-drafted resolution after a minor change to the text — a reflection of growing international alarm at the crisis.

8WYaijeho South Sudan won independence from Sudan last year as part of a 2005 peace treaty that ended decades of civil war that led to the deaths of 2 million people. But the neighboring countries have been drawing closer to all-out war in recent weeks over the unresolved issues of oil revenues and their disputed border, seeing an uptick in cross-border violence and sparking alarm and condemnation from the international community. (AP)

The resolution endorses an African Union roadmap aimed at getting the two countries to step back from the brink of war and resolve their differences and calls for negotiations to be concluded within three months — by Aug. 2.

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Man Charged With Arson A man has been charged with intentionally setting a fire at a Chevy Chase apartment complex that damaged nearly three dozen units and injured two firefighters. Montgomery County fire officials say Abraham Ogazgi Kiflu, 24, confessed after midnight Wednesday to starting the Tuesday afternoon fire, which caused more than $1 million in damage. Kiflu has been charged with first-degree arson, and additional charges are pending. (AP) 7DD7FEB?I" C:$

Md. Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Make Progress The group leading the charge against Maryland’s same-sex marriage law said Wednesday that it has collected more than half the signatures needed to put the issue on the November ballot. The Maryland Marriage Alliance announced that it has gathered more than 30,000 signatures as part of an ongoing petition drive. (TWP)

Extended Bar Hours Plan Denied Council committee suggests D.C. instead increase alcohol tax

ous setback to Gray’s proposal for raising $3.2 million in revenue, it could still resurface during the final days of budget negotiations later this month.

Council member Jim Graham, D-Ward 2, the chairman of the committee, has been a staunch opponent of extending alcohol sales.

Pedro Ribiero, a Gray spokesman, said the mayor continues to support his proposal to extend bar hours, casting it as a choice between his plan and higher taxes. “The mayor fully supports his approach,” Ribiero said. “No new taxes. No new fees. A lot can still happen.”

Many neighborhood groups

MWi^_d]jed A D.C. Council committee defeated Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s proposal to extend bar hours by one hour and instead recommended that the city increase its alcohol tax.

By a vote of 3 to 2, the Human Services Committee stripped the proposal to extend alcohol sales to 3 a.m. on weekdays and 4 a.m. on weekends out of the budget.

Though the vote dealt a seri-

C[Wdm^_b[$$$ The committee did approve two segments of Gray’s alcohol proposals. By a unanimous vote, the committee agreed that bars should be able to stay open until 4 a.m. during the presidential inauguration every four years. The committee also agreed to allow class A and class B liquor stores to open at 7 a.m. instead of 9 a.m., except on Sundays.

also opposed the plan, citing the potential for late-night noise and violence.

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In a video released Wednesday by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, Shanthi has a harmonica attached to her stall and plays tunes even when no humans are around.

Elephant keeper Debbie Flinkman says Shanthi is musically inclined, playing her own songs that always have a big crescendo at the end. Shanthi also likes to tap things, flap her ears against objects to make noise and rub her leg up and down shrubs to repeat noises.

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After New Year’s Day, she also played a plastic party horn that Flinkman brought to her for hours, blowing it as loud as she could.

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supported the move, saying the city needed to evolve into more of a 24-hour city.

Council members Tommy Wells, D-Ward 6, and Michael Brown, I-at large, joined Graham in opposing the measure.

Council members Marion Barry, D-Ward 8, and Yvette Alexander, D-Ward 7, supported the proposal.

The council now faces a $3.2 million hole in the fiscal year 2013 budget. To make up the gap, Graham, Wells, Brown and Barry are recommending a 6-cent per-drink increase in the city’s alcohol excise tax. TIM CR AIG (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday that a meeting on Metro’s planned Silver Line to Dulles yielded progress but not a final deal to move forward with the second and final phase of the $3 billion expansion.

LaHood, who mediated an earlier dispute over the fate of the project, called the closed-door meeting of key officials in an effort to resolve a stalemate over a swirl of issues.

Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton, board of supervisors chairmen from Loudoun and Fairfax counties, and officials from Metro and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority attended the meeting with LaHood.

After Wednesday’s meeting, LaHood said that he had “every confidence that this project will move forward.” (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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Egypt’s worst violence in months escalated the confrontation between political forces and the ruling military ahead of a landmark presidential election. Suspected army supporters attacked mainly Islamist protesters outside the Defense Ministry on Wednesday, sparking clashes that left at least 11 people dead.

The killings come just three weeks ahead of the presidential election and provided opponents of the military with more evidence the generals who took over from Hosni Mubarak are badly bungling the shift to democratic rule.

Political parties swiftly blamed the ruling generals for the bloodshed and vowed the election must go ahead as planned to ensure the military’s removal from power.

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the bloodshed,” Islamist lawmaker Osama Yassin of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party told state television.

Around 1,000 protesters have been camped outside the Defense Minis-

try for days demanding an end to military rule. Most are supporters of disqualified presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, an ultraconservative Islamist barred from running because his late mother held dual Egyptian-U.S. citizenship.

But the violence, which broke out at dawn, prompted other factions to join in. Throughout the day, thousands marched to the site of the clashes in the Cairo district of Abbasiyah, protesting into the evening surrounded by armored vehicles and lines of riot police.

The Brotherhood, Egypt’s strongest movement, quickly moved to try to reap political gains from what has turned into a growing confrontation between it and the military.

In a statement, it held the military

responsible and warned that Egyptians would show “no mercy” if the generals did not meet what it called the revolution’s demands.

To protest Wednesday’s violence, several presidential candidates temporarily suspended their campaigns.

Several key political parties, including the Brotherhood, also boycotted a meeting with the generals.

Nevertheless, the ruling military council met with the other political factions to discuss efforts to create a new constitutional panel.

The violence also led to the cancellation of the first presidential debate, which had been scheduled for nationwide broadcast Thursday night.

In many ways, Wednesday’s clashes were a repeat of previous violence over the 14 months since Mubarak’s ouster: a peaceful, anti-military demonstration set upon by armed men.

The army and police did not move for hours to separate the two sides.

“Nobody protected us. The military and police didn’t intervene,” said Sami Mahmoud, a 42-year-old Abbasiyah resident, of the beginning of the clashes. “They let us down.”

HAMZ A HENDAWI (AP)

Wednesday’s unrest in Cairo set off speculation that Egypt’s ruling generals may be behind the violence as a pretext to cling to power. But the military denies any hand in the violence. State television quoted Gen. Sami Anan as saying the military was ready to step down after the presidential election’s first round on May 23-24, if it yields an outright winner. But it is unlikely that one of the 13 hopefuls will clinch the vote, and a runoff would be held June 16-17. (AP)

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The protesters who were attacked were mainly Islamists. They have been holding a sit-in for days near the Defense Ministry, protesting the disqualification of their candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail from the presidential race by the election panel.

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The power struggle boils down to three groups.

There is the Muslim Brotherhood, which dominates parliament. There is the military, which may be trying to see that a candidate amenable to its aims will win the presidency.

And there are liberal and secular groups, which drove last year’s uprising.

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A number of groups are now moving to join the protesters outside the Defense Ministry. The Muslim Brotherhood and other parties have called for a mass protest on Friday in Cairo.

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ponying up cash or collecting it — but noted that “the players disciplined participated at a different and more significant level.” Add the losses of Vilma and Smith to the previously announced suspension of head coach Sean Payton for all of 2012, along with shorter penalties for general manager Mickey Loomis and assistant coach Joe Vitt, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

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NFL Sacks 4 For Bounties League delivers harsh penalties to players for cash-for-hits system Fhe <eejXWbb Hoping to close the book on bounties, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints defensive captain Jonathan Vilma without pay for all of next season Wednesday and gave shorter bans to three other players for their leading roles in the team’s cash-for-hits system that knocked key opponents out of games from 2009-11.

Defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove was suspended for the first half

+&&"&&& The amount the New Orleans Saints were fined for the incident by the National Football League. The team also had to forfeit its second-round draft picks in 2012 and 2013. (AP)

of the season; defensive end Will Smith was barred for the opening four games; and linebacker Scott Fujita will miss the first three games of 2012. All were suspended without pay, costing each hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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came down hard on the Saints ahead of a season that will end with New Orleans hosting the Super Bowl.

As attention to concussions has increased in recent seasons, Goodell has emphasized the importance of player safety via rules enforcement and threats of fines or suspensions. The NFL is facing dozens of lawsuits brought by more than 1,000 former players who say the league didn’t do enough to warn them about — or shield them from — the dangers of head injuries.

If Goodell aims to move on from the bounty case, the NFL Players Association might not let him: The suspended players have three days to appeal, and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith said the union would fight the ruling. Through his agent, Vilma issued a statement saying he is “shocked and extremely disappointed” by the punishment and denying he was a bounty ringleader.

Targeted players included quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Brett Favre and Kurt Warner. “Knockouts” were worth $1,500 and “cart-offs” $1,000, with payments doubled or tripled for the playoffs.

“In assessing player discipline, I focused on players who were in leadership positions at the Saints; contributed a particularly large sum of money toward the program; specifically contributed to a bounty on an opposing player; demonstrated a clear intent to participate in a program that potentially injured opposing players,” Goodell said in a statement. HOWARD FENDRICH (AP)

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LeGrand broke two vertebrae and suffered a serious spinal cord injury on Oct. 16, 2010, during a kickoff return against Army. His coach at Rutgers then, Greg Schiano, now coaches the Bucs. (AP) FHE 87IA;J87BB

Stoudemire: Don’t Count Me Out for Game 4 Amare Stoudemire says there’s a “great chance” he can play in Game 4 of the Knicks’ series against Miami on Sunday despite cutting his left hand on a fire extinguisher case. Stoudemire is out of Thursday’s Game 3 after a surgeon repaired a muscle in the hand Tuesday.

The Knicks are calling him doubtful for Game 4, but Stoudemire says he’s “not totally sure yet.” (AP) IE99;H

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EX_jkWho Former NFL star Junior Seau was found shot to death at his California home Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide.

He was 43.

Police Chief Frank McCoy said Seau’s girlfriend reported finding him unconscious with a gunshot Seau wound to the chest and that lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. A gun was found near him, McCoy said.

Seau’s mother appeared before reporters, weeping uncontrollably.

“I don’t understand ... I’m shocked,” Luisa Seau cried out. Her son gave no indication of a problem when she spoke to him by phone earlier this week, she said. “He’s joking to me, he called me a ‘homegirl,’” she said.

Seau was a standout linebacker with the University of Southern California before going to the San Diego Chargers — his hometown team — whom he led to the Super Bowl following the 1994 season.

He was voted to a team-record 12-straight Pro Bowls and was an All-Pro six times in a career that lasted two decades “Everyone at the Chargers is in complete shock and disbelief right now,” the team said in a

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Luisa Seau, mother of Junior Seau, grieves upon news of her son’s death.

statement.

Seau is the eighth member of San Diego’s lone Super Bowl team who has died, all before the age of 45.

Seau also is among a few recent,

unexpected deaths of NFL veterans.

In February 2011, ex-Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson shot himself in the chest. His family has filed a wrongful death suit against the NFL, claiming the league didn’t do enough to prevent or treat concussions that severely damaged Duerson’s brain before he died.

Former Falcons safety Ray Easterling, who had joined in a concussion-related lawsuit against the league — one of dozens filed in the last year — died last month at 62.

His wife has said he suffered from depression and dementia after taking years of hits. Seau is not known to have been a plaintiff in the concussion litigation. GILLIAN FL ACCUS (AP)

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After stumbling its way to a mistrial of Clemens last year, the government is struggling again in the retrial — to the point that the crux of Pettitte’s testimony might

be tossed out. First, the exasperated judge criticized the questioning of Pettitte on Wednesday, then he ruled against prosecutors in another matter. Finally he cried out: “You’re taking positions that are totally absurd to me.”

Pettitte, Clemens’ longtime friend and former teammate, was on the stand for a second day in the trial that is to determine whether Clemens lied at a 2008 congressional deposition and hearing when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormone.

During cross-examination, Clemens’ lawyers got exactly the answers they wanted.

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stood when Clemens supposedly acknowledged using human growth hormone to Pettitte in a conversation during the 1999-2000

offseason? “I could have,” Pettitte answered. Is it fair to say there is a “50-50” chance that Pettitte misunderstood? “I’d say that’s fair,” Pettitte replied.

