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'Art Beat' With Sean Rameswaram, Dec. 30

By: Sean Rameswaram // December 30, 2011
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The region's venues make their own fireworks to bring in 2012.
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The region's venues make their own fireworks to bring in 2012.

(Dec. 31) Headliner’s Ball
The options are endless for those seeking New Year’s Eve entertainment outside the house tomorrow. If you’re eager to forge ahead into what may be our very last year in style the Newseum has its annual Headliners Ball at 8. Believe it or not, a D.C. band called Round Midnight will help ring in 2012.

(Dec. 31) Last laughs of 2011 with Ralph Harris
To laugh at the looming Armageddon and the past twelve months you can head to DC Improv in Northwest Washington. Comedian, actor and Last Comic Standing competitor Ralph Harris keeps things bubbly.

(Dec. 31) The Seldom Scene
Bethesda’s own The Seldom Scene looks ahead and brings progressive bluegrass to Alexandria’s Birchmere.

(Dec. 31) Drive-By Booker Shakes
There’s country, soul, rock, and rhythm and blues all in once place tomorrow night. That place is Northwest’s 9:30 Club. Alt-country band Drive-By Truckers is joined by Booker T sans the M.G.’s, plus up and comers Alabama Shakes who threaten to steal the show with an unabashed alchemy of Southern sounds.

Music: “Hold On” by Alabama Shakes

Arts & Culture

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Three-Minute Fiction Readings: 'Geometry' And 'Snowflake'

NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Snowflake by Winona Wendth of Lancaster, Mass., and Geometry by Eugenie Montague of Los Angeles.

Food

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Gals Who Grill: What Will It Take For Women To Man The Q?

The grill "is the one and only male-dominated appliance in America," says a researcher who recently crunched the numbers. He found that men are more than twice as likely as women to be the primary grillers at home. One reason? Grilling can feel like a form of recreation.

Politics

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IRS Hearings Highlight Ambiguity Of Nonprofits In Politics

The congressional hearings about the IRS's handling of Tea Party applications for tax-exempt status raise the question of why and how tax-exempt groups engage in politics in the first place.

Technology

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Google Reportedly Faces FTC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads

The Federal Trade Commission is in the early stages of opening an antitrust probe into how Google runs its online display advertising business, according to a report by Bloomberg News, citing sources who want to remain anonymous because the FTC has not announced the probe.

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