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(Bethesda Magazine)

World of Beer unveils new menu options

As the food and drinks menu of the World of Beer have gone so far beyond the hoppy entries as to be, in fact, a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the franchise, which began in Tampa, Florida, in 2007 as a beer lover's emporium.

March 29, 2017
In this image released by Focus Features, Efrat Dor, from left, Jessica Chastain, Timothy Radford, Shira Haas and Martha Issova appear in a scene from "The Zookeeper's Wife." (Anne Marie Fox/Focus Features via AP)

‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ star Jessica Chastain and director Niki Caro discuss Holocaust in Poland

Filmmaker Niki Caro firmly believes that the star of her new film "The Zookeeper's Wife," is a bona fide "animal whisperer." Ms. Caro, the New Zealander behind such earlier works as "Whale Rider" and "North Country," said that it was Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain's easiness with the creatures populating the long-destroyed Warsaw Zoo of pre-World War II in her film that engendered a kinship with the film's real-life subject, Antonina Zabinski.

March 29, 2017
Ann Wilson. (Society Of Rock)

‘Ann Wilson of Heart’ solo tour comes to D.C.

Ann Wilson is taking a break from her sister of another kind, with her solo tour, called "Ann Wilson of Heart," which comes to the Maryland Hall for the Performing Arts in Annapolis, Maryland, Sunday and The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday.

March 25, 2017
Actors Ewan McGregor, left, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner pose with director Danny Boyle, right, backstage at the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the film, "T2 Trainspotting," at AOL Studios on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

‘Trainspotting’ sequel director Danny Boyle said time was right to revisit characters

The final scene of "Trainspotting" saw Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) absconding with a satchel full of cash and delivering, in voiceover, his famous "choose life" speech. For years moviegoers pondered if director Danny Boyle and screenwriter John Hodge would ever return to Edinburgh to see what time and tide had wrought to the antiheroes of "Trainspotting." With the opening in the District this weekend of "T2 Trainspotting," their questions will be answered.

March 21, 2017

CONCERT REVIEW: Cher MGM National Harbor more show than concert

"What's your grandmother doing tonight?" With that, Cher, now 70, launched into the heart of her show at The Theater at MGM National Harbor Friday evening, proving that while age may be just a number, and that time indeed has its way with all of us, the spirit of musical joy and professionalism that has accompanied her half-century-long showbiz career will continue as long as she wishes it to.

March 19, 2017
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Super Bowl XLIII (2009) Bruce Springsteen, left, and Steven Van Zandt, of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, perform at halftime at the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Bruce Springsteen bandmate Steven Van Zandt to perform at D.C. children’s charity event

Steven Van Zandt, the same man who has shredded uptempo rock anthems alongside the Boss for decades and made a cottage industry of playing on-screen murderers, has a heart of pure gold. Accordingly, Mr. Van Zandt heads to The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, Saturday night for The Rock and Roll for Children Foundation (RRFC) annual fundraising event to raise money for The Children's Inn at NIH, where young patients can take a break from tests and treatments for rare diseases and instead be just kids.

March 16, 2017

D.C. homeless shelter raises $1.5 million for social services assistance

The District's N Street Village charity, which works with social services to transition homeless and low-income women in the capital area to jobs and independent living, raised over $1.5 million at a fundraising gala Tuesday evening -- the most successful event in the charity's history.

March 15, 2017
Kristen Stewart, right, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, "Personal Shopper" on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP)

Kristen Stewart film ‘Personal Shopper’ made during Paris terror attacks

Kristen Stewart stars in the new film as Maureen, an American living in France who works by motoring around Paris shopping for a celebrity client, but at night attempts to make contact with her deceased twin brother. Things don't go precisely as she'd planned, and Maureen begins receiving a series of increasingly disturbing text messages from someone -- or something -- that may have evil intentions.

March 14, 2017
FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2011 file photo, musician Mick Fleetwood poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. Court records obtained Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, show that a Los Angeles judge finalized Fleetwood's marriage from Lynn Susan Frankel Fleetwood on Nov. 20, 2015, more than 20 years after the pair married. The former couple's divorce judgment does not state how their assests, or custody of their 13-year-old twin daughters, will be divided. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Fleetwood Mac book ‘Love That Burns’ will be signed by Mick Fleetwood at SXSW

Mick Fleetwood said that the story of how Fleetwood Mac first came to Chicago, one of the hotbeds of blues music, in the late-1960s is mostly unknown to their legions of fans. But now, thanks to his picture-and-narrative book "Love That Burns -- A Chronicle of Fleetwood Mac," that untold chapter in Fleetwood Mac's life is finally being told. "That part I thought was really important for a musician that loved -- and still loves -- blues so much as I do," Mr. Fleetwood told The Washington Times from the SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas, where he will speak Wednesday and sign copies of his book.

March 14, 2017
The Delmonico steak (foreground) offered as a spring special at Longhorn Steakhouse. (Eric Althoff/The Washington Times)

Longhorn Steakhouse unveils special spring Delmonico steak

Just in time for spring -- even though, with the snow this week, it's somewhat delayed -- Longhorn Steakhouse is unveiling some new menu items at its various locations around the DMV. Get ready for limited-time offerings such as the 14 oz. Delmonico steak, as well as Grilled Lamb Chops, Seasoned Steakhouse Wings and Strawberries & Cream Shortcake.

March 12, 2017
Actress and singer Vanessa Williams sings during in the 2016 Miss America pageant, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in Atlantic City, N.J. Williams is returning to the pageant as head judge for the first time in more than three decades since she resigned the title amid a nude photo scandal. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Vanessa Williams singing tour comes to D.C.’s Howard Theatre, discusses ‘other’ Vanessa

Vanessa Williams has multiple Grammy nominations to her credit, including for "The Colors of the Wind" from the 1995 animated Disney film "Pocahontas." She will be performing two shows at the District's Howard Theatre Friday evening, where she will regale capital audiences with hits like "Save the Best for Last" as well as Broadway tunes, jazz standards and various stories from across her three-decade-plus showbiz career.

March 9, 2017

Private aviation company Jet Linx expands in D.C. market

It's not just for the CEO anymore. So say the executives at Omaha, Nebraska-based Jet Linx, a private aviation firm that has set up shop at Washington Dulles International Airport to service the capital region.

March 2, 2017