[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment DC’s Stargirl (CW at 8) Courtney tries to help a friend understand their powers to avert a crisis; Pat and The Shade stand up to their fears. Nature (PBS at 8) This episode examines the animals and dramatic landscapes of Canada. The Conners (ABC at 8) Dan rallies the … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment “Soon as they like you, make ’em unlike you.” Ye, the musician and mogul formerly known as Kanye West, rapped those words on 2013’s “I Am a God,” but in some ways they’ve served as a maxim for his entire career. Musically, the rapper and producer became famous for … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment StarSolidStarSolidStarOutlineStarOutline(2 stars) Topicality is baked into the film “Call Jane,” director Phyllis Nagy’s historical drama about a pre-Roe v. Wade network of underground abortion providers in late-1960s Chicago. But for this undercooked endeavor, such relevance is more of a burden than a boon. The real-life inspiration for this fictionalized … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment It’s barely Halloween. The ball won’t drop in Times Square for another two full months, and more good books will surely appear before the year ends. But I already know: My favorite novel of 2022 is Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead.” Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Can our favorite horror stories keep their eerie fun when they critique social ills? Two stage versions of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel “Dracula” speak to that, with varying success. The show with more teeth, by far, is Synetic Theater’s vigorous “Dracula,” an updated revival of a 2005 adaptation. Directed … Read more
[ad_1] Vanilla Beane, whose radiant hats topped the heads of legions of African American women at church, weddings and funerals in the District for half a century, earning her the title of “D.C.’s Hat Lady,” died Oct. 23 at a hospital in Washington. She was 103. The cause was complications following an aortic tear, said … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Getting a head start on the centennial celebration of its 1923 opening, the Freer Gallery of Art is offering a bit of backstory. “Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors and Dealers” illustrates the role of four colleagues in shaping the collection of the museum’s namesake, Detroit industrialist Charles Lang Freer. … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment StarSolidStarSolidStarHalfStarOutline(2.5 stars) The affectionate making-of music documentary “The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile” charts the recording of Tucker’s Grammy-winning 2019 album “While I’m Livin,’ ” via fresh interviews, studio footage and archival film clips. In the film, Tucker calls the circumstances surrounding the record a “relaunch,” … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Although Jane and Maria Porter’s morally uplifting melodramas have little in common with Jane Austen’s wry comedies of manners or the Brontë sisters’ passionate chronicles, literary scholar Devoney Looser’s subtitle for her book “Sister Novelists” rightly claims the Porters as trailblazers who paved the way for other female writers. … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Deadliest Catch (Discovery at 8) Sig makes a huge deal for 25 tons of live king crab; Mandy goes to buy a new boat; Sig and Jake head to the Russian line to find a migrating horde. The Resident (Fox at 8) Bell and Conrad are pulled away to … Read more