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Music
Soundtrack to a Life
Sharon Van Etten spent her first two albums getting over a guy. Her college boyfriend, who played in a touring emo band, felt Van Etten was wasting time making her sparse, cou...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
A Little Limelight
Little people are … oh, please, forgive me … having a Big TV Moment this month. A little person competes on CBS’ “Survivor” (Feb. 15). TLC airs a special edition...
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Music | Riffs
Get Zef With Die Antwoord
Few current hip-hop acts are as outrageous as Die Antwoord, a crew from Cape Town, South Africa, that just released its second album, “TEN$ION” (Downtown). Rapper Ninja an...
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Stage
18th-Century Material Girls
Anyone who has ever whirled away a couple of twenties at a Vegas slot machine or gotten mildly addicted to online blackjack knows the chancy appeal of gambling. Eighteenth-cen...
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Comedy
On the Spot: Wanda Sykes
When Wanda Sykes walked onto a D.C. stage in 1987 to do stand-up for the first time, she had never even set foot in a comedy club. Sykes, then 27, had just quit her day job at...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
Blame the Name
I never planned on visiting “Cougar Town.” When the series premiered in 2009, the idea of a sitcom about Courteney Cox chasing younger men had all the appeal of watching J...
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Fit
A Lesson for Life
When Andrea Wongsam woke up with nausea and heartburn, she chalked up the symptoms to morning sickness. At 13 weeks pregnant, Wongsam had been feeling awful every day. So she ...
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Fit
Ways to Make The Beat Go On
Whether everyone in your family tree died of a heart attack at 50 or remained hale until 100, you need to think about your ticker, says Martha Grogan, M.D., medical editor of ...
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Fit
Getting Sweaty With Sweetie
Date Night at the Bar You’re guaranteed to feel something at the Bar Method when you take on a ballet-inspired workout. It’ll probably be your thighs shaking. Although it...
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Baggage Check | Fit
In Your Eyes, He’s Irritating
My ex is starting to call me again. He calls me up and starts to play a Jimmy Eat World song at full blast that he used to say made him think of me. Afterward, I hear three lo...
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Fit
Not a Walk in the Park
When 24-year-old Victoria Church moved back to D.C. after spending 10 months in China teaching English, she realized something was missing. Living in Asia, she’d grown accus...
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Television
A Concealed Capital
Tourism and crime don’t normally go hand-in-hand, but Travel Channel’s “Hidden City” merges them fairly effortlessly. Hosted by novelist Marcus Sakey, the one-hour ser...
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Music | Sound Bets
World Jukebox
Before the Internet enabled us to document anything with the mere press of a button, it took dedicated labor to make sure the world’s cultural history wasn’t lost to the w...
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B.I.O.
David Morgan, Bobbi Waller
David, 30, is a contract specialist with the Department of the Navy. Bobbi, 30, is an HR specialist with the State Department. They live in Upper Marlboro, Md. The Main Event:...
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B.I.O.
Rustin Mackey, Allison Remski
Rustin, 27, is a canine handler. Allison, also 27, is a management analyst. They live in Chantilly, Va. The Main Event: A small ceremony in Baltimore on Feb. 25, with 50 close...
