After nearly a four year run, the final Newseum Nights event will take place Friday, April 12 in celebration of D.C.’s world-famous cherry blossom season.
The seventh annual Awesome Con by LeftField Media, the Mid-Atlantic’s premier pop culture convention, will unite 80,000 fans of comics, technology and science, television and film, custom art, over-the-top cosplay, and more at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28, 2019. The convention floor and panel rooms will buzz with hundreds of hours’ worth of programs including: celebrities and experts hosting panels and exclusive reveals; cosplay fashion shows; gaming tournaments; iconic pop culture memorabilia collections; and as always, a diverse array of activities for the whole family.
SHORE LEAVE, one of the oldest and largest all-volunteer sci-fi & media conventions in existence, is very proud to announce a special guest appearance by breakout star ETHAN PECK, known for his role as a young Mr. Spock on the CBS All-Access series Star Trek: Discovery.
Shore Leave is a 3-day festival that celebrates the best in science fiction and fantasy, past and present. Special events include Q&A and autograph sessions with our guest stars, an Art Show and Auction, a costume contest,
TRR would like you to explore a “Whole New World” and ENTER to win a Family Four of Tickets for Disney on Ice presents Worlds of Enchantment coming to Capital One Arena in Washington DC on February 15th
Farpoint is celebrating its 26th Anniversary with a new convention coming up in February. Who wants to win one of TWO pair of tickets to see Wallace Shawn of “Clueless” “DS9″ and The Princess Bride” fame and Rob Paulsen & Maurice LaMarche from “Pinky & the Brain”? Click below for details
The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts is proud to present the 2018 Raul Julia Award for Excellence to ROBERT RODRIGUEZ’S EL REY NETWORK, in celebration of their 5-year Anniversary, and the 2018 Horizon Awards to actor DIEGO TINOCO (On My Block) and singer, songwriter and actress ERIKA ENDER (Despacito) at this year’s NOCHE DE GALA on Tuesday, September 11 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. Additionally, NHFA will present the Spotlight Award to ISAAC LEE and actress ALANNA UBACH (Coco, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce) and the LATIN GRAMMY CULTURAL FOUNDATION will receive Leadership Awards.
During the weekend of July 14th, TRR’s own Dean Rogers will be filling in for DC legendary film critic Arch Campbell to deliver the movie review on Hound Radio! You can listen live at http://houndradio.com
COME ON DOWN to celebrate, ridicule, and shake your head over America in this outlandish show where you could be the next contestant. America the Game Show. F*ck Yeah!is a no-holds-barred production that’s too risqué for the boob tube and real-er than “fake news.” Audience members are contestants in rapid-fire wacky games inspired by cheesy TV game shows of yore. Plus, “Drunkle Sam” will fill in the gaps in America’s public education with segments of “Naked Drunk History.” Patriotism has never been so much fun!
America The Game Show. F*ck Yeah! Takes place at 9 pm on July 21 at Gala Hispanic Theatre. Tickets are $22 in advance. The show gets a re-run at Creative Alliance in Baltimore on July 27 and 28th at 8 pm. More info and ticket links at astropopevents.com.
For the first time in league history, PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) elite tour, featuring the Top 35 bull riders in the world and rankest bucking bulls in the nation, will invade Fairfax, Virginia. The DC Invitational, the 22nd stop on the premier 25th PBR: Unleash The Beast, will buck into the EagleBank Arena for two days of edge-of-your-seat action on September 22-23.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will screen Notes from the Field, an HBO film adaptation of actor and writer Anna Deavere Smith’s one-woman show about the criminal justice system that sends young people from school to prisons. Following the film, which aired earlier this year on HBO, Smith will join Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the museum, for a discussion about the film. The original stage play and the film are the result of 250 interviews, many with people who were incarcerated as teens. Advance Tickets for the Tuesday, May 1, event (7 to 9 p.m.) are sold out, but walk-up tickets are often available for this and other public programs at the museum.
