Eric Althoff

Massage Envy opens Washington, D.C., location in Tenleytown

At long last, Massage Envy has come to the District. The Scottsdale, Arizona-based pampering service has had capital-area locations in College Park and Lanham in Maryland, as well Arlington, Virginia, but with the opening of the company's new Tenleytown location in Northwest, the business has at last breached the capital sphere (or rather, square).

August 17, 2017

Rock and Rock Hall of Fame and Museum adds ‘Power of Rock’ movie, temporary exhibits

The Rock and Rock Hall of Fame, the nirvana of rock memorabilia situated on the shores of Lake Erie, is offering temporary exhibits to complement its permanent collection of artifacts from across the history of the defining music of the 20th century. Now, in addition to Elvis Presley's suits, Rolling Stones contracts and even Taylor Swift's stage getups, visitors can actually enter into a theater for an all-encompassing rock experience courtesy of the late filmmaker Jonathan Demme.

August 16, 2017

Himitsu DC bartender and co-owner Carlie Steiner works with Pepsi 1893 on craft cocktails

District mixologist Carlie Steiner will entertain guests at her Northwest restaurant Himitsu Wednesday evening in order to showcase modern cola-based cocktails. The cocktails will incorporate Pepsi's new 1893 Original, Ginger, Citrus and Black Currant colas, which are inspired by the original recipes crafted in 1893 by Pepsi founder Caleb Bradham.

August 16, 2017

Chris Christie’s ending New Jersey tax incentive forced ‘Patti Cake$’ director to film in New York

If it were up to filmmaker Geremy Jasper, the Hillsdale, New Jersey, native would have shot his entire new film, "Patti Cake$," in the Garden State. But thanks -- or no thanks -- to the regime of Gov. Chris Christie having killed the state's tax incentive in 2011, Mr. Jasper was forced, due to budget constraints, to hop the Hudson River."Patti Cake$" begins with Patti working an ill-paying job at a bar. Her mother Barb, who once hoped to be a professional singer, comes into the bar, drunk, to sing karaoke, and insulting her daughter in the process.

August 15, 2017

Laura Chenel’s wins top goat cheese honors at ACS

Laura Chenel's will be on hand Thursday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. with samples of its award-winning products at the event "FOOD in the Garden - Fermentation Nation" at the National Museum of American History. The Northern California cheesemaker was awarded two first-place awards and two second-place honors at the American Cheese Society's 34th annual competition on July 28 in Denver.

August 14, 2017

Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon discusses recording on the road and biking during tour stops

Time was when Frank Hannon, the leader singer, guitarist and co-founder of Tesla, had to wait until he got into a recording studio to get his song ideas realized. But now, thanks to technology, the 50-year-old musician travels with a portable recorder in his pocket. Perhaps even more surprisingly, Mr. Hannon, who will perform with Tesla at The Fillmore Silver Spring in Silver Spring, Maryland, Tuesday evening, has something else he always has on hand when the tour bus rolls into a new city.

August 13, 2017

Stella Artois teams with No Kings Collective for Washington, D.C., mural

Beer maker Stella Artois hosted "The Art of the Chalice" in the District Thursday evening, at which a mural by No Kings Collective was unveiled incorporating red and white colors that are iconic to both Stella Artois and Washington, D.C. The brewer enlisted local artisans including Belgian cuisine expert Bart Vandaele, glass artists from the McFadden Art Glass Studio and designer No Kings Collective for the event.

August 13, 2017

Rusted Root singer Michael Glabicki says fans bring the band pot on the road, chats new album

While Rusted Root has seen several lineup changes over the years, lead singer and guitarist Michael Glabicki has always been front and center when the Pittsburgh band takes to the road. Which brings us to Sunday evening, which sees Rusted Root performing at The State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia. Mr. Glabicki spoke with The Washington Times about life on the road and the changing face of the music industry. Oh, and a certain "gift" fans often bring him on at shows.

August 13, 2017

‘The Glass Castle’ author Jeannette Walls on film of her memoir with Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson

As a young woman growing up poor in extremely rural Welch, West Virginia, all Jeannette Walls could think about was moving to New York to escape her alcoholic father and eccentric mother. While nonplussed with her job, she knew that she absolutely had to write. But what? The story needing telling was staring her in the face.

