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October 21, 2008 -
(Oct 22-Nov 30) WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? opens tomorrow night at 8pm at Not CenterStage in Baltimore, the theater where Edward Albee's award-winning masterpiece unfolds for the first time since 1974. It runs through November 30th. When George and Martha invite newlyweds Nick and Honey over for late-night cocktails, the older couple becomes the host and hostess from hell. Games and gossip give way to private grievances and painful secrets in this wickedly funny and shamelessly in-your-face look at a marital cold war turned hot.
(Oct 22-26) GENIUS 2 The Washington Ballet returns to the Kennedy Center with Genius2, an innovative program featuring renowned works by living choreographers, opening tomorrow night at 8pm and running through Sunday. Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris and Christopher Wheeldon have wrought imaginative and energetic works which the talented company will play out on stage and on pointe. Washington Ballet subscribers can join Morris at his home for a free discussion prior to the opening night performance when he'll offer insight into the process of creating dance.
(Oct 23) WORD-BEAT Word-Beat brings inspiration and percussion to the Lyceum museum in Old Town Alexandria on Thursday at 8pm. Singer/actor Charles Williams and global-jazz percussionist Tom Teasley present a mix of mystic poetry, African proverbs, and the words and wisdom of MLK Jr. and Gandhi, set to the hypnotic beat of drums and the sizzle of shakers and electronic music.
The program features renowned works by living choreographers, opening October 22nd.
courtesy of: The Washington Ballet
October 21, 2008 - Virginians who need to go to District Court may find they have to wait longer because of some judicial belt-tightening to help fix the state's budget shortfall.
Anne Marie Morgan reports...
October 21, 2008 - Gun rights advocates say attacks on taxicab drivers in the Washington area call for further changes to D.C.'s handgun laws. After a Supreme Court decision overturning a ban on handguns, residents of D.C. say keep registered weapons in their place of business. But police and city officials say the workplace must be a "fixed location," making it illegal for taxicab drivers to carry weapons.
Meymo Lyons reports...
October 21, 2008 - A technical problem with a new Virginia Lottery game may have led hundreds of players to believe they won bigger prizes than they did. Lottery officials are apologizing for the error in its new Two Dollar Fast Play Super 7's game. They are blaming a software problem for causing the misprinted tickets.
The mistake was caught on Sunday after more than 2,300 tickets were sold and about 600 of them incorrectly revealed the top prize, $7,777. When players redeemed the winning tickets, the computer system showed the accurate amount won.
Lottery officials have asked the Attorney General's office whether it must pay the expected prizes, although every ticket states it is void if misprinted.
Patrick Madden reports...
October 21, 2008 - Economic hard times aren't all bad news,if you need proof, just look to higher education.Bob Templin, NOVA's president, says the 65,000-student college has grown 8 percent in the past 2 years, and expects another 4-5 percent increase next year. But while the economy may be driving people out of the job market and back into the classroom -- Templin says it also means the school can't expand as fast Northern Virginia needs. .Jonathan Wilson reports on the opportunity the downturn could bring for community colleges....
October 21, 2008 - The "Respect My Vote" bus stopped in the District as part of its tour to encourage young people to vote on November 4th. Reverend Lennox Yearwood with the Hip-Hop Caucus is one of the organizers.
"The tour is meant to target registered voters between the ages of 18 and 29 who have not gone to college," he says.
The bus will make its way to 18 cities in key battleground states.
Jessica Forres has more...
October 21, 2008 - Congress takes a look at two tracks to fix the economy. Meanwhile, a Pew Center study released today names 12 states to watch for voting problems on Election Day.
Todd Zwillich reports...
October 21, 2008 - Computer science professors and students at George Washington University have devised a system allowing voters to verify their own ballots. George Washington is one of six universities that helped develop the Scantegrity voting system. Its creators say the system offers a tamper-proof way for individual voters to check to see if their votes were correctly tabulated. Poorvi Vora, an assistant professor at GWU, explains voters would receive a paper ballot and mark it with a special pen loaded with invisible ink.
Matt Bush reports....
October 21, 2008 - In Maryland, lawmakers in Montgomery County got their first look at the proposed Purple Line project as state planners today presented the findings of six-year study on the transitway. Creating a 16-mile, east-west transit line in suburban Maryland will not be easy, transportation officials say. There are the costs of linking Bethesda to New Carrollton by light rail could require as much as $1.6 billion in federal and state funds, planners say. Then there's the environmental impact. The route would demolish about a dozen homes, fly straight through a golf course and require sound walls to shield residents from screeching train wheels.
Proponents say those problems are outweighed by what the Purple Line will bring. After at-large Councilman George Leventhal ticked off almost a dozen advantages, he urged his fellow members for their support. But several members on the council have reservations about the transit line. One questioned how it would interfere with a popular biking and walking path, and another shared concerns about increases in traffic and its substantial price tag. Planners at today's hearing also talked about several alternatives to the light rail system, including rapid bus transit. Residents will also have a chance to weigh in. Next month there will be four public hearings on the study's findings.
Patrick Madden reports...
October 21, 2008 - Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say suicides are on the rise for white, middle-aged adults. In the first half of the decade, the number of suicides for middle-aged, white men grew by almost 3 percent annually, according to the study. For middle-aged, white women, the annual increase was almost 4 percent. The researchers aren't sure what caused the jump.
Kat Glass reports...
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