There’s something about air travel that gives Stephen Kellogg pause. When the wheels lift off, so does his mind soaring off into self-reflection. Maybe it’s the proximity to the heavens, or the turbulence that imparts a trepidation that every sip from his mini-Coke can might be his last. Whatever it […]
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Involved Career Is Far From Ho-Hum
Tenor Robert Petillo’s Busy Schedule Keeps F.C. Resident Singing Happy Tune Fifty-two-year-old Robert Petillo has performed operas, arias, passions, choral pieces and just about any other vocal musical arrangement you can think of. In fact, virtually any local concert featuring classical music or musicians likely has Robert Petillo’s name attached […]
Press Pass: Avril Lavigne
This blond Canadian might have a stage full of instruments dripping shades of cotton candy — including a sparkly pink drum kit and similarly pink piano — but don’t expect to see another Britney or Christina walk onto the checkered stage of Avril Lavigne’s Best Damn Tour.
Anything But Straight: A New Stage for the Sultan of Stigma
Since 1973, the once dreaded American Psychiatric Association has become an ally of gay and lesbian equality. They have consistently withstood outside pressure from right wing organizations and instead chose to do what was in the best interest of GLBT mental health. Most notably, they endorsed same-sex civil marriage in […]
Press Pass: Matthew Ryan
Ladies and gentlemen! Children of all ages … Let’s get ready to rummmbbbllleee!
Northern Virginia Art Beat
Transportation issues have kept us out of art galleries this week, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get into them.
Maureen Dowd: Ways of the Wayward
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. — Just when I thought my head would explode from trying to figure out delegate math, I’m hit with call-girl math.
Press Pass: Hurt
Hurt frontman J. Loren bristles at the “alt-metal” label so often affixed to his band. Sure there are similarities between Hurt and the sound of Staind, Seether or Saliva and other top-of-the-charts acts that root their music in distorted guitars and growling vocals, but how many of them initially script […]
Press Pass: Pete Francis
In a time before now, a time before iTunes and MySpace, there was Napster. The music file exchange program allowed the tech savvy to swap songs across the nation, and in turn popularized a handful of independent bands for whom the file sharing network offered unprecedented exposure.
Dowd on Drinks: Readers Sometimes Set Daunting Tasks
Letters from readers aren’t restricted to quick comments or arguments.