August 11, 2017

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Wind River’ more an indictment of U.S. Indian policy than murder mystery

The films of Taylor Sheridan present a bleak world of characters clinging to dubious morals to survive in a world that is evil. Mr. Sheridan, who wrote "Sicario" and "Hell or High Water," two outstanding films, now steps behind the camera as writer/director with "Wind River," yet another tale of desolate Western landscapes providing background for damaged humans at war with one another.

August 9, 2017

Fox 5 in Washington, D.C., No. 1 in news in market in July

The District's Fox affiliate, WTTG, enjoyed a strong July in the capital (market No. 9), with their news coverage finishing first in the market. This caps a run of several months of the station's local coverage finishing at number one.

August 8, 2017

Jerry Yellin details his military experience in ‘The Last Fighter Pilot’

On Aug. 15, 1945, Army Air Corps Capt. Jerry Yellin landed his P-51 Mustang fighter plane on U.S.-occupied Iwo Jima after having rained down bombs over Tokyo. After he emerged from his cockpit, he learned the horrible truth: The war had ended three hours before he dropped his bombs, but word had not reached his fighter group in time.

August 8, 2017

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ a modern Gotham fable

From this oddball beginning comes the new film "The Only Living Boy in New York," a somewhat ungainly title for this excellent movie written by Allen Loeb ("Collateral Beauty") and directed by Marc Webb ("The Amazing Spider-Man") that has more up its sleeve than you will realize, but does not go about it in a sly or condescending way.

August 8, 2017

Great Adventure ‘Justice League’ attraction allows riders to fight supervillains

Six Flags Great Adventure's newest ride, "Justice League: Battle for Metropolis," has effectively wedded video games and a simulator ride into a new kind of experience so encompassing that you are immersed into the world of the DC superheroes battling against The Joker and Lex Luthor's dastardly schemes.

August 8, 2017

Goo Goo Dolls’ singer Robby Takac relates Keith Richards’ ‘sobriety’ meant vodka was OK

Two decades since "Iris," the Goo Goo Dolls' shows continue, including a stop at the Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia, Tuesday evening, with the band sharing the bill with Phillip Phillips.

August 3, 2017

Gordon Ramsay-produced ‘Culinary Genius’ hosted by Samantha Harris of ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Former "Entertainment Tonight" correspondent and "Dancing With the Stars" hostess Samantha Harris will step into the realm of professionals as the hostess of "Culinary Genius," which premieres Monday on Fox. Part competition and part cuisine showoff, the episodes begin with Chef Edward Lee -- who recently relocated to the District -- demonstrating his skills for five amateur home chefs, who then go on to compete in a 25-minute competition.

August 3, 2017

‘Brigsby Bear’ creators tout fondness for ‘80s films and VHS culture

What if everything you knew about the world was a well-manufactured lie? Many films before have tackled this premise, be it "The Matrix" or "The Truman Show," but none surely with the darkly comic touch of "Brigsby Bear," in which a 25-year-old named James ("Saturday Night Live" cast member Kyle Mooney) discovers that his parents are not his parents, that the supposed outside world is not in fact infected with a poisonous atmosphere, as he was told -- and that his favorite TV program, "Brigsby Bear," was but a mollifying bit of fiction that his "parents" concocted for decades.

August 3, 2017

‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ finds Al Gore still working on climate change

Former Vice President Al Gore knew his mission wasn't over, and a decade after the climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" brought the issue of environmental alterations to the greater public consciousness, Mr. Gore returns this week in the appropriately named "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power."

August 1, 2017

Milo Yiannopoulos remains committed to speaking his mind — even after loss of job, book deal

Just because Milo Yiannopoulos apologized doesn't mean he's sorry. In fact, he believes it was just a matter of time before his enemies found a way to silence him.

July 31, 2017

Idaho vodka 44 Degrees North offers flavored versions crafted from state’s potatoes

With Idaho's most famous crop being, of course, potatoes, it is only natural that craft distillers within the Gem State would spin that legume into its most fascinating end product.

July 30, 2017