Killing Me Softly with His Song We were skeptical when we heard about a musical version of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” But apparently “The Hollow” is not just about a creepy guy with a pumpkin for a head terrorizing the pop...

‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ at Merriweather Post Pavilion Baltimore psych-rockers Animal Collective named its 2009 experimental pop masterwork “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” after the famed amphitheatre. The quartet practicall...

Don’t You Forget About Me With the success Cee-Lo Green has had of late — his zeitgeist-topping hit (politely edited to “Forget You”), a flamboyant Grammy performance and a gig judging NBC’s “The Voice” ̵...

Take Me Out Tonight We could pick a game for you to go to, but really, there’s no wrong choice when it comes to a Nationals game. There’s simply nothing like a hot dog (or half-smoke) and a beer at a ball game. This year’s Nats, tho...

Relationships require compromise: alternating who does the dishes, who picks the movie and who gets dragged to things they have no interest in. With the Washington Auto Show in town this week and gun, home and boat expos ahead, it’s time to pre...

The country will soon celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, and no city is better prepared to commemorate that seminal moment in our nation’s history than Washington D.C. Genteel Gatherings We’ve all been there: You want to re...

Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the malls, We were sizing up Santas while decking the halls. This one dressed in rayon, from his head to his foot, his pants were all sticky where old candy was put. This Santa looked odd, with a bend i...

The winter holidays are all about tradition. But who gets to decide what that even means? You’ve been good all year long. Santa won’t put you on the “naughty” list for trying something a little different this weekend. What cou...

Express braved the 2010 Silver Spring Zombie Walk and lived to tell the tale! Check out our firsthand account of all the lurching, brain-eating, and zombie fine dining. Created by Express contributors Sarah Cannon and Olivia Abtahi Homepage photo by ...

THE FRONT PAGE of each day’s Express is the product of a lot of thought and creativity, much deliberation and several rounds of polishing. We work hard to get it right. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun sometimes, right? It...

A tribute in verse to the few, the proud — the people who came to work Christmas Eve. ‘TWAS THE DAY before Christmas, and all through the city, Workers were anxious; the result wasn’t pretty. Their heads were hung at their desks in ...

A FRENCHMAN (Pierre L’Enfant) designed D.C.’s avenues and circles to mimic Paris. But the most old-school European patch of the mid-Atlantic may be Baltimore’s Mount Vernon, a townhouse-lined zone filled with so many statues, histor...

ALLISON FEIGEN got a few startled stares on the Metro a few weeks ago when she had an unexpected run-in with a familiar face. “Someone had recognized me from an event,” explained the 23-year-old. “It was a little funny to say, ̵...

IN THE ROM-COM hit “He’s Just Not That Into You,” Ben Affleck, Ginnifer Goodwin, Bradley Cooper and other Hollywood stars meet in cute cafes, slurp cocktails at charming waterfront bars and play computer games in loft apartments wit...

FOR A LONG time, “Baltimore style” meant cat-eye glasses and a bouffant ‘do. But now, looking like a local might mean sporting a rugged necklace of reclaimed metal or wearing a slick tee emblazoned with a creepy-cool squid. ThatR...