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‘American Idol’ premiere ratings drop from last year
About 17.8 million people tuned in for the first look at Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, compared to 22 million people last season.
Vocal Arts D.C. offers milestone local recital of tenor Toby Spence
English singer’s fine performance brings Leos Janacek’s “The Diary of One Who Disappeared” to life.
‘American Idol’: Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban unveiled
‘American Idol’ Season 12 premiere kicks off in New York.
A charming look at a vanishing Britain
‘How to Live Like a Lord’ is an inconsequential yet enjoyable look at life 50 years ago.
Washington Project for the Arts will move to Capitol Skyline Hotel
The group, which supports contemporary D.C. artists, was seeking more exhibition space.
Digging up dirt in the Israeli desert
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Google celebrates Zamboni machine’s inventor with animated Doodle game
Frank Zamboni: Interactive Google Doodle game celebrates cool legacy of the ice-rink machine
Comics writer/crime novelist Brad Meltzer arrives to ‘outnerd’ us
Best-selling author comes to D.C. fascinated by American mythology.
‘The Killing’ on AMC for third season
Veena Sud returns to oversee third season of The Killing on AMC.
Woolly’s Robert O’Hara gets Mellon playwright grant
He will write and direct a zombie play at Woolly Mammoth Theatre.
Jeremy Irons: There’s more to TV than ‘Downton Abbey’
Irons had come to plug his upcoming PBS program, “Shakespeare Uncovered.”
Purity Ring basks in dark staging, gloomy songs at 9:30 Club
The Canadian electro-pop duo played to a sold-out audience at the D.C. nightclub Monday night.
Rilla’s Askew’s ‘Kind of Kin’
The book, more polemical than Askew’s earlier works, talks about immigration but is hobbled by its tone.
An interview with thriller writer Brad Meltzer
His new novel, “The Fifth Assassin,” hypothesizes a secret connection between presidential killers.
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