DC Area Nightlife, Entertainment and Recreation
Chances are you’re reading this article online, perhaps on a smart phone in your living room while your significant other is sitting next to you on their MacBook Pro typing away. Your Internet connection is strong, but what about your connection to one another? Oscar-nominated director Henry Alex-Rubin (Murderball 2005) explores this interconnectedness in the… read more »
Beloved performing arts venue and nonprofit Wolf Trap is ramping up the scope and variety of the performances it offers under the direction of incoming President and CEO Arvind Manocha. On Tap interviewed Manocha just in time for a bevy of big name artists coming to the venue’s popular Filene Center outdoor amphitheater this summer…. read more »
This month, unabashedly bold comedian Christina Pazsitzky speaks her mind with On Tap Magazine. The emerging stand up comedian-slash-reality TV addict (and participant) will be at the DC Improv for the first time February 14 to 17. But be warned, this isn’t your mother’s comedian. On Tap: So you’re from LA and you’ve toured all… read more »
This month On Tap interviews Tommy Johnagin, established young comedian, new dad, soon-to-be sitcom star, and all around funny dude. The future is looking bright for Johnagin, who will be at the Arlington Cinema ‘N’ Drafthouse in December. On Tap: You’ve said that David Letterman inspired you to become a comedian, and your goal was… read more »
This month On Tap interviews Washington, DC’s very own Erin Jackson. On October 7, Erin will be headlining the DC Improv, where she got her start in comedy years ago as an MC and opener. Funny how time flies. On Tap: Do you think it’s easier to start your comedy career here in DC as… read more »
What La Fourchette is: an authentic, affordable, family-owned and operated French restaurant in the heart of Adams Morgan. What La Fourchette is not: another corporate, “celebrity chef”-driven, pricey experiment in DC food trends. The mural-painted walls of La Fourchette have stood for over 30 years; little has changed. Like the quaint and charming interior, the… read more »
When I pictured a daiquiri I always visualized that slushy reddish-pink drink people order at “family friendly” restaurants like T.G.I. Fridays. Boy was I wrong; as I discovered on a Wednesday afternoon while bar hopping with LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails).
“We’re Knights of the Round Table. We dance whene’er we’re able. We do routines and chorus scenes With footwork impeccable. We dine well here in Camelot. We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.” – Monty Python and the Holy Grail In 1975, a handful of British men who had comprised the popular sketch… read more »
Kathleen Madigan – recently listed as one of the “9 Funniest Women on the Planet” with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, will be performing at Alexandria’s Birchmere theatre in March. Read on to find out why On Tap is mad about Madigan! On Tap: I’m going to sound like a total fanboy, but you’ve always… read more »
Make no bones about it; from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s latest, greatest “ANTI-Social Network” episode to AMC’s new Western Hell on Wheels, rugged individualism has never been more en vogue. And rugged individualism is what you get at the District’s just opened salon-meets-saloon Eastern Confederate. As the aforementioned ”Always Sunny’s” Frank Reynolds says of… read more »
