News and Features

• What Happened to Our Show?
  For four seasons The Wire reinvented the crime drama. Now the viewer's the victim.
  Cover Story By Mark Athitakis
• Q&A with novelist and Wire writer Richard Price
  Feature By Mark Athitakis
• Tell It to the Judge
  This Week: Attempted Distribution of Methadone
  The City By Ruth Samuelson
• Q as in Cucumber
  How accurate are D.C.'s police and fire dispatchers?
  The City By Arthur Delaney
• Page Three Photo
  Distractions
• Found Art
  Distractions
• Alone Again Ore
  The Mail

Columns

• Paint It, Bleak
  How a big-time public-interest lawsuit died in Jack Evans' office
  Loose Lips By Mike DeBonis
• Brought to You by Some Other Dude
  Dan sells out his column to a rich wannabe.
  Savage Love By Dan Savage
• SIX Maniac
  Does Wall Street hold clues to the cluelessness at Redskins Park?
  Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna
• A Soupçon of Cat
  Are mice super smart, you know like Jerry?
  The Straight Dope By Cecil Adams

Eats

• Skull's Out
  Done right, brains are the class of the head.
  Young & Hungry By Tim Carman

Movies

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days: Choice Lessons
  Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Music

• One Track Mind
  This Week: Shortstack's "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles"
  Music By Aaron Leitko
• Forest Slump
  Reviewed: Dead Meadow's Old Growth
  Music Review By Casey Rae-Hunter

Theater

• Old Groans Ring Yet
  Passion trumps language in a sumptuous Romeo; age conquers all in Trad
  Theater Review By Trey Graham

Arts and Events

• What's Your Problem?
  This Week: Wood Engraving
  What's Your Problem? By Amanda Hess
• Found in Translation
  Peter Theroux brings the great Arabic novel to America.
  Arts By Britt Peterson
• Collector Geeks
  Fifteen artists try to pay tribute to an arts patron without being patronizing.
  Gallery By Kriston Capps
• Bout Pleasant
  A long-standing live-music feud escalates between Mount Pleasant’s neighborhood groups.
  Show & Tell By Amanda Hess

City Lights

This week's best in Arts and Entertainment.

• "Black Expressions Hip Hop Dance Festival"
  To Sunday, Feb. 3, at Dance Place
  Arts & Events By Maura Judkis
• A Sunny Day in Glasgow
  Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Velvet Lounge
  Arts & Events By Maggie Serota
• The Sleeping Beauty
  To Sunday, Feb. 3, at the Kennedy Center's Opera House
  Arts & Events By Matthew Borlik
• Souvenirs
  Monday, Feb. 4, at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
  Arts & Events By Matthew Borlik
• Tetuzi Akiyama
  Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the Velvet Lounge
  Arts & Events By Aaron Leitko
• Kirsten Price
  Wednesday, Feb. 6, at DC9
  Arts & Events By Matthew A. Stern
• Kwame Anthony Appiah
  Thursday, Feb. 7, at Politics and Prose
  Arts & Events By Mike DeBonis
• Marc Masters
  Sunday, Feb. 3, at George Washington University's Phillips Hall
  Arts & Events By Mark Athitakis
• "Matthew Langley: Paintings + Paperworks"
  To Sunday, Feb. 17, at the District of Columbia Arts Center
  Arts & Events By Kriston Capps
• "Lawrence Gipe: Arrivals and Departures"
  To Saturday, March 1, at Randall Scott Gallery
  Arts & Events By Maura Judkis