Examiner Correspondent
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March comes alive with wall-to-wall basketball
Robert Fulton
Published: Wed, Mar 20, 2013
With March Madness underway, D.C.-based alumni groups from participating schools will be gathering at local watering holes to watch the games. If you're looking for friendly faces, contact the local alumni group of your university to see what's going on. Following is info for a handful of area...
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Cherry Blossom Festival returns with something for everyone
Robert Fulton
Published: Tue, Mar 19, 2013
The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival is back once again. Opening weekend is approaching, and festival President Diana Mayhew knows not to worry too much about the weather. "I don't have a crystal ball," Mayhew said. "I don't know." What Mayhew does know is that the 101st National...
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Lisa Loeb returns to 'grown-up music' with new album, tour
Robert Fulton
Published: Mon, Mar 18, 2013
In the nearly nine years between Lisa Loeb's last two full-length albums of what she calls "grown-up music," she released a children's album, wrote a children's book, starred in a reality show, married, gave birth to two children and started her own eye wear collection. So yeah, she's been a...
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ShamrockFest: Sublime with Rome headlines annual St. Paddy's party
Robert Fulton
Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013
When growing up in Northern California, if someone in high school didn't bother to wear green on St. Patrick's Day, Sublime with Rome lead singer Rome Ramirez said there was one of two things he and his friends would do. Pinch the girls and punch the guys. Sublime with Rome headlines this...
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Take 5: Patty Reese, Pablo Francisco and more
Robert Fulton
Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013
Saturday: Tribute to Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders at Wolf Trap Tribute concerts abound. There are performances dedicated to Zeppelin, Springsteen and the Grateful Dead, and approximately a kajillion Beatles shows. But the Pretenders? Not so much. On Saturday, area concert promoter...
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Go green: St. Patrick's Day fun in D.C.
Robert Fulton
Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013
Jason Feldman was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household. He then married an Irish woman. Considering those two facts, it makes perfect sense that he'd open Star and Shamrock Tavern & Deli, a pub-meets-deli hybrid on H Street Northeast offering the best of both Jewish and Irish...
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Cowboy Junkies to perform two nights at the Birchmere
Robert Fulton
Updated: Mon, Mar 11, 2013
Canadian band Cowboy Junkies might very well be best known for their hypnotizing 1988 cover of the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane," at least in the States. That the band touches upon the occasional cover is something the Cowboy Junkies have always pursued. "We're music fans," said Cowboy...
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Who is who? Nancy & Beth -- featuring Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt -- to perform at Birchmere
Robert Fulton
Published: Thu, Mar 7, 2013
When asked who is who in her new band Nancy & Beth, Megan Mullally has a simple answer. "Isn't it obvious?" Nancy & Beth is the new music venture from Mullally and fellow actress Stephanie Hunt. The band performs Friday at the Birchmere. Mullally is probably best know for playing...
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Crystal Bowersox talks her new album, Patsy Cline and 'American Idol'
Robert Fulton
Updated: Wed, Mar 6, 2013
Crystal Bowersox is feeling pretty good about things right now. And why not? The singer-songwriter is touring, has a new album due out later this month and will perform the role of Patsy Cline on Broadway this summer. Not too bad for the former "American Idol" contestant. "I'm so grateful...
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