Movin’ on up

Perpetual Motion Dance celebrates 10 years with a night of modern and aerial dance works.

Performing Arts
Lance Evans
Satori
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Lyric at the Plaza
1725 N.W. 16th
perpetualmotiondance.org
$10-$18

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Trap ease

Blending modern dance with high-flying circus fun, Perpetual Motion offers a new way to stay in shape.

Features
Heide Brandes
The trapeze has thrilled the souls of adventurers worldwide, and the act itself is an art form unlike any other.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Mad Monster Party?

We'll just drop by.

Family
Rod Lott
Before Hotel Transylvania, there was Mad Monster Party? (question mark theirs), a 1967 quasi-classic of stop-motion animation from Rankin/Bass — the company behind all those old Christmas specials that still air every year, from Rudolph to Frosty. What keeps this Party from being as perennial is that it's three times as long.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Frankenweenie

Tim Burton builds a better 'Frankenweenie' and it’s alive! It’s alive! It’s alive with humor and heