Iconic ‘To Sir With Love’ singer LULU makes her first-ever headlining appearance in the DC/MD/VA area, with a concert at The Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria tonight at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $35, and are available through all Ticketmaster outlets and the Birchmere Box Office or by calling (800) 745-3000.
Chance the Rapper is bringing his Spring Tour 2017 to both Northern VA at Jiffy Lube Live on June 4th and to Charm City at the Royal Farms Arena on June 6th. You can purchase tickets at www.chanceraps.com.
WPGC 95.5 is turning 30 and they’re throwing an epic party to celebrate! The 30th Annual Birthday Bash goes down Wednesday, June 7, at the Howard Theatre. The bash features the DMV’s own Wale, as well as Kyle, Luke Nasty, Khalid, Nick Grant, Bibi Bourelly, and other surprise guests! Tickets are $30. For more information – go to http://thehowardtheatre.com.
Comedian Kevin Hart will be appearing at the Politics & Prose off Connecticut Ave NW for the release of his newest book I Can’t Make This Up. Your purchase of a copy of I Can’t Make This Up from Politics and Prose equals one ticket for the photo line. Say cheese! Pre-signed books can be ordered online, over the phone, or in-store. For more information & to purchase tickets: go to www.politics-prose.com.
And finally, the legendary Gladys Knight will perform at the Music Center at Strathmore on June 9th. Very few singers over the last 50 years have matched Gladys Knight’s supreme artistry, so you do not want to miss this. Tickets range from $58 – $98 and can be purchased at http://strathmore.org.
You can always hear this info on our live radio show Saturdays at 1:00 pm on WERA 96.7 FM: Radio Arlington. Tune in for news, reviews and interviews as well as the chance to win tickets to some of these events.
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She may be a traffic engineer by day (hence the ‘stopsigngirl’ alias), but do not let her technical skills or multiple calculators fool you. Stephanie Taylor has a way with words. She will destroy any opponent in Scrabble, and get 50 points for using all 7 of her letters in the word “destroy.” She can a-n-n-i-h-i-l-a-t-e you in a spelling bee, having competed in no less than ten as a child. She uses correct punctuation in her text messages. It’s no wonder that copy editing comes naturally to her, and she is happy to fine tune the work of other writers before it reaches TRR readers.
Proofreading is not all that Stephanie loves to do. Regular reading without the proof is just fine, and she also loves to write. In fact, Steph has been writing since the tender age of 6 when she penned her would-be bestseller Mouse in Jail. It “would be” if all literary critics were in Kindergarten. Since elementary school, Stephanie has helped publish newsletters, yearbooks, and the Arts & Entertainment section of The Rice Thresher, Rice University’s student newspaper.
Stephanie’s other gigs have included singing her heart out in the chorus of My Fair Lady in Houston, doing improv comedy in front of hundreds of people in Atlanta, and teaching A.P. English in Los Angeles. She loves to travel and have cultural adventures like tubing down a river in Ecuador, dancing in a South Asian festival, or riding a ferry from Italy for 19 hours just to get real Greek food. Cooking and Yoga are also among Stephanie’s list of favorite things to do, but she cannot do them at the same time.
This native Texan genuinely adores reporting on entertainment as much as she loves to entertain, and is looking forward to learning more about what the D.C. area has to offer and sharing that news with you.
Stephanie Taylor also likes to write about herself in the third person.
