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Articles by Eric Althoff

Greta Gerwig (left) as Brooke, and Lola Kirke, as Tracy, in a scene from "Mistress America." (Fox Searchlight Pictures via AP)

‘Mistress America’ stars Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke on myths of college life

Chances are, you've had a friend like Brooke: proactive, loquacious, prone to exaggeration, the life of the party. Someone you know you might do better to avoid but whom you cannot help but be drawn to. For Greta Gerwig, who plays the high-maintenance Brooke in the new film "Mistress America," she didn't have to look far for the character's inspiration.

August 19, 2015
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Baltimore writer returns overdue library book 34 years late

While rooting through a cabinet over her mother's refrigerator, Baltimore-area writer Michele Wojciechowski discovered an old paperback copy of "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," adapted and illustrated by Alice and Joel Schick. The thrill of an unexpected find was quickly tempered by a horrific realization: Ms. Wojciechowski had checked out the book in 1981.

August 19, 2015
From left, Emile Hirsch, Hailee Steinfeld, Ethan Hawke and Avan Jogia pose for a portrait to promote the film, "Ten Thousand Saints" at the Eddie Bauer Adventure House during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

‘10,000 Saints’ film examines 1980s New York punk culture

The new film "10,000 Saints" is really and truly about sinners. The film, from directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, which opens at the District's Angelika Pop-Up Friday, takes a detailed look at the New York punk culture of the late 1980s, as well as the missteps that young people make -- both then and now.

August 17, 2015

Wood Ranch BBQ and Grill opens Washington, D.C., location

While the DMV has no shortage of BBQ joints, it was always going to take a major player to up the ante here in the nation's capital, and thanks to the California-based Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill chain extending its reach to the East Coast at long last, the gauntlet for rib-sticking goodness in the major capital corridor has been thrown a step further.

August 16, 2015
Rufus Wainwright performs with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap on Friday. (Associated Press)

Rufus Wainwright’s music reflects dark past, love and loss

Rufus Wainwright was born into rock 'n' roll royalty. As the son of Loudon Wainwright and folk singer Kate McGarrigle, Mr. Wainwright had the spirit of rock instilled in him from Day One. But a troubled youth -- and his famous dad being mostly absent after his parents' divorce -- gave him the fuel for his own musical legacy.

July 28, 2015