Prosecutor Steven Durham’s follow-up questions were lacking — at least in the minds of Clemens’ lawyers and, more importantly, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton. Clemens’ lawyers moved to strike Pettitte’s testimony about the 1999-2000 conversation as “insufficiently definitive.”

The judge seemed to agree, openly wondering why Pettitte wasn’t asked for a current, definitive recollection of the conversation. JOSEPH WHITE (AP)

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Crooning and Shoegazing Jana Hunter has one of the most haunting voices in indie rock, made all the creepier by the stripped-down, bedroom recordings that have been her trademark. Backed by the shoegaze-y shimmer of Baltimore’s Lower Dens (above), Hunter gets to stretch out, and comes off as more seductive than spooky — like a harder-edged Mazzy Star. Rock and Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE; Fri., 8 p.m., $10; 202-388-7625, Rockandrollhoteldc.com.

While circuses in the U.S. are often confined to huge tents, there’s a long tradition of streetside circus performance — so, a circus-y Millennium Stage show is appropriate for the Kennedy Center’s street arts festival. Sunday’s performance is a collaboration between “circus-punk marching band” Mucca Pazza (below) and the polished but slapstick-y Happenstance Theater Company. Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW; Sun., 6 p.m., free; 202467-4600, Kennedy-center.org. (Foggy Bottom)

Everyone’s Got Mother Issues As the graphic novel has edged its way into legitimacy as literature, it has become clear that comic books are not always funny. Alison Bechdel’s beautiful and devastating 2009 autobiographical book “Fun Home” chronicled her relationship with her father, a closeted gay man who committed suicide. Her follow-up, “Are You My Mother?” — which mines her relationship with her mom — is equally moving and stark.

Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW; Fri., 7 p.m., free; 202-364-1919, Politics-prose.com. (Van Ness)

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So, if you’re feeling crabby on Saturday, maybe it’s best to avoid this improv comedy showcase, which features four troupes. There’s musical comedy from the Shock T’s, the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Outlook of the Poet, character work from Little Miss Codependent and New York improv duo Topical Thunder. Rams Head On Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis, Md.; Sat., 2 p.m. (all ages), $10, 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. (21+), $20; 410-268-4545, Ramsheadonstage.com.

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Of the parade of “Glee” guest stars, very few have been calibrated to appeal to musical theater geeks. But Brian Stokes Mitchell was the exception. Though his role was small (one of the heroine’s two dads), there was no mistaking his baritone. Mitchell made his name as a leading man in “Ragtime” and “Man of La Mancha,” and his rich tones are totally swoonworthy. Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, Va.; Sat., 8 p.m., $44-$60; 703993-7759, Hyltoncenter.org.

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An epic struggle for freedom... and the soul of a nation.

For the first time in the company’s 56 years, WNO brings the opera that made Verdi famous to the Opera House stage. In a stunning new production

by Thaddeus Strassberger, the epic struggle of the Jews suppressed by Babylon’s King Nabucco is echoed in Italy’s nationalist conflict with Austria at the time Verdi created the opera. This landmark work is filled with grand and gorgeous music, including one of opera’s most famous choruses, “Va, pensiero,” adopted as Italy’s unofficial national anthem. WNO Music Director Philippe Auguin conducts, and Franco Vassallo and Csilla Boross make their company debuts as Nabucco and Abigaille.

D.C. Premiere and New Production

Performed in Italian with English supertitles.

FINAL 6 PERFORMANCES! Sat., May 5 at 7; Thu., May 10 at 7:30; Sun., May 13 at 2; Tue., May 15 at 7:30; Fri., May 18 at 7:30; Mon., May 21 at 7 KENNEDY CENTER OPERA HOUSE

Photo by Scott Suchman

Tickets from $25 at the Box Office or charge by phone (202) 467-4600 Order online at kennedy-center.org | Groups (202) 416-8400 | TTY (202) 416-8524

David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of WNO. Generous support for WNO Italian opera is provided by Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello.

“GORGEOUS OPULENCE...A LOT TO ENJOY” —The Washington Post

Additional support for Nabucco is provided by The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts and by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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MAY 3-16 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 3 THU # “What’s Going On… NOW” Youth Showcase Live and digital performances highlighting the poetry, video, photography, and music of young people.

4 FRI # Opera Insight:

Nabucco and Werther Musical highlights from Washington National Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Nabucco (D.C. Premiere) and Massenet’s Werther, featuring members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program.

5 SAT #

Family Night: Asian American Music Society Performances by Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe, Japanese Taiko Club, Washington Korean Dance Company, Natyabhoomi School of India Dance, Wrhatnala Indonesia Music & Dance, and Sri Lanka Dance Group of Washington.

MON # Swami Yomahmi / Matt Pauli / Karen Beriss / Evan Young

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May 6–12, the Kennedy Center presents free performances and events at the Center as well as locations around Washington, including large-scale spectacles, street musicians, parade culture, puppetry, circus arts, chalk drawings, clowning, and more.

Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America is made possible through the generosity of the Charles E. Smith Family Foundation.

This program is part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program, generously funded by David and Alice Rubenstein.

Additional support is provided by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

6 SUN # Mucca Pazza /

Happenstance Theater

Striking Quartet

Circus-punk marching band Mucca Pazza uses trombones, drums, accordions, and more to get the people moving. Happenstance Theater blends cabaret, mime, and slapstick comedy.

Pianist Bormet is a 2010 alumnus of the Kennedy Center’s Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead residency program. Part of the 17th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival.

14 MON # Nathalie Pires

12 SAT # Christie Dashiell

The popular singer performs a program of traditional fado music.

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Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Portugal.

Dashiell is a 2010 alumnus of the Center’s Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead and was a member of Howard University’s premier vocal jazz ensemble Afro Blue.

Part of the 17th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival.

15 TUE # Washington

11 FRI # Amy K. Bormet’s

13 SUN # VieTio / Entomo Thai violin trio VieTio performs, as well as dancers Elías Aguirre and Álvaro Esteban with their modern dance piece Entomo, which examines animal and insect movement. VieTio is

presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Thailand. Entomo is presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Spain.

DAILY FOOD AND DRINK SPECIALS. 5–6 P.M. NIGHTLY # GRAND FOYER BARS The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulfillment of the Kennedy Center’s mission to its community and the nation.

The Millennium Stage is brought to the public by Target Stores, with additional funding provided by Capital One Bank, Citibank, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Hilton Worldwide, The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, Jaylee M. Mead, The Meredith Foundation, the Millennium Stage Endowment Fund,The Morrisand Gwendolyn CafritzFoundation, Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A.J. Stolwijk, The Thomas W. Hass Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education.

Yomahmi combines dangerous acts and physical comedy, while actor/comedian Pauli juggles and more. Magician and comedian Beriss appears, as well as talented juggler Young.

8 TUE # Circo Para Todos The exciting circus troupe dazzles with awe-inspiring, high-energy acrobatics and gritty, modern dance.

Circo Para Todos performs under the auspices of the Embassy of Colombia.

9 WED # Yo-Yo People / Paolo Garbanzo

The Yo-Yo People blend yo-yos with hula hooping and unicycling. Juggler Garbanzo shows off his comedic talents and daring feats.

10 THU # Midnight Circus The Chicago group showcases the eclectic talents of its actors, acrobats, aerialists, clowns, contortionists, dancers, singers, and more.

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Performing Arts Society Feder String Competition Winners Students in grades 6 to 12 perform a program of classical works.

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16 WED # WPAS Young Artists Showcase

This program highlights young student musicians and dancers in performances with professional artists.

6 SUN # MUCCA PAZZA

Live Internet broadcast, video archive, artist information, and more at

kennedy-center.org/millennium TAKE METRO to the Foggy Bottom/ GWU station and ride the free Kennedy Center shuttle departing every 15 minutes until midnight.

FREE TOURS are given daily by the Friends of the Kennedy Center tour guides. Tour hours: Monday thru Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. For information, call (202) 416-8340.

For more information call: (202) 467-4600 (202) 416-8524 T T Y GET CONNECTED! Become a fan of Millennium Stage on Facebook and check out artist photos, upcoming events, and more!

PLEASE NOTE: There is no free parking for free performances.

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entertainment | M[[a[dZ FWii divisive figure. But nobody was ever divided about the music. Since Jackson died, the bizarre life that at times overshadowed his monumental contributions to pop music has become less and less important to his legacy.

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Cirque du Soleil’s touring amalgam of rock concert and circus show, “Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour,” was conceived after Jackson’s death in 2009.

“It was always Michael’s fantasy to work with Cirque,” says choreographer Travis Payne. “He was at the very first Cirque du Soleil tent show in Santa Monica, Calif.”

Payne, who worked with Jackson over a period of 15 years, is one of 10 choreographers who conceived the show. The show’s loose story revolves around a mime standing outside the gates of Jackson’s estate, Neverland

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“Dancing Machine,” above: This Jackson 5 hit comes to life with acrobats dressed as welders swinging through the air on giant cables.

“This Place Hotel”: A tale of sad love is accompanied by two people doing a tango in mid-air, “as if they were in an anti-gravity nightclub,” according to press materials.

“Scream”: This act features “Ninja-style” dancers, Japanimation and the implication that the world is on the brink of destruction. F.Z.

Ranch, who becomes inspired by Jackson’s musical spirit.

Payne’s challenge as a choreographer was to bring the stories of Jackson’s music to life without introducing him as a character.

“It’s about the essence of Michael, woven throughout the show,” he says.

“There’s nobody even dressed like Michael; he appears on video. Because it’s not possible to re-create it.”

Payne was tasked with reimagining some of the most iconic moments in pop music. Everyone knows the Michael Jackson dance moves, so choreographers have to walk a fine line between homage and copycatting.

For the “Thriller” dance, he took the original zombie concept and tweaked it just slightly, to mummies. “I know how much [Jackson] loved scary and the macabre. To be able to reimagine it and put my spin on it was really great,” says Payne.

While he was alive, Jackson’s personal weirdness and possible misconduct made him a deeply

Cirque veteran Felix Cane, who performs an athletic pole dance to “Dangerous,” says the song has always been dear to her. “The very first album that I made my parents buy for me was ‘Dangerous,’” she says.

“I was a huge Michael Jackson fan. I was lucky enough to see him live in concert twice as a young girl, so he was a great role model for me as a performer.”

musical gifts serves a dual purpose: It reminds the audience of Jackson’s enduring and undeniable talents, and it highlights the sadness of this being the complete catalog. We won’t get anything more from Michael Jackson, it reminds us, but isn’t what we got awesome?

For Payne, who took Jackson as an inspiration when he was growing up as a would-be dancer in Atlanta, Jackson’s dedication and talent were always the main event.

“Creativity was key. That was going to be first,” he says, describing what he feels Jackson would have appreciated about the show. “With Michael’s creative process, it was whatever it took. It was always a comfortable place to create. And being on the Cirque campus [in Montreal] is quite like that.

We were able to create the show in an environment that mirrored something that was so special to my experiences with Michael.”

“Being in certain parts of the Cirque campus is like being at his Neverland,” he says. “It was only a matter of time before Michael and Cirque worked together — I don’t think anybody expected it to be this way.” FIONA ZUBLIN (E XPRESS) 1st Mariner Arena, 201 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore; Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 4 p.m., $50-$175; 410-347-2020, Baltimorearena.com.

Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW; July 13-15, $50-$175; 202-628-3200, Verizoncenter.com. (Gallery Place)

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M[[a[dZ FWii | entertainment You’re just as likely to cringe at the nominally sympathetic characters: callous, always-on-the-cellphone exec Alan and his vain wife, Annette (whose son did the hitting), and Michael and Veronica (the other boy’s parents). Not surprisingly, both pairs want something different from the meeting — an apology, a pass on bad behavior — and politeness goes out the expensive Brooklyn co-op window.

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The group’s three main members — David Krakauer, a classically trained clarinetist, trombonist Fred Wesley and Canadian hiphop artist Socalled — produce a distinctive, unexpected sound. Ahead of Thursday’s show at Strathmore, Krakauer discussed Abraham Inc.’s klezmer-hip-hop-rock.

What inspired you to combine these three disparate forms of music?

The blend of klezmer with Western music has been going on for quite a long time.

Back in the 17th or 18th century, people started using stringed instruments, mixing in Western harmonies. Then, in the middle of the 19th century, there was an introduction of European military bands, and music that had been primarily for stringed instruments got trumpets and trombones.

