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feature Eating out for Thanksgiving

Why go through the hassle when you can just get someone else to cook and clean for you?

by Chelsea Bauch

November 19, 2009 | 12:00am -
Localized Le Loup's Family

The D.C. art-rock collective is suddenly that much closer.

by John Griffith

November 6, 2009 | 12:00am -
Recap A Streetcar Named Desire at the Kennedy Center

Cate Blanchett steals the show in the latest production of A Streetcar Named Desire at The Kennedy Center.

by Maura Judkis

November 6, 2009 | 12:00am -
Blog End the Trend: Ugg Boots

Supposed function loses its meaning in the face of a blatant fad.

by Chelsea Bauch

November 5, 2009 | 12:00am -
Recap Christian Siriano at The Corcoran

Project Runway winner Christian Siriano is apparently still fierce.

by Nicole Pearo

November 4, 2009 | 2:25pm -
feature Work for A.V. Club D.C.

by Matthew Borlik

November 3, 2009 | 4:52pm -
Halloween Guide When dead celebs stalk the earth: Our famous-corpse costume odds

Yes, we're braced for a parade of Michael Jacksons this year. But what about Billy Mays and Bea Arthur?

by Ben Munson

October 27, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature The A.V. Club psychoanalyzes your Halloween costume ideas

On Halloween, everyone's subsconscious stalks the earth in the form of Saw masks and dead-celeb outfits.

by Ben Munson

October 23, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Mary Lynn Rajskub doesn't hate her baby...any more

Mary Lynn Rajskub talks about the difference between comedy and drama acting, Gail The Snail, and why she hated her newborn baby.

by Chris O'Connell

October 23, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Comedian Bill Burr, tamer of unruly audiences

"They booed the first guy off stage... It was one of those situations where the crowd is in control, and that annoys me."

by Chris O'Connell

October 22, 2009 | 12:00am -

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a.v. City Life picks

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Nov 21
- Robbie Fulks Jammin' Java, 7 p.m.
  Robbie Fulks was introduced to many as an alt-country smartass, thanks to songs like “She ...
  
  Robin Williams DAR Constitution Hall, 8 p.m.
  
  Puma Libre, Girl Loves Distortion, and Noon:30 The Velvet Lounge, 10 p.m.
Nov 22
- Skinny Puppy and Vverevvolf Grehv 9:30 Club, 10 p.m.
  Skinny Puppy has long been exalted as industrial demigods for its punishing electronics and effects-processed ...
  
  The Short Films Of Osamu Tezuka Freer Gallery of Art - Meyer Auditorium, 2 p.m.
  
  Heavy Trash and Elliott Brood DC9, 9 p.m.
Nov 23
- Metric Rams Head Live, 7 p.m.
  It took a solitary excursion to Buenos Aires for Metric lead singer-songwriter Emily Haines to ...
  
  Bebel Gilberto 9:30 Club, 6 p.m.
  
  Cub Country and Velvet The Black Cat Backstage, 9 p.m.
Nov 24
- El Ten Eleven, Nvrmnd, and Ten Elevenths Ottobar, 8 p.m.
  It generally takes more than two people to create bloated, pretentious post-rock, so L.A ...
  
  R. Kelly DAR Constitution Hall, 8 p.m.
  
  Ambition Burning, Admiral Browning, and Across Tundras The Velvet Lounge, 9 p.m.
Nov 25
- Matisyahu and Trevor Hill Sixth And I Historic Synagogue, 8 p.m.
  At his most pared-down, Matisyahu is “an American Hasidic Jewish reggae musician,” but the Brooklyn-based ...
  
  Themselves, Eyedea And Abilities, and Educated Consumers The Rock And Roll Hotel, 9 p.m.
  
  The Shining AFI Silver Theatre And Cultural Center, 9:20 p.m.
Nov 26
- Some Like It Hot AFI Silver Theatre And Cultural Center, 7 p.m.
  Long before Tootsie, and eons before such derivative drivel as Sorority Girls, Billy Wilder blessed ...
Nov 27
- The Mountain Goats and Final Fantasy 9:30 Club, 8 p.m.
  The Mountain Goats is an omnibus name for the musical wanderings of John Darnielle, a ...
  
  The Room Landmark E Street Cinema, 11:59 p.m.
  
  Wizzard, Sinbad, Cherry Smash, and Road Ducks Jaxx, 8 p.m.