Welcome back to INTERVUE, last week I talked to Dr. Faye Jamali about the opioid crisis – specifically how she overcame opioid abuse and her viewpoint on how more celebrities can avoid opioid abuse. Today we focus more on her journey and discuss how more physicians can be more transparent about
opioid abuse and how that can be healing for both them and the community.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture presents a free performance of newly composed orchestral and choral music and spoken word to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES: Wayfinders. With upwards of 500,000 attendees expected, volunteers are needed to serve as wayfinders. Volunteers will assist participants in safely getting to and from the rally.
André Rieu is quite simply a musical phenomenon like no other. Each year his amazing live concerts attract more than 600,000 fans and outsell mega artists such as Bruno Mars, AC/DC and Rihanna in the Billboard’s Top 10. The iconic Dutch violinist, conductor and founder of the Johann Strauss Orchestra has sold a massive 40 million CDs and DVDs and notched 30 No. 1 chart positions. After the incredible success of his 2017 US tour, 2018 will bring André back to the United States and Canada in an 11-date arena tour coming to EagleBank Area Sep. 20.
Jefferson Starship has gone through many changes over the years. Starting out in 1965 as Jefferson Airplane in San Francisco as the pioneer of Psychedelic Music. Due to band members going into other directions, in 1972 they changed their name to Jefferson Starship, and dropping Jefferson from their name in 1984 to become Starship. In 1992 Paul Kantner and Marty Balin joined together to bring back Jefferson Starship. David Freiberg rejoined the band in 2005.
The National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale in collaboration with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center presented Cosmic Designs at the Music Center at Strathmore Saturday night. Claude Debussy’s La Mer, and Gustav Holst’s The Planets are symphonically synchronized to stunning NASA footage.
Charlize Theron is a take no prisoner’s bad ass in Focus Features Atomic Blonde, based on the Oni Press graphic novel series The Coldest City. Set during the Cold War, to a killer New Wave soundtrack, Theron plays Lorraine Broughton, a tough as nails undercover MI6 agent, sent to Berlin to find out why her fellow agents are being murdered. Directed by David Leitch, who previously helmed the first John Wick, Atomic Blonde gives Theron a chance to display the action heroine vibe we first saw from her in Mad Max: Fury Road. Theron is up to the task and does well as the lead. However, the script by Kurt Johnstad doesn’t do much regarding the narrative.
Ansel Elgort will receive the “CinemaCon® Male Star of Tomorrow Award,” it was announced today by CinemaCon Managing Director, Mitch Neuhauser. CinemaCon, the official convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) will be held March 27-30, 2017 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Elgort will be presented with this special honor at the “CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards” ceremony taking place on the evening of Thursday, March 30, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, hosted by the Coca-Cola Company, the official presenting sponsor of CinemaCon.
After their triumphant debut tour in the U.S. last Summer, Sweden’s electronic duo KITE is returning Stateside for a longer and more extensive U.S. tour in support of their sixth EP, appropriately titled VI. Kicking off at NYC’s Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, February 28th, KITE will be circling the States with their epic midnight dance music, including stops at DC’s Spellbound, Detroit’s Small’s Bar, LA’s Complex, and Seattle’s Highline with two days in Austin for SxSW. They will be performing in DC – March 4th – at the