But why bring hip-hop and funk into it?

In 2001, I met Socalled. He was continuing a trend of bringing world music to hip-hop. The idea of hip-hop is that you represent who you are. Socalled is a Canadian Jewish person, and he was representing himself by making samples from old Yiddish records. I felt him to be a kindred spirit. Fred Wesley is one of the few living pioneers of funk music. Funk is the root of hip-hop, so it made total sense.

Did you expect that you’d gain the audience that you have?

When I originally got into klezmer, we were thinking, “A lot of old people in Florida might like this, but that’s about it.”

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Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda; Thu., 8 p.m., $25; 301-581-5100, Strathmore.org. (Grosvenor-Strathmore)

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of Carnage,” at Signature Theatre through June 24.

The setup is simple: Two sets of parents meet to discuss a schoolyard tussle between their sons, in which one boy got some teeth knocked out. What starts as a civil living-room gathering quickly devolves into a verbal fight club that reaches “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” lows relatively quickly.

“It’s a fascinating cat-and-mouse game,” says director Joe Calarco, who insists that, despite the “family feud” premise, “Carnage” is a funny play.

“I think people see themselves in these parents, and they laugh in recognition.”

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“It’s funny — while we were in tech for this play, my own 10-year-old son got hit in the face with a hockey stick,” says actress Vanessa Lock, who plays Annette. “It was an accident, whereas the act in the play was on purpose. I didn’t call a meeting to talk about it, but I did want to know if the other kid apologized.”

No one will budge or see the others’ points of view, and the verbal fisticuffs escalate to cover everything from dead pets to politics. “The alliances in this play change drastically, with couples against couples, then spouses against spouses,” says Calarco.

“In the end, these couples who thought they were such good teams are questioning why they’re even together.”

Still, “Carnage” is full of savage laughs and schadenfreude, as if the audience were eavesdropping on a particularly juicy argument. Just hope the fight doesn’t too closely resemble the ones you have at home. JENNIFER BARGER (E XPRESS) Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington; through June 24, Signature-theatre.org, $65-$89; 703-820-9771.

7Y_Z Cej^[hi J[cfb[0 The No. 1 reason the Doors are a lame band is that they ruined the term “psychedelic.” Real psychedelia isn’t made by photogenic hippies — it’s made by mystical creatures like Acid Mothers Temple. For 15 years, guitarist and vocalist Kawabata Makoto has led a rotating cast of musicians of all types through multiple permutations of the group, fusing space-rock, drone and freeform jazz into a hypnotic, groovy experience. Red Palace, 1210 H St. NE; Fri., 8:30 p.m., $10-12; 202-399-3201, Redpalacedc.com. SHAUNA MILLER (E XPRESS)

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“My first tour was when I was 15, in my parents’ minivan,” recalls guitarist Jack Antonoff, formerly of the shortlived, New Jersey-based group Steel Train. Drummer Andrew Dost was in the Chicago band Anathallo, and vocalist Nate Ruess was a member of Arizona band the Format. “[Ruess and I] were both signed to major labels when we were 17,” says Antonoff.

So, it’s ironic that Fun. would break out with a radio anthem called “We Are Young.” “Let’s set the world on fire,” goes the rousing, sing-along chorus. “We could burn brighter than the sun.”

Antonoff says the success Fun. now enjoys (sophomore disc “Some Nights”

debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart in February) is a result of those early efforts, which may not have produced memorable music but taught them all how to be in a band. “We screwed up so many things and had so many horrible experiences, but by the time we came together as Fun., we knew how to make it work,” he says.

Featuring backing vocals by oddball R&B heroine Janelle Monáe, “We Are Young” draws from older influences that include Harry Nilsson, Queen, Fleetwood Mac and even Bruce Springsteen. The massive hit has already

JhWYa je Jho If Fun. intends to be the biggest band in your life, its smash hit “We Are Young” is the perfect vehicle, with a chorus that’s both vertiginous and catchy, and lyrics that describe nights on the town in almost anthropological detail. And yes, that period after the band’s name IS intentional.

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inspired YouTube parodies, including “We Are Drunk” and the rather depressing “We Are Not Young.”

The band welcomes such reinterpretations. “My first thought was, ‘We’re culturally relevant enough to have a parody,’” says Antonoff. “I love when songs and artists can be something that everybody knows and talks about.”

That is the core mission of Fun.: to provide a communal experience for its listeners, to soundtrack its generation, to be a touchstone that unites millions.

“We’re not making songs that we want six people in America to listen to on a 7-inch single,” says Antonoff.

“We’re making music — in a completely unashamed way — that we want to play in an arena, and we want a billion people to hear it. And, most of all, we want it to affect people in the same way that we’ve been affected by music.”

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9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW; Thu., 7 p.m. & Fri., 8 p.m., sold out; 202-265-0930, 930. com. (U Street)

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new book, “Presidential Campaign Posters,” you come up with a lot of questions, like “Did those crazy, text-filled posters actually work in the 1800s?” and “Was it really a good idea to make Jimmy Carter look like Jesus Christ?” Eubanks, director of publishing for the Library of Congress, will discuss these questions and others (“Was Franklin Pierce really that cute?”) at the Newseum’s Knight TV Studio. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; Sat., 2:30 p.m., free; 888-639-7386, Newseum.com. (Archives) KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY (E XPRESS)

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May 10: Israeli Hip-Hop Hadag Nahash (opening for the Washington Jewish Music Festival) is Israel’s Black Eyed Peas, blending hip-hop with Middle Eastern melodies. Fillmore, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring; 8 p.m., $20; 301-960-9999, Fillmoresilverspring.com. (Silver Spring)

May 11 & 12: Iraqi Jazz IraqiAmerican trumpeter Amir El-Saffar merges Western jazz improv with Iraqi classical music. Iraqi Cultural Center, 1630 Connecticut Ave. NW; 7:30 p.m., $80; 202-625-2361, Culturecapital.com. (Dupont Circle)

May 12: Grandma Tales Storyteller Sally Kathryn Mims recounts ghost, folk and cautionary tales from across the African diaspora. Anacostia Neighborhood Library, 1800 Good Hope Road SE; 2 p.m., free; 202-715-7707, Dclibrary.org/anacostia.

May 19 & 20: Dragon Boat Festival Teams paddle Taiwanese dragon boats in the Potomac while dancers and musicians perform on shore. Thompson Boat Center, 2900 Virginia Ave. NW; 8:30 a.m., free; Dragonboatdc.com. (Foggy Bottom) AMANDA ERICKSON (FOR EXPRESS) Passport D.C., Massachusetts Ave. and P St. NW; 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free; Cultural tourismdc.org/things-do-see/passport-dc.

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played by Mark Ruffalo in “The Avengers” and by Edward Norton in 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk”; the 2003 Eric Bana film is not considered part of this series.

IYh[[d “The Avengers” comes out tomorrow, bringing together three men reprising their roles as four heroes with five movies between them (see graphic at right). Joining the cadre of crimefighters are two Avengers who didn’t get their own films, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). Renner had a cameo in “Thor” and Johansson a supporting role in “Iron Man 2,” but neither got their names in the title.

That tracks with the characters’ history in comics, says Ben Penrod, event coordinator for Awesome Conventions, which runs the annual Annapolis Comic-Con. “Marvel Comics has tried to give both Hawkeye and Black Widow their own starring comic series over the years, but without much success. They’ll do a limited series, where an entire story is told in four or six books. That seems to work with Black Widow — every two or three years she gets her own miniseries.”

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While it’s yet to be seen how Black Widow and Hawkeye join the Avengers in the film, in the comics both come from the wrong side of the law: She was a Soviet spy, he fell into a life of crime.

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On the other hand, “Hawkeye can really relate to someone like the Hulk, who’s a little persecuted, better than Iron Man or Captain

America could,” says Penrod.

Black Widow is an outsider in her own right, as the only female member of this Avengers iteration.

(Other women have been a part of the group in the comics.) Penrod says that never seems to bother her. “There aren’t a lot of people, male or female, that really stack up to her. She’s super-confident, she’s smarter than most people and she can beat up almost anybody.”

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Yes, yes, it’s fine to want to see “The Avengers” this weekend. But if you’re in the mood for a real-life hero, “Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story” is having its North American premiere at the Avalon Theatre. The documentary follows the late Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s older brother. After joining the Israeli military at age 18, Yoni became more and more focused on protecting Israel, up to his final mission, leading the rescue of hostages in Uganda in 1976. The best part of the film is the narration, taken from his own letters. (The guy was a badass AND could write.) His words convey the struggle that faces soldiers of all nationalities: fighting through the fear, all the while longing for your family at home. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW; Yoni Netanyahu was a wordsmith, a military hero and easy on the eyes.

opens Fri., see Theavalon.org for showtimes, $7-$11; 202-966-3464.

FOX SEARCHLIGHT

Black Widow and Hawkeye never got their own movies.

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Inn Style “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” opening Friday, follows a bunch of retired Brits who move to India for their golden years.

Things turn out to be a little more ramshackle than expected, but everyone learns valuable lessons, which often happens in movie hotels. K.P.K.

' Regent Beverly Wilshire There are plenty of examples of luxury in 1990’s “Pretty Woman,” but nothing sums up pampering like the padded elevator bench that impressed Julia Roberts — and us.

( Holiday Inn In this 1942 musical classic, in which the song “White Christmas” debuted, Bing Crosby opens his hotel only on holidays — including Lincoln’s birthday, which is celebrated with a minstrel show. Maybe fast-forward through that part.

) The Overlook You’ll come to the hotel from 1980’s “The Shining” for the seclusion, beautiful scenery, peace and quiet. You’ll stay for the terrifying hedge maze, murderous ghosts and elevators filled with blood.

* Bates Motel It’s too bad Janet Leigh didn’t have GPS in her car in 1960’s “Psycho.”

Then she might have found a nice Motel 6 to stay in rather than stopping at Norman Bates’ creepy motel.

+ Park Hyatt Tokyo Big-city hotels often embody a special glamour, and that’s true in 2003’s “Lost in Translation.” The bar where Bill Murray hangs out is real, and is at the top of this 52-floor skyscraper.

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Twins Jazz: RadioHead Jazz Project, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $10.

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

Velvet Lounge: Satori Trova, Hipotomac, Residual Mischief, 9 p.m., $8-$10.

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Black Cat: Hume, the Dreebs, Co La, 8 p.m., $10.

BlackRock Center for the Arts: Group show; Brady Wilks.

Blues Alley: Tinsley Ellis, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $25.

Bohemian Caverns: Marianne Solivan, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $15.

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center: “The Caravan Project”, 8 p.m., free.

DC9: Happy Hour at DC9, 5-8 p.m; Big/Bright, White Life, DDm, 8:30 p.m., $8.

George Mason University/Patriot Center: Lupe Fiasco, 8 p.m., $45-$60.

Jammin’ Java: Company of Thieves, 8 p.m., $10 in advance, $13 at the door.

Kennedy Center/Terrace Theater: The Morgenstern Trio, 7:30 p.m., $32.

Kennedy Center/Concert Hall: “NSO Pops: Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ with John Legend and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings”, 8 p.m., $20-$80.

Kennedy Center/Millennium Stage: Youth showcase, 6 p.m., free.more: Abraham Inc., 8 p.m., $37.

Rams Head Tavern: Tyrone Wells, Joe Brooks, 8 p.m., $20.

Rock & Roll Hotel: Ugly Purple

p.m., $10; “Soul Train DC”, 9:30 p.m., $5.

BlackRock Center for the Arts: The Water Coolers, 8 p.m., $22.

Blues Alley: James Cotton “Superharp”, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $27.50.

Bohemian Caverns: Jeremy Pelt Quintet, 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., $18.

DC9: “Liberation Dance Party”, 9 p.m., $7.

Empire: “Get Blown”, 9 p.m., $15-$25.

George Washington University/Lisner Auditorium: The Fab Faux, 8 p.m., $29.50-$89.50.

Iota Club & Cafe: Justin Jones, 9 p.m., $15.

Jammin’ Java: The Banjo Man, $5; Nine

BKF; <?7I9EÊI FEF#<H?;D:BO hip-hop has veered closer to rock as

his career has evolved. Take, for example, the Modest Mouse-sampling “The Show Must Go On,” which is sure to be a crowd favorite at the Patriot Center Thursday.

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MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE: 5301

5000, DCNINE.COM.

TUCKERMAN LANE, NORTH BETHESDA; 301-

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9:30 CLUB: 815 V ST. NW; 202-265-0930,

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PATRIOT CENTER: 4500 PATRIOT CIRCLE,

RED PALACE: 1212 H ST. NE; 202-399-

BIRCHMERE: 3701 MOUNT VERNON

FAIRFAX; 202-397-7328, 703-993-3000,

3201, REDPALACEDC.COM.

AVE., ALEXANDRIA; 703-549-7500, BIRCH

PATRIOTCENTER.COM.

ROCK & ROLL HOTEL: 1353 H ST. NE;

MERE.COM.

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY:

202-388-7625, ROCKANDROLLHOTELDC.

BLACK CAT: 1811 14TH ST. NW; 202-667-

LISNER AUDITORIUM: 730 21ST ST. NW;

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STATE THEATRE: 220 N. WASHING-

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IOTA CLUB & CAFE: 2832 WILSON

TON ST., FALLS CHURCH; 703-237-0300,

NW; 202-337-4141, BLUESALLEY.COM.

BLVD, ARLINGTON; 703-522-8340, IOTA

THESTATETHEATRE.COM.

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TWINS JAZZ: 1344 U ST. NW; 202-234-

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Days Gone, Pretend and Release, Tenth Road North, 6 p.m., $10 in advance, $13 at 10 p.m., $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

Kennedy Center/Terrace Theater: Aaron Lazar, 7:30 p.m., $45.

Kennedy Center/Millennium Stage: Opera Insight: Nabucco and Werther, 6 p.m., free.

Music Center at Strathmore: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 8:15 p.m., $28-$88.

Rams Head Tavern: Southern Culture on the Skids, 8 p.m., $35.

Red Palace: Acid Mothers Temple, Phantom Family Halo, Buildings, the Clang Quartet, 8:30 p.m., $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Rock & Roll Hotel: Lower Dens, Violens, 8 p.m., $10; DJ Dunnski, 11 p.m., free.

Twins Jazz: Noah Haidu Trio, 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., $15.

RUSTED ROOT

the door; Super Bob, Almost Kings, Elim,

HKIJ;: HEEJ" led by singer Michael Glabicki, center, has persevered for nearly a decade on the strength of the 1994 single “Send Me On My Way,” which has appeared

in the “Ice Age” movies, television shows, and, most recently, an Enterprise Rent-A-Car ad campaign. Unfortunately, the band has to fill the rest of its set at the 9:30 Club on Sunday with other songs, too.

Renwick Gallery SOMETHING OF SPLENDOR Decorative Arts from the White House Last Chance! Closing Sunday

17th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW · Farragut North and Farragut West Metro 10 a.m.– 5:30 p.m. daily · AmericanArt.si.edu · 202-633-1000 Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House is organized by the White House Office of the Curator, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the White House Historical Association Vase, 1898, porcelain and gilded metal, made by the National Porcelain Manufactory of Sèvres, Paris, France, Gift of the French Republic, 1898, photo courtesy White House Historical Association

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Birchmere: Rachelle Ferrell, 7:30 p.m., $59.50.

Black Cat: Mobius Strip, Southern Problems, Art Sorority For Girls, 8 p.m., $8.

DC9: California Wives, Silent Old Mtns.,

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Birchmere: Tyrone Wells, Joe Brooks, 7:30 p.m., $25.

Black Cat: Hellmouth Happy Hour, 7-8:30 p.m; The Cornel West Theory, Acme, DJ Underdog, 9 p.m., $12; Gay/ Bash!”, 9:30 p.m., $5.

DC9: “Red Light District”, 10 p.m., free.

Empire: “St. Jude Benefit Concert”, noon, $10; Empress & Tasting Darkness, the Control, Resident Stone, Karen Culi, 6 p.m., $10.

George Washington University/Lisner Auditorium: Tango Mania, $30$45.

Jammin’ Java: “The Fresh Selection’s Concert for Action Against Hunger”, 12:30 p.m., $10 in advance, $13 at the door.

Kennedy Center/Terrace Theater: Violinist Stefan Jackiw, 2 p.m., $25; Classical violin recital, 2 p.m., $25.

Kennedy Center/Millennium Stage: Asian American Music Society, 6 p.m., free.

Music Center at Strathmore: National Philharmonic, 8 p.m., $28$81; Nruthyanjalie: Traditional and Folk Dance of Sri Lanka, 8 p.m., 6 p.m., $25.

Rams Head Tavern: Annapolis Comedy Fest, 2 p.m. , 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., $10-$20.

Rock & Roll Hotel: Cinco de Metal, noon-5:55 p.m., free; “Pop Off”, 9:30 p.m., free; Electric Guest, Young Rapids, 8 p.m., $10; DJ Ryan Wagner, 11 p.m., free.

State Theatre: “Night of Hope Featuring David Cook”, 7:30 p.m., $100.

U Street Music Hall: Light Asylum, Daughn Gibson, 7 p.m., $12; Volta Bureau (DJ set), 10 p.m., $10.

Velvet Lounge: Watermelon, Rich Mahogany, Kuf Knotz, 9:30 p.m., $5.

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George Washington University/Lisner Auditorium: “Ana Masry: Still Living in the Square”, 7 p.m., $15-$35.

Iota Club & Cafe: David Ford, 8 p.m., $12.

Jammin’ Java: “Bernardo Guitar Studio Concert Recital IV”, 1 p.m., $10.

Kennedy Center/Millennium Stage: Happenstance Theater, Mucca Pazza, 6 p.m., free; Mucca Pazza, 6 p.m., free.

Rams Head Tavern: The Left Banke, 8 p.m., $35.

Twins Jazz: Eme & Heteru, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $10.

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American University/Katzen Arts Center: “Lou Stovall: Vertical Views,” new silkscreen monoprint collages, through May 20. “Tomokazu Matsuyama: Thousand Regards,” works by the artist blend Eastern and Western aesthetics in both painting and sculpture, through May 20. Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW; 202-8851300, American.edu/katzen.

Arlington Arts Center: “Spring Solos

2012,” works by Emily Biondo, Michael Borek, Leah Cooper, Travis Head and

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Is My City,” photographs by students Uganda and El Salvador, through June

5/4

10. Machines for Living, work by Hedieh Ilchi, Megan Mueller, Jenny Sidhu Mullins, Matthew M. Smith and Si Jae Byun, in an exhibition curated by Mull-

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ins, through June 10. 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; 703-248-6800, 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: “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, through July 8. “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.

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“Freak on a Leash.” These days, that’s a distant memory, and the band, led by Jonathan Davis, now dabbles in dubstep. See for yourself at the Fillmore Friday.

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Media 2012, this group exhibition spot-

dirty pun. (When read in French, the let-

Wilson IV: Domestic Exchange, conner’s

lisa Dillin’s sculptures contrast primi-

nese woodblock printmaker (1760-1849),

lights interactive and multimedia art.

ters sound like a sexual reference.) The

two concurrent solo exhibitions feature

tive and contemporary culture, and the

through June 17. “Masters of Mercy:

About the title: DOLL is an acronym for

whole title is a in-joke for new media

new video by Janet Biggs of New York

modern office environment in particu-

Buddha’s Amazing Disciples,” kano

the four “words” contained in the sub-

artists, through May 20. “Elevator to the

and performance and sculpture by Wash-

lar, opening Fri., through June 2. 916 G

Kazunobu’s phantasmagoric paintings

title, each of which is itself an acro-

Moon: Retro-Future Visions of Space,”

ingtonian Wilmer Wilson IV. “Kawah Ijen”

reflect the lives and deeds of the Bud-

nym, or a short way of writing a longer

shouldn’t we have flying cars by now?

is Biggs’ second solo exhibition with the

dha’s 500 disciples, which have never

phrase. DIWO means “Do it with oth-

And what about transporter pads and

gallery; “Domestic Exchange” is Wilson’s

before been displayed outside of Japan,

ers.” OPNSRC means “Open Source” (a

colonies on Mars? That’s the question

inaugural show with the gallery, Thu.-

through July 8. 1050 Independence Ave.

kind of computer code). LMFAO is text-

posed by the contemporary artists par-

Sat. 1358-60 Florida Ave. NE; 202-588-

SW; 202-633-1000, Asia.si.edu.

speak for “Laughing my effing [you

ticipating in Artisphere’s winking nod

know what] off.” LHOOQ is a bit harder

to the gaudy-but-flawed 20th century

to explain. The title of a famous work

predictions of what “the future” would

by Dada artist Marcel Duchamp, it’s a

bring, most of which haven’t become

St. NW; 202-315-1305, Flashpointdc.org.

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; 202-633-1000, Asia.si.edu.

Gallery 555dc: “Get Real,” paintings of realistic cityscapes by Glenn Moreton, through May 30. 555 12th St. NW; 202393-1409, Gallery555dc.com.

Hemphill: “Gun Shy,” photographs of depleted shot gun shells, abandoned

Artisphere: “DOLL: DIWO OPNSRC LMFAO LHOOQ,” part of the Washington Project for the Arts’ Experimental

reality .. yet. An opening reception is Thursday at 5:30 p.m, through June 9.

Mickael Broth, the graffiti writer, who served a 10-month jail sentence for tags he left around the region, creates original works during a residency, through May 13. 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; 703-

S P A C E D A Y At Both Locations of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

875-1100, Artisphere.com.

Athenaeum: “Donald Depuydt: Lithographs and Etchings,” large prints by the artist, through June 17. 201 Prince St., Alexandria; 703-548-0035, Nvfaa.org.

BlackRock Center for the Arts: Group show, works by Sabine Carlson, Evelyn Jacob and Elroy Williams, through May 19. 12901 Town Commons Dr., Germantown; 301-528-2260, Blackrockcenter.org.

LAST CHANCE Conner Contemporary Art: Janet Biggs: Kawah Ijen / Wilmer

8750, Connercontemporary.com.

Corcoran Gallery of Art: “NEXT at the Corcoran,” works by graduating students of the Corcoran College of Art + Design, through May 20. “Shadows of History: Photographs of the Civil War from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell,” an exhibit of photographs from the Civil War documents the intersection of war and the nascent discipline of photography. Featuring works by Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner and Timothy H. O’Sullivan, through Sun. “Tim Hetherington: Sleeping Soldiers,” photographs by the late photojournalist depict soldiers at leisure in chaotic war zones, through May 20. 500 17th St. NW; 202639-1700, Corcoran.org.

Curator’s Office: J.W. Mahoney: Carceral, an exhibition of works inspired by the artist’s brief 2011 incarceration for D.W.I, through May 12. 1515 14th St. NW; 202-387-1008, Curatorsoffice.com.

Flashpoint: “The Alternate Present,”

At the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA Celebrate Space Shuttle Discovery’s newest mission at the National Air and Space Museum—to inspire and educate

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At the Museum in Washington DC 6th Street and Independence Avenue, SW Learn about some of Discovery’s accomplishments, including its most significant payload—the Hubble Space Telescope • Meet its most famous passenger—Buzz Lightyear • Find out what it’s like to live and work in space with astronaut Patrick Forrester • Participate in story-time, demonstrations, and discussions on the history and future of the space program MATT MCCLAIN/TWP

Free Admission Space Day is made possible by the generous support of Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

airandspace.si.edu/events 202 633-1000

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J>EC7I @;<<;HIED M7I 7 =H;7J MH?J;H" and he took it upon himself to edit a text many people would rather see left alone — the Bible. Commonly known as “The Jefferson Bible,” it’s a chronological telling of the life of Jesus, with Jefferson eliminating every story that was “contrary to reason.” The book is on display at the American History Museum.

duck blinds, found birds and feathers

ing Light and Space movement sym-

mixed-media paintings by Manal Deeb,

and abstractions, through May 26. 1515

bolized by bold, large-scale multimedia

through May 11. 2425 Virginia Ave. NW;

14th St. NW; 202-234-5601, Hemphill-

installations, through May 13. Seventh

202-338-1958, Thejerusalemfund.org.

Street and Independence Avenue SW;

Koshland Science Museum: Ongoing exhibits: Visitors can try their hands at lowering CO2 emissions in the Earth Lab; learn about health and the brain at the Life Lab. Sixth and E streets NW; 202-334-1201, Koshland-sciencemuseum.org.

Long View Gallery: “Urban Forest,” mixed-media pieces by Michelle Peterson-Albandoz are made from reclaimed wood found in her Chicago neighborhood, through May 20. 1234 Ninth St. NW; 202232-4788, Longviewgallery.com.

LAST CHANCE 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 Sat. 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.

Morton Fine Art: “The Idle Mind Is the Devil’s Workshop,” mixed-media works

by Billy Colbert, through May 16. 1781 Florida Ave. NW; 202-628-2787, Mortonfineart.com.

Mount Vernon: “Hoecakes & Hospital-

finearts.com.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,” recently imprisoned for speaking out against the Chinese government and now facing bail restrictions, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei isn’t likely to leave that country in the immediate future. His artwork, however, will travel — the provocative artist’s installation of 12 Zodiac-inspired animal heads goes on display in the Hirshhorn sculpture garden on April 19, “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 walking the edifice’s perimeter; but the work fills the air with sound, too.

Inspired by the song “I Only Have Eyes for You,” the project features versions of the song by Beck, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, Devandra Banhart, Mountains and No Age, through May 13.

“Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color and Space,” a survey of the evolv-

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

Honfleur: Le Temps Devant (Our Time Ahead): Anachronism and Utopia in the French Countryside, photographs by Frederic Nauczyciel of communities that are in some way out of step with our fast-paced contemporary world, opening Fri., through June 29. 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE; 202-536-8994, Honfleurgallery.com.

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

Jane Haslem: “Katja Oxman: Inner Places,” still lifes by the artist, through May 25. “Richard Ziemann: Etchings and Engravings,” oversize, miniature and regular sized prints by the artist, through May 25. “The City Lights: Urban Portraits and Landscapes,” prints by Yvonne Jacquette, Peter Milton, Nancy McIntyre, Jim Sundquist, Moishe Smith, Karl Schrag, Elizabeth Peak, Reyna Levine and others, through May 25. 2025 Hillyer Pl. NW; 202-232-4644.

Jerusalem Fund: “From There,”

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Corps Aviation: 1912-2012,” this exhibi-

films on flight and outer space, Sixth

landmarks including the Empire State

Dutch Group Portraits From Amster-

ity: Cooking with Martha Washington,”

tion of paintings and photographs, on

Street and Independence Avenue SW;

Building, through Sept. 3. “Unbuilt

dam,” rare depictions of meetings inside

see recipes and cookbooks, pots and

loan from the National Museum of the

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

Washington,” an examination of what

the Kloveniersdoelen, the gathering

other accessories used in the estate’s

Marine Corps, honors the branch’s leg-

Washington, D.C., could have looked like

place of one of Amsterdam’s three mili-

kitchen and dining room, 3200 Mount

acy as a supplier of air support for U.S.

if some of the proposed designs for its

tia companies, by Govert Flinck and Bar-

Vernon Memorial Hwy., Alexandria; 703-

troops over a 100-year period, from

most prominent buildings were realized,

tholomeus van der Helst are displayed,

780-2000, Mountvernon.org.

World War I through Afghanistan and

through May 28. Ongoing exhibits: learn

“I Spy: Photography and the Theater of

about the history of buildings and their

the Street, 1938-2010,” more than 100

environmental impact, 401 F St. NW;

photographs, dating to the late 19th

202-272-2448, Nbm.org.

century, that depict moments from

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

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

National Building Museum: “House & Home,” an ongoing exhibition that explores what it means to live at home, “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 June 10.

“Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition,” architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker uses Lego blocks to re-create

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:

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“Picasso’s Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition,” more than 50 Picasso drawings show the development of Continued on page E16

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the dinosaurs. Explore the a full-scale

his artistic style over 30 years, through

model of Titanoboa and video from the

Sun. “The Baroque Genius of Giovanni

Smithsonian Channel documentary to

Benedetto Castiglione,” a collection

delve into the discovery, reconstruction,

of paintings by the baroque, naturalis-

and implications of this enormous rep-

tic Italian artist, through July 8. Sixth

tile, 10th Street and Constitution Ave-

Street and Constitution Avenue NW;

nue 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 Wed. “Huichol VW: Art on Wheels,” a Volkswagen Beetle (or “vocho” in Mexican slang) decked out in beads and fabric from the Huichol indigenous group, through Thu. Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW; 202-6331000, Nmai.si.edu.

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: “A Will of Their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of Achievement in the Early Republic,” seven portraits of women who figured prominently during and after the American Revolution, “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.

202-737-4215, 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 collection 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 Constitution Avenue NW; 202-633-1000, Americanhistory.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

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3. “Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th

of Ellsworth,” the first of four yearly

exhibition features approximately 20

Anniversary of Girl Scouts,” to mark

alcove exhibitions at the National Por-

drawings by modern masters active in

the centennial of the Girl Scouts, a por-

trait Gallery recounts the death of the

France in the early 20th century, includ-

trait of Juliet Gordon Low, the group’s

first Union officer killed in the Civil War,

ing Pierre Bonnard, Andre Derain and

founder, a patent award, a membership

through May 18. Eighth and F streets

Edouard Vuillard. The works range from

pin and photographs of Low when she

NW; 202-633-1000, Npg.si.edu.

portraits and nudes to landscapes and

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 Confederate Sketches of Adalbert Volck,” sketches by the German-born Confederate propagandist and lithographer, “The Death

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 Leifer, including Muhammad Ali’s victory over Sonny Liston, will be on display, through Aug. 12. HP New Media Gallery, a permanent exhibition exploring the media’s ongoing transformation in the digital age, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; 888-639-7386, Newseum.org.

LAST CHANCE Phillips Collection: “French Drawings from the Aaronsohn Collection,” celebrating recent gifts to the Phillips from D.C.-based collectors Jonathan and Roseann Aaronsohn, the

cityscapes, and offer a glimpse into the role that drawing played within each artist’s work, through Sun. “Intersections: Alyson Shotz,” brooklyn-based sculptor 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,

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On view through June 2 Exquisite Russian and western European treasures—Empirestyle dresses on loan from Milan, Russian porcelain, Napoleonic armor, and more—commemorate the bicentennial of the Patriotic War of 1812, when Russia triumphed over Napoleon.

May 12, 10am–3pm Go retro with fun outdoor lawn games from a bygone era, including hula hoops and jump ropes, in celebration of National Public Gardens Day, taking place on the National Mall.

Spring Garden Tours

May 13, 1–5pm Treat mom to a special day on one of the select Sundays Hillwood is open during the year.

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Preschooler Series: Gardens Alive May 10, 17 & 24, 10:30–11:15am Discover the smells and colors of the plants in the spring gardens, create an art project, learn songs, and more!

Limited to 10 children ages 2–5 with one accompanying adult.

Lecture: The Influence of the Italian Villa Landscape on Garden Design & Landscape Architecture in America May 10, 6:30–7:30pm, Lecture 5:30–6:30pm, Tour the gardens Relive America’s thirst for the Italian Villa landscape from the 1890s until the late 1930s.

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What’s Out There Weekend Garden Tour May 19, 11:30am–12:30pm Brian Barr, director of horticulture, leads an exclusive garden tour, part of The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s What’s Out There Weekend Washington DC.

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Mailou Jones and Jacob Lawrence,

LAST CHANCE Renwick Gallery:

through Sept. 3. “Annie Leibovitz: Pil-

“Something of Splendor: Decorative

grimage,” throughout her 40 year

Arts From the White House,” a collec-

career, Annie Leibovitz has excelled at

tion of pieces, including furniture, ceram-

capturing the human form, predomi-

ics, glass and textiles, shows the history

nantly through evocatively posed por-

of the White House’s decor, Thu.-Sun.

traits in glossy magazine spreads.

17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW;

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

thoroughly awesome while not moving.

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 middle school students, MathAlive! uses interactive workstations and consoles to show how the fields of action sports, video games, entertainment, fashion and music all rely on numbers, through June 3. 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW; 202-6331000, Si.edu/museums/ripley-center.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: “African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond,” an exhibtion drawing from the Smithsonian’s collections, this show features 100 works — many never before exhibited — by such 20th century artists as Benny Andrews, Lois

But in “Pilgrimage,” Leibovitz sets out from the photo set to capture a more elusive subject: nature. Niagara Falls, Old Faithful and the Yosemite VAlley are among the subjects in this collection, which also includes scenes from the homes of cultural icons like Thomas Jefferson, Georgia O’Keeffe and Pete Seeger, through May 20. “Inventing a Better Mousetrap: Patent Models From the Rothschild Collection,” models of mousetraps show the different patents inventors submitted during the 19th century, “The Art of Video Games,” video games have been steadily evolving for more than two generations now, but it’s probably fair to say that a genre has reached maturity when it has its own Smithsonian show. “The Art of Video Games” explores the evolution of game design and culture with an inter-

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ing “Pac-Man,” “Super Mario Brothers,” “The Secret of Monkey Island,” “Myst” and “Flower.” The exhibition’s opening weekend has been dubbed GameFest, with panel discussions and Q&A sessions with game designers and artists, through Sept. 30. Eighth and F streets NW; 202-633-1000, Americanart.si.edu.

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum: “Citified/Neighborhood Palette,” twin interpretations of the cultural and historical legacy of wards 7 and 8, through Aug. 5. 1901 Fort Pl. SE; 202-633-4820, Anacostia.si.edu.

Susan Calloway Fine Arts: “Synaesthetic Impressions,” abstract acrylic paintings by K Silve, through May 26.

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

Textile Museum: “Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep,” textiles from the 12th through 20th centuries commemorating the Asian calendar’s year of the dragon, “Sourcing the Museum,” new works inspired by textiles from the 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

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: “Bedtime Stories — Storytelling Through Art,” featuring narrative works, through May 28. “Conversations With My Mother,” sculptures

by Elissa Farrow-Savos, through May 28.

“Tea: A Ceramics Exhibit,” wares associated with drinking, serving and presenting tea, through June 3, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.Art League Gallery, Room 21, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria; 703-683-1780, Theartleague.org.

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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.

LAST CHANCE A Grand Night for Sing-

ing: Presented by Washington Savoyard, through Sun., $40, $35 seniors, $15 age 17 and younger. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE; 202-3997993, Atlasarts.org.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Presented by Lumina Studio Theatre, opens Sat. through May 13. Round House Theatre, 8641 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring; 240-644-1100, Roundhousetheatre.org.

FRIDAY ONLY Aaron Lazar: The singer performs as part of the cabaret series curated by Barbara Cook, opens Fri., $45. Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600, Kennedycenter.org.

LAST CHANCE 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 Sun., $35-$72.50. Woolly Mammoth Theatre, 641 D St. NW; 202-3933939, Woollymammoth.net.

LAST CHANCE Brides of March: A former British soldier who once saved the life Arab sheik is given five Arab maidens. Then his wife walks in, through Sun., $15, $12 students and seniors. Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel; Continued on page E20

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LAST CHANCE Crown of Shadows:

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Round House Theatre, 4545 East West Hwy., Bethesda; 240-644-1100, Roundhousetheatre.org.

LAST CHANCE Deathtrap: a comedythriller performed by the McLean Community Players, through Sat., $16, $14 students and seniors. McLean Community Center, Alden Theatre, 1234 IngleFACTION OF FOOLS

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Fiddler on the Roof: A Jewish man attempts to instill his faith in his five daughters. Presented by Castaways Repertory Theatre, through May 19. Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building, 15941 Donald Curtis Dr., Woodbridge; .

Five Little Monkeys: Monkeys go wild: shopping, baking and jumping on beds, through June 3, $18. Glen Echo Park, Adventure Theatre, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo; 301-634-2270, Adventuretheatre.org.

God of Carnage: Yasmina Reza’s 2009 Tony Award-winning play follows two yuppy Brooklyn couples that go all potkettle-black after they meet regarding an incident of playground violence involving their sons, through June 24, $55-$79. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington; 703-820-9771, Signature-theatre.org.

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ALL SHOWS 18 & OVER SUNDAY ONLY Happenstance The-

ater, Mucca Pazza: Happenstance Theater blends elements of mime, comedy and cabaret. Also on the program is Mucca Pazza, a circus-punk marching band. The Street to Stage series is part of the Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America festival, which brings performance art to the streets of Washington from May 6 to May 12, opens Sun., free. Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600, Kennedycenter.org.

LAST CHANCE Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion: Mixing recordings of classic soul and hip-hop, Abraham delves into identity and personal history in “The Radio Show,” an investigation of the effects of the abrupt discontinuation of Pittsburgh radio station WAMO on a community, and the lingering effects of Alzheimer’s and aphasia on a family, opens Sat. through Sun. Dance Place, 3225 Eighth St. NE; 202-269-1600, Danceplace.org.

LAST CHANCE Las Meninas: When Louis XIV’s queen is presented with a unique gift, scandal rocks his court, through Sun., $22-$33, $20-$31 seniors, $12 students. Rep Stage, Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia; 443-518-1500, Repstage.org.

LAST CHANCE 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 Sun., $40-$70. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW; 202-488-3300, Arenastage.org.

Metamorphoses: Mary Zimmerman’s Broadway show based on the myths of Ovid is presented by Constellation Theatre Company, through June 3, $20-$40.

Source, 1835 14th St. NW; 202-204-7800, Sourcedc.org.

Rapunzel: Stuck up in a remote tower and guarded by a witch, Rapunzel doesn’t know what she is missing until a prince stumbles onto the scene. But this familiar tale has a slightly different twist: the witch isn’t all that evil. In fact she is simply protecting Rapunzel from the evils of the world outside like any good parent. And like any true 16-yearold, Rapunzel is eager to see the world beyond her tower, through May 26, $11$22. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda; 301-280-1660, Imaginationstage.org.

LAST CHANCE Sandwalk: UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents a play that explores Darwin’s struggle between creation and evolution, through Sat., $27, $22 seniors, $9 youths. Clarice Smith Performing

Arts Center, Kogod Theatre, Univer-

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Shear Madness: The audience joins the fun in this performance based on a murder in a hair salon, through Oct. 10, $45.

Kennedy Center, Theater Lab, 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600, 800-444-1324, Kennedy-center.org.

The 39 Steps: Four actors present more than 150 characters in this humorous twist on the Hitchcock thriller, through May 20, $26-$54. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Olney; 301-924-3400, Olneytheatre.org.

The Big Meal: After the success of “Sixty Miles to Silver Lake,” Studio Theatre’s 2nd Stage plays host to another work of playwright Dan LeFranc. The fast-paced story crams decades in the lives of one couple into an hour-anda-half through telling vignettes that unfold over various meals at different restaurants, through May 20, $30-$35.

Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW; 202332-3300, Studiotheatre.org.

LAST CHANCE The Little Foxes: Presented by Rockville Little Theatre, through Sun., $16, $14 seniors and students. Rockville Civic Center Park, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmon-

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Serving a buffet of breakfast classics and Southern dishes that will warm your heart and sing to your senses. From shrimp & grits, buttermilk biscuits & sausage gravy to fried chicken and gumbo, this is no snacking affair. Sip a complimentary Mimosa or Bloody Mary and enjoy hot carving stations, scrambled eggs, bacon, fresh-baked pastries and farm-grown fruit. We’ve turned brunch in the city into a down-home country banquet.

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The Seafarer: Scena Theatre presents Conor McPhersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play about a group of Irish men betting their souls on a card game, 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: A reallife husband and wife acting team perform Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battle of the sexes, through June 10, $30-$65. Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE; 202-5447077, Folger.edu.

The Whipping Man: Set in Richmond in 1865, two freed slaves and the son of their former master celebrate a Passover Seder, through May 20, $30-$60, $41-$56 seniors, $15-$25 age 35 and younger. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW; 800-494-8497, Theaterj.org.

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Youth Showcase: through Thu., free.

Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600, Kennedycenter.org.

Wives and Wits: Washington Stage Guild, the go-to company for your George Bernard Shaw fix, draws from the playwrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lighter works with this presentation of the love-themed oneact plays â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overruledâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Village Wooing,â&#x20AC;? through May 20, $40-$50, $30-$40 seniors, $20-$25 students. Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, Undercroft Theatre, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW; 202-347-9620.

Working Ăą A Musical: The musical, presented by the Keegan Theatre, explores what it means to be a worker, through May 13, $40, $35 seniors and students. Church Street Theater, 1742 Church St. NW; 703-892-0202, Keegantheatre.com.

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Tickets for seats in Camden Yards’ all-you-can-eat section include an unlimited supply of hot dogs, nachos and peanuts.

8_]#B[W]k[ 9^[mi All-you-can-eat deals attract a different sort of fan to the ballpark In a game obsessed with numbers — home runs, earned run averages, stolen bases, Derek Jeter hookups — it should come as little surprise that, given half a chance, baseball fans can rattle off exactly how many hot dogs they’ve wolfed down during the course of a nineinning game.

Case in point: Before the first pitch at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore last week, Mark Mirchandani casually announced that he already had gobbled three

Esskay dogs. Nearly three hours later, when the Orioles had finished off the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1, Mirchandani said he had eaten 10 franks — not to mention two orders of nachos, two servings of peanuts, five tiny cups of ice cream, one soda and, apparently to restore order to his battered digestive system, a small container of salad. He had his reasons for the binge, which, incidentally, totaled approximately 7,800 calories, or about three times what the average male needs a day.

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A Nats spokeswoman notes that both clubs offer a “customized gourmet meal,” which can include hand-carved meats, pasta or “farm-to-fork” dishes.

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It’s true that baseball concessions rate slightly above vendingmachine fare in nutritional quality, but historically, the junk food also has been priced to discourage overindulgence. All-you-can-eat seats stand this dynamic on its head: For the price of a midlevel restaurant meal ($30 to $50), fans can consume as much as they want.

The All You Can Eat seats at PNC Park in Pittsburgh include an endless parade of hamburgers, hot dogs, popcorn, nachos, peanuts, sodas and ice cream sandwiches. Advance tickets run about $20 apiece.

“Is the food top-of-the-line?” asked Billy McDonald, a 21-yearold from Northern Virginia and a recent PNC Park All You Can Eat seat ticketholder. “Obviously not.”

But as McDonald’s buddy, 20-year-old Steve Kresen, bottomlined it: “We came in here to eat food.” T IM C A R M A N ( T HE WA S HIN G TO N POST )

<_[ijW J_c[0 Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at chef Mike Isabella’s pop-up Mexican restaurant Bandolero, which has been temporarily housed at Cleveland Park’s Tackle Box (3407 Connecticut Ave. NW) while Isabella waits out construction delays on Bandolero’s permanent Georgetown home. On Saturday (its last day at Tackle Box), Bandolero will offer an a la carte menu from noon to 1 a.m., featuring bold bites such as blue crab taquitos with coconut, red chile and lime (shown left). Stop by between 5 and 7 p.m. for margarita samples and Sticky Fingers’ margarita cupcakes.

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have attached to their all-you-caneat seats. For $35 each, Mirchandani and the rest of his colleagues at Mindgrub — yes, Mindgrub, a technology agency that focuses on mobile apps — could feast on as much ballpark food as they could stuff in their faces during the seven innings of the pig-out promo.

First introduced to the majors around 2007, the all-you-can-eat seat is one of baseball’s more controversial (and successful) solutions to sell hard-to-fill sections.

At least 19 of 30 Major League clubs offer the seats in some form or another.

Whisked!’s apple-whiskey pie

Seasonal Slices The first box won’t arrive for a few more weeks, but I’m already looking forward to the start of my yearly community supported agriculture subscription. I’m always so excited to open up my box every week and figure out how to cook whatever straight-fromthe-farm produce is inside.

To tide myself over until then, I tried out a new type of food subscription: a pie CSA, offered by D.C. bakery Whisked! Owner Jenna Huntsberger prepares 8o AWj_[ one savory and one 7X[hXWY^ sweet flavor of her pies each week. Customers place orders in advance at Whiskeddc.com; options range from 9-inch pies in both flavors every week for a full month ($144) to one 6-inch pie every other week for two months ($36). Members pick up their pie(s) from one of a few D.C. locations.

My recent sample included a rich yet expertly balanced goat cheese and asparagus pie, and a somewhat dry, chunky pink lady apple-whiskey pie (above). Still, the pair of 6-inchers made for a convenient, satisfying and minimally messy picnic dinner for two.

In a way, a pie CSA lets you enjoy all the benefits of a regular CSA, without the hassle of actually dealing with a farm-share box. A true CSA subscription includes uncooked, unpredictable and sometimes boring contents (“cabbage ... again?!”). Whisked!’s pies are homemade, plus they include local and seasonal foods, since Huntsberger gets her ingredients from area farmers.

“You’re getting the best of the market, but in pie form,” she says.

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

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Rusted Root w/ Rebecca Pidgeon ....................................................................................................Su 6 THIS WEEK’S SHOWS Spiritualized w/ Nikki Lane ............................................................................................................Th 10 Hank 3 as Hellbilly • Attention Deficit Domination • Mark Lanegan Band w/ Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss Early Show! 6pm Doors ..............F 11 3 Bar Ranch(Kuntry-Hellbilly-Doom) Reckless Kelly w/ Gabriel Kelly Late Show! 10pm Doors ..............................................................F 11 featuring Film "Tribulation 99" By Craig Baldwin ........................................Th 15 2 Skinnee J's Pre-Apocalypse Now & Forever Tour - Full band/electric show!

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NIGHT RANGER • KIX and more! ..........FRI, MAY 11 RATT • QUEENSRYCHE Skid Row • Warrant and more! ........SAT, MAY 12 M3 Kix-Off Party featuring

ALL GOOD PRESENTS w/ Royal Teeth & SOU Orchestra (Sound Of Urchin backed by members of

THOR, Shitkill & The Tension)............................................................................................................Th 17

The Infamous Stringdusters

SOUNDBITES - Music • Food • Dub Change - A Benefit for D.C. Central Kitchen w/ Giant Panda Guerilla Squad ......................................................

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featuring DJ Set by Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation • Archives • ALL GOOD PRESENTS Nappy Riddem • Bone, Fur and Feathers For a full restaurant lineup, visit soundbitesdc.com ..........Su 20

Toots and The Maytals w/ The Constellations ............................M 19 Reggie Watts ....................................................................................................................................M 21 A Dance Party with DJ lil'e - Lady Gaga and Madonna vs. Katy and Britney ..................F 25 Yann Tiersen w/ Piano Chat ..........................................................................................................Sa 26 The Dandy Warhols ......................................................................................................................Tu 29 AN EVENING OF COMEDY AND MUSIC

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Dawes w/ Sara Watkins ........................................................................................................................F 1 Joe Pug & David Wax Museum ................................................................................................Sa 2 Dengue Fever & Omar Souleyman ........................................................................................W 6 Jimmy Cliff ..........................................................................................................................................Th 7 Queen Extravaganza The Official Queen Tribute Show ....................................................F 8 Matthew Sweet Girlfriend Tour - Playing "Girlfriend" in its entirety. w/ Callaghan Early Show! 7pm Doors. ....................................................................................................Sa 9

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LUCINDA WILLIAMS & DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS w/ Justin Jones ..............................................................................................SATURDAY, MAY 19 Lady Antebellum w/ Darius Rucker & Thompson Square MAY 20 Zac Brown Band w/ Blackberry Smoke & Sonia Leigh MAY 31 ............................................

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BLOWOFF featuring the DJ Sounds of Bob Mould & Richard Morel 21+ to enter. ..................Sa 9 Marillion ..............................................................................................................................................Su 10 Laura Marling w/ Willy Mason ......................................................................................................Tu 12 Brazilian Girls ..................................................................................................................................Th 14 Balkan Beat Box ..............................................................................................................................F 15 Destroyer w/ Sandro Perri ..............................................................................................................Sa 16 Bach2Rock Matinee Shows! 11am Doors ..............................................................................Sa 16 & Su 17 The Hives ............................................................................................................................................Tu 19

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Furthur featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir DEF LEPPARD & POISON w/ Lita Ford

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CDE PRESENTS SUMMER SPIRIT FESTIVAL featuring

ERYKAH BADU • COMMON • CHUCK BROWN • SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS and more! ........................SATURDAY, AUGUST 4

9:30 Club Presents at U STREET MUSIC HALL

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O.A.R. w/ Rebelution ..................................................................FRIDAY, AUGUST 10

9:30 CLUB and BLACK CAT Present

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

Beth Orton w/ Selah Sue ......................................................................................................................................F 18 Kingsley Flood w/ Drawbridges ..............................................................................................................................Sa 19 Ben Sollee ........................................................................................................................................................................W 23 Black Dice ........................................................................................................................................................................Th 24 Wallpaper. ..........................................................................................................................................................................F 25 3 Bad Jacks ............................................................................................................................................................Th JUNE 7

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At a fundraiser last month in New York — one where Aziz Ansari, who plays Tom Haverford on “Parks and Rec,” spoke — President Obama noted that his older daughter, Malia, is a “big ‘Parks and Recreation’ fan.”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the funniest woman on TV, and she is pretty funny in her new sitcom: “Veep” (HBO, Sundays, 10 p.m.). As the vapid U.S. vice president (above), she likes to ask guests, “Did you know that I have my own flag?” But the show, peopled with self-serving pols and desperately spinning aides, isn’t fun to watch. Everyone is too uptight!

For your LouisDreyfus fix, I recommend “The New Adventures of Old 8o CWhY Christine.”

I_bl[h I ignored “Christine” during its 88-episode run on CBS. The premise seemed too contrived: Titular Old Christine (Louis-Dreyfus) divorced her hubbie, who dates a younger blond woman also named Christine.

Then, I stumbled upon reruns.

As TV’s most beautiful loser, LouisDreyfus wiggles her shoulders to lure a guy and looks like a total goofball.

When she lands a hot boyfriend, her low self-esteem makes her say: “I like you so much. Let’s break up.” Superb support comes from tart-tongued Wanda Sykes as the woman Christine calls “my black friend Barb.”

I’ve also discovered there are advantages to being a fan of an old sitcom. I never have to worry about catching the latest episode.

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

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“How about a year’s supply of Sweetums candy?” Barkley offers, promising a 365-day sugar high courtesy of Knope’s

campaign rival and heir to the Sweetums fortune, Bobby Newport (Paul Rudd).

Knope is momentarily tempted. “Now hold on a second . . .” she whispers to her boyfriend/campaign manager Ben Wyatt, played by Adam Scott.

It’s a funny moment, and the actors nail it on multiple takes. But after huddling with two fellow producers, Michael Schur — co-creator of “Parks and Recreation” and the episode’s director — decides it needs a new bribe. (Why the bribe? That’s a spoiler that the “Parks” team has deemed classified.)

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“We here in his office have followed Ms. Knope’s career with interest and wish her well on her upcoming election,” Biden’s press secretary, Kendra Barkoff, said in an email. J.C.

They run the scene again, and this time, Barkley offers something really enticing. “I can give you Joe Biden’s home phone number,” she says.

It’s a ridiculous statement, a wry political reference and an inside joke that refers to the torch Knope carries for the 47th vice president of the United States.

“Parks and Recreation,” in its fourth season on NBC (Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.), prides itself on being a show about quirky bureaucrats as well as an apolitical enterprise. Some of its characters may espouse certain philosophies — Ron Swanson’s live-and-let-live-while-eating-bacon brand of libertarianism, or Knope’s stereotypically liberal belief that government can solve all problems — but party affiliations have studiously been avoided.

“One of the rules we laid down early on with Leslie ... is that we were never going to use the words Democrat or Republican in reference to her, or anybody else,” Schur says.

This season’s campaign plotline could be a turning point for both the series and the ambitious Knope, whose female-aspirational office decor features photographs of both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sarah Palin. “Leslie Knope is the child of ‘Yes we can,’ you know,” says Poehler.

“She’s the person who believes that no matter how much power you have, you can make a difference. You can contribute. You can change things.”

Perhaps it’s the series’ combination of viewpoints — Swanson’s open frustration with government, Knope’s warm embrace of it — that makes “Parks and Rec” so right for these times, like a more sarcastic, oddball, funnier version of “The West Wing.” In fact, if the ethos of the show could be distilled and turned into a candidate for any political party, it seems fair to assume it would win.

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At just 145 pages, this little book about a Korean War vet doesn’t boast the Gothic swell of her masterpiece, “Beloved” (1987), or the luxurious surrealism of her most recent novel,

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MARCH 5TH 2012 [MORNING PROGRAM: 6 WEEKS] MAY 12TH 2012 [WEEKEND PROGRAM: 10 WEEKS] APRIL 9TH 2012 [EVENING PROGRAM: 7 WEEKS] MARCH 12TH 2012 [EVENING PROGRAM: 3½ WEEKS] AFFORDABLE CPR CLASSES HELD EVERY FRIDAY

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SALES & AUCTIONS

MEDICATION AIDE (MEDTECH)

Computer Repair & Help Desk Trainees Needed!

1 2PC PTop Mattress Set $125—NEW in the plastic, Queen Pillowtop Matt and Box 3PC King PTop Set - $235 can deliver 703-887-7666 1 7PC Cherry Sleigh Set $495—NEW in boxes, QN Sleigh BEDROOM Set, can deliver, 703-8877666 1 Pillowtop Queen MattressSet. Value $289,Asking $150! New in Plastic.

Can Deliver.301-343-8630 3Pc king pillowtopmattressset Value $499,Asking $250.New in plastic.

Can deliver.301-399-7870 6PC BedroomCherry Set. New in boxes $325.

Can Deliver.301-399-7870 PIANO—Knabe Grand Piano! Rich tone, excellent condition, 5'4" lg, elegant! $3,299/best offer.

Tysons VA. MKMtux2001@gmail.com.

SMALL COLLECTOR PAYS CASH FOR COINS/COLLECTIONS/GOLD. Will travel to you! Call Al, 301-807-3266

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CAREER TRAINING

XX172 1x.25

CAREER TRAINING

CALL: 703-933-9430, 8AM-5PM, MON-SAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR QUALIFIED APPLICANTS (FIRST COME FIRST SERVE),

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3431 CARLIN SPRINGS ROAD, SUITE C FALLS CHURCH VA 22041

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ANACOSTIA---3 BR, 1 BA, new paint, fresh carp, fenced back yard, metro, $1495/m 202-487-3874

NE

P A R T M E N T S

Congress Heights- 1 & 2BR, $760 & $950 + UTILS. NEW KITCHEN. QUIET. 501 MELLON SE DC. 301-552-2989

2BR Apartments 3BR Apartm from $1199 ents fr $ om 1 4 2 4

1 BRS $725 • Renovated 1 Bedroom Apts • Near Minn. Ave. Metro Station • 24 Hr. Emergency Maintenance • Showing Apts. 7 Days A Week

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No Application Fee!† All Utilities Included

Secured Building Entry ■ Off Street Parking On-Site Laundry Facility ■ Wall-to-Wall Carpet † If you apply by 5/1 ■ Dishwashers

■ ■

4651 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. NE • M-F 8:30-5PM

202-640-1213 Professionally Managed by CIH Properties

202-421-9618

AMES STREET APTS NE

WALDEN COMMONS

"The Charm of the City" Spacious 1-Brs from $1,249 or 1 MONTH FREE RENT OPTION. Move in And Enjoy

Your Walks to Rock Creek Park

Gas Heat, Gas Cooking & Water

2 BRs @

825

2 BRs Available

All Credit Considered

Min. To National Harbor, Mins. from I295, I395, I495, On-site Laundry/Parking, Vouchers Welcome

202.561.4675

gardenvillage@wcsmith.com

1.877.238.8216

4200 S. Capitol St. Wash. DC 20032

Parkland Village

$0 APPLICATION FEE $99 SECURITY DEPOSIT* Must move in by May 31st

Good Credit Earns

• Newly Renovated Units • Ample Closet Space • CAC • Easy Access To Metro • Close To Shopping • Min. Away From H Street Corridor

888.891.8472 *For qualified applicants only

$

100!!!

Free Flat Screen TV If Move-In by June 1st 1 Brs $695 2 Brs $795 3 Brs $1495 4 Brs $1600

1909 MARYLAND AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002

WDC 1 APARTMENTS

$600 OFF

1ST MO’S RENT OR SEC. DEP.

$600OFF OFF $800 1ST MO’S RENT OR OFF SEC. DEP. $800 1ST MO’S RENT

OR SEC. DEP. Bus Stop To Metro On-Site 4236 4th St., S.E. #103 Washington, DC 20032

All credit considered $0 0 app fee • 1 & 2 br Available

$

202-575-2990

CASCADE PARK APTS. Call 202-640-4786 for Special!!!

COOKING FREE GAS& WATER GAS HEAT,

NE 1 Bdrm, quiet secure building. $750/mo. + electric. Sec. dep and application fee req. 202-561-0739

NE 2nd & RI Ave. $175 a week furnished clean.

Cable and utilities included. Share bath.

Call 202-256-8133

Elsinore Courtyard A PA RT M E N T S

SUMMERTIME SPECIAL

1 BRS STARTING FROM $725 2 BRS STARTING FROM $825

Central A/C, Convenient to Green Line Metro, Onsite Laundry, Parking, Vouchers Welcome

$99 MOVES YOU IN

MOVE IN BY MAY 31, 2012 AND RECEIVE A 32” FLAT SCREEN TV

• Hardwood floors • Walk in Closets • All Utilities Included/ Selected Units • Balconies / Patios / Selected Units • On-site Laundry Facilities • Close to Metro and much more

MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY $35.00 APP FEE/ • 1 BRS FROM $735-$785 PER ADULT • 2 BRS $835 MUST INCOME QUALIFY 5312 E Street, SE • Washington, DC 20019

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(202) 581-3687

GREENWOOD MANOR Apartments

M-F 8:30 - 5 PM S 10 - 2 PM

202.678.2548

2343 Green Street SE • Wash. DC 20020

WWW.DELWIN-REALTY.COM

SE- $1100 for 1BR. All utils inc. Fully renov, 4 blocks from Benning Metro, bus stop 1 block.

New: w-w carpet, paint, stove, fridge, countertop, cabinets, sinks. New fixtures in BA. New W/D in downstairs lndry rm. Section 8 welcome. Open House: Sundays 3pm-5pm.

Call 301-257-5126 SE- 13th St. 2 min to metro/shops!

2BR from $825 + utilities. No Pets.

Section 8 ok. Call 202-388-3900x 10 SE-1616 17th Pl. SE-2BR, nwly renov kit & BA. New W/D, hting & CAC. Hdwd flrs. Rent+utils. Vouchers welc. Close to mtr. Delwin Realty 301-325-8817

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SE- 1BR apts & 1BR w/ den apts. $750 & up + elec.No Pets.

202-265-4814, 202-629-2606. Fred A. Smith Co.

3052 30th St. SE- Apt #1 3BR ,1BA, carpet.

Section 8 welcome. $1700 + electric.

301-772-4004

OPEN HOUSE Every Sat. in APRIL

3600 Ely Place S.E., Wash. DC 20019

(202) 640-4774

2 MONTHS FREE

M-F 9-5; SAT 10-2

1 & 2 BRs

Spacious 1 & 2 BRs Central AC/Heat 24 hr onsite laundry facilities Resident controlled access 1 Block from metro & shopping Across the Street from park & recreation Available for immediate occupancy

W/W carpet, Central Air/Heat, Dishwasher, Laundry facility, EFFICIENCY $700 1BR fr. $775 2 BR fr $870

EAGLES CROSSING 116 Irvington Street SW,

866-790-5360 M-F 9-5. Sat 10-4

Housing Choice Vouchers Welcome

www.walden-commons.com $999 & $200 off 1st month rent Must M-I by 5/12/2014 All residents must pass criminal, rental, credit background.

1-866-310-7466 EHO

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888-379-8049

FREE

SW - 1BR in gated condo community w/OSP. $1050/mo. basic util incld. VFI & credit chk req.

240-375-1790 SW- 4BR, 2BA apartment. $1,998.

Voucher ok. 59 Forrester St. Newly renovated, CAC. Call 202-494-5338 SW DC - 39 GalvestonPlace SW, Section8 OK. Clean 1 BR. Call (202) 699-0202 SW GALVESTON PLACE -- 4BR, 2BA. $1349 plus utilities, 1st month rent free! Credit check required. Metro Bus close. Call 202-563-1791

William C. Smith & Co., Inc.

Mon-Fri 8:30-5pm • Sat by Appt

1336 Missouri Avenue, Washington DC 20011

Second Month’s Rent

305 37th Street SE

1720 Trenton Pl., SE

N.W.

Call For Details.

3 BR Special

D ELWIN APARTMENTS

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B ANNEKER P LACE APARTMENTS

Southeast

• Apartments Starting from $839 • Close To Metro, Schools & Shopping • Intercom Access To Every Please Ca Building for Springll Specials!!

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EHO

3-2-1 SPECIAL!

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2 BR fr. $935 1 BR fr. $810 3 BR $1300 $20 APPLICATION FEE! Convenient to shopping, schools,Dishwasher. Walk-in closets.,w-w carpeting 5% DISC. TO METRO & DC GOVT EMPLOYEES

(877) 464-9774

Professionally Managed By CIH Properties, Inc.

3539 A Street SE Mon-Fri. 9-5. Sat. 10-4 Housing Choice Vouchers welcome where rents are within voucher program limits

S.E. DANBURY ST. - Attractive 1BR $750.

1st month rent free. Good Credit Required.

Metro Bus at Corner. Call 202-563-1791

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Studio Special - $995* SE- Furn room, w2w crpt, CAC/heat, near bus. $165/week util incl.

202-399-0396 OR 202-438-6469

Manor Village

CAPITOL PARK PLAZA • All Utilities Included • Fitness Center/Swimming Pool

1 pers. $44,580 • 2 pers. $50,940

2 BRs Available

Enter a drawing for a chance to win a 32”color TV

* Tax Credit Studio applicants only • Restrictions Apply*

201 I Street, SW • Washington, DC 20024 Located NearThe S.W. Waterfront M-F 9-6 • Sat. 10-5 • Sun 12-4

1.877.870.0243

All Credit Considered William C. Smith & Co., Inc. www.villagesofparklands.com

1.888.275.2914

Oak Park Apts 1 Brs $665* *1 month 2 Brs $765* free for 3 Brs $1350* approved Bus Stop To Metro On-Site

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applicants

125 Ivanhoe St., SW, Washington, DC 20032

OAK PARK APTS. Call 202-574-8199 for Special!!!

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Autumn Woods offers our residents a fresh design and unbeatable access to Downtown Washington, DC. Residents benefit from 24 hour emergency maintenance, on-site parking, bike storage and central laundry center.

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METRO Bus Stops are all within walking distance to take you to New Carrollton Metro Station!!!!!

5033 57th Avenue Bladensburg, MD 20710

*MUST MOVE IN BY 4/30

*Restrictions Apply

877-391-5586

NEWLY RENOVATED!

Cheverly Crossing

By Appointment Only

202-421-9618 2 & 3 Bedrooms from

$

950

32" inch Flat Screen Giveaway!

1/2 Off 1st Mo's Rent Just Bring 2 Pay Stubs & Drivers License!!!!

3839 64th Ave. • Hyattsville, MD 20785

COLLEGE PARK

EHO

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ONE MONTH FREE!

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Seven Springs Village

Max. Income Qualifications:

1717 Alabama Ave., SE

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3533 Ames St. NE Washington, DC 20019

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H H H H

FREE Parking!

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Free Application FEE w/AD

Security Deposit As low as $350 or up to 1st month’s rent (based on credit history)

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301-760-4270

6617 Atwood Street • District Heights, MD 20747

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$800

*

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Apply On-Line CharlestowneNorth.com

Off-street parking /Ceiling Fans

8150 Lakecrest Dr,Greenbelt, MD 20770

301-779-1734

(tenant pays electric)

Huattsville HYATTSVILLE

EHO

Overlook Apartments

CASTLE MANOR 866-464-0993

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H H H H

from $805

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HYATTSVILLE - 4BR, 2BA house, fenced yard.

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Section 8 welcome. $1750/mo. 301-440-7993, Billy

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888-251-1872

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Newly Renovated Apt. Homes

You will love this Two Bdrm If Yoeu Handicapped Accessible Lik New… Apartment Home Starting at

2

1

3

Only $1050!*

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850

WWW.NOVODEV.COM Walking Distance To New Carrollton Metro 7740 Finns Lane Lanham, MD

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(202) 421-9618

FINIAN’S COURT APTS.

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866-315-8849

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866-805-0782

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3402 Dodge Park Rd. • Landover, MD 20785

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301-277-6610

HYATTSVILLE

Charlestowne North H H H H

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908 Marcy Ave. • Oxon HIll, MD 20745

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*Prices are subject to change without notice.

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Expires April 30, 2012.

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1BR, $785. 2BR $905.

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• Beautiful Location • Washer & Dryer • Garbage Disposal • Wall-to-Wall Carpet • Refrigerator in Unit • Central A/C & Heat • Second Chance Program!

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Annapolis ......................... 410-266-7182 .... 2091 W. Street, next to Pier One Imports Annapolis Mall ................. 410-266-8526 .... 1120 Annapolis Mall, near Food Court Alexandria ........................ 703-212-9040 .... 382 South Pickett St, next to Home Depot Alexandria ........................ 703-660-8566 .... 7520 Richmond Hgwy, across from Peking Duck Arlington .......................... 703-243-8974 .... 3632 Lee Hgwy, across from Safeway Arlington (Pen. Row) ....... 703-418-9800 .... 1201 South Joyce St, next to Champps Arlington (Ballston).......... 703-807-0779 .... 3807 Wilson Blvd, across from Staples Arundel Mills.................... 410-799-3681 .... 7659 Arundel Mills Blvd, next to HH Gregg Bailey’s Crossroads.......... 703-931-8956 .... 3517 S. Jefferson St, across from Giant Bethesda .......................... 301-656-1570 .... 6930 Wisconsin Ave, free parking!

Bethesda (Mont. Mall)...... 301-365-0640 .... Montgomery Mall, next to Macy’s Home Capital Centre................... 301-499-2871 .... 801 Capital Centre Blvd, next to Magic Theatre Centreville ........................ 703-830-3322 .... 14100 Lee Hgwy, next to Trader Joe’s Chantilly ........................... 703-817-1743 .... 13806 Metro Tech Dr, at Rt.50 in front of Lowe’s Chantilly/Dulles ................ 703-956-6303 .... 3857 Dulles S. Ct., facing Rt.50 west of Chantilly Auto Charlottesville .................. 434-973-3222 .... 304 Connor Drive, next to Target & Bonefish Charlottesville .................. 434-975-1171 .... 1646 Seminole Trail, across from Fashion Square Mall Charlottesville .................. 434-964-1300 .... 1500 Seminole Trail, next to Starbucks, across Fash. Sq Mall Charles Town ................... 304-725-1791 .... 116 Flowing Springs Rd, across from Hollywood Casino Clinton ............................. 301-856-8573 .... 8847 Woodyard Rd, between Giant & Sears Columbia.......................... 410-309-9655 .... 9400 Snowden River Pkwy, Columbia Marketplace Columbia.......................... 410-964-0749 .... 6110 Dobbin Road, next to new Toys-R-Us & REI Crofton............................. 410-451-9544 .... 2612 Brandermill Blvd, Village of Waugh Chapel Culpeper........................... 540-829-7891 .... 15131 Montanus Drive, behind Chili’s next to Lowe’s Dumfries .......................... 703-445-9877 .... 3966 Fettler Park Dr, at Rt.234 next to Ihop Dunkirk ............................ 410-257-0316 .... 10730 Town Center Blvd, next to Wal-Mart Easton .............................. 410-822-7742 .... 8058 Ocean Gateway, next to Wawa

Edgewater ........................ 410-956-3062 .... 3059 Solomons Island Rd, next to 5 Guys & Starbucks Fairfax .............................. 703-383-0152 .... 11002 Lee Hgwy, next to new Walgreens Fairfax Turnpike................ 703-426-2600 .... 9502 Main St, Turnpike Shopping Center Frederick Outlet................ 301-682-8882 .... 7315 Grove Road, facing I-270 Frederick .......................... 301-846-9741 .... 1046 W. Patrick Street, next to Starbucks, Kinkos Fredericksburg ................. 540-785-1673 .... 1240 Carl D. Silver Parkway, in front of Target Fredericksburg ................. 540-710-7525 .... 10119 Jefferson Davis Hgwy, next to Red Robin Fredericksburg ................. 540-548-0445 .... 5723 W.Plank Road, between Home Depot & Giant Front Royal ...................... 540-636-7800 .... 50 Riverton Commons, next to Wal-Mart Gainesville........................ 703-753-0789 .... 5131 Wellington Rd, next to Buffalo Wild Wings Gaithersburg .................... 301-869-9727 .... 451 N. Frederick Ave, across from Mont. Square Gaithersburg .................... 301-355-7240 .... 178 Kentlands Boulevard, next to Bally’s Fitness Germantown .................... 301-515-3000 .... 13052 Middlebrook Rd, next to Giant Greenbelt ......................... 301-220-0374 .... 5506 Cherrywood Lane, next to Atlanta Bread Hagerstown...................... 301-766-0740 .... 18011 Garland Groh Boulevard, next to Best Buy Hagerstown...................... 301-582-3766 .... 17301 Valley Mall Road, next to Toys-R-Us Herndon ........................... 703-481-7900 .... 491 Elden Street, across from K-Mart Kentlands ......................... 301-355-7240 .... 178 Kentlands Boulevard, next to Bally’s Fitness Langley Park .................... 301-431-5737 .... 1425 University Blvd, University Plaza West LaPlata ............................. 301-392-6280 .... 38 Shining Willow Way, next to Safeway & Target Laurel............................... 240-568-0347 .... 14263 Baltimore Boulevard, next to Duron Paints Leesburg Superstore........ 703-443-8000 .... 625 Potomac Station Dr, next to Best Buy & Giant Leesburg .......................... 703-443-2505 .... 536 Fort Evans Road, in the Old Circuit City Lexington Park ................. 301-866-1956 .... 23105 Three Notch Rd, next to Starbucks Lorton .............................. 703-490-2760 .... 14006 Jefferson Davis Hgwy, across from Five Guys Manassas I-66 Outlet ....... 703-331-0637 .... 10372 East Balls Ford Rd, facing I-66 Manassas......................... 703-367-9177 .... 9654 Liberia Ave, next to Ledo’s & Starbucks

Manassas......................... 703-257-5768 .... 8376 Sudley Road, in front of Manassas Mall Martinsburg ..................... 304-262-0113 .... 784 Foxcroft Avenue, behind Outback Montclair.......................... 703-445-9877 .... 3966 Fettler Park Dr, at Rt.234 next to Ihop Falling Waters (N. Martinsburg) 304-274-1127 .... 5724 Hammond’s Mill Rd, Spring Mills exit Olney................................ 301-570-2300 .... 18050 Georgia Avenue, next to McDonald’s Potomac Mills .................. 703-497-9600 .... 2800 Prince William Pkwy, next to Best Buy Prince Frederick ............... 410-414-7440 .... 721 Prince Frederick Blvd, next to Starbucks Ranson............................. 304-724-7800 .... 38 Joshua M Freeman Blvd, next to Five Guys Rehoboth Beach............... 302-645-9625 .... 18756 Coastal Hgwy, next to Pier 1 Imports & Starbucks Rockville/Shady Grove ..... 301-738-3764 .... 9701 Traville Gateway Drive, next to Giant Rockville .......................... 301-230-2337 .... 12127 Rockville Pk, next to Office Depot, Pike Ctr Seven Corners.................. 703-237-2277 .... 6381 Seven Corners Ctr, in front of Shopper’s Silver Spring .................... 301-445-5144 .... 10165 New Hampshire Ave, 1 block outside beltway Silver Spring .................... 301-587-7700 .... 8204 Georgia Ave, south of 410 East West Hgwy Springfield ....................... 703-569-7891 .... 6119 Backlick Rd, next to Mike’s Grill Springfield ....................... 703-866-7066 .... 8414 Old Keene Mill Rd, next to Whole Foods Stafford ............................ 540-657-1554 .... 370 Garrisonville Rd, Doc Comm, next to Home Depot Staunton .......................... 540-886-1122 .... 1209 Richmond Ave, next to Starbucks Sterling ............................ 703-421-3664 .... 45591 Dulles Eastern Plaza, across from Haverty’s Stone Ridge ..................... 703-542-8567 .... 42015 Village Center Plaza, next to Harris-Teeter Tenleytown, DC ................ 202-537-9353 .... 4437 Wisconsin Ave, across from Library Tyson’s Corner ................. 703-790-0241 .... 1986 Chain Bridge Rd, next to Dominic’s Waldorf ............................ 301-638-0990 .... 3368 Crain Hgwy, next to Pep Boys Warrenton ........................ 540-351-0056 .... 310 Broadview St, next to Jiffy Lube Wheaton........................... 301-929-0365 .... 2704 University Blvd W, at Viers Mill Rd Winchester....................... 540-662-6621 .... 1869 S Pleasant Valley Rd, across from Best Buy Woodbridge ..................... 703-490-2760 .... 14006 Jefferson Davis Hgwy, next to PWP & Cardinal Bank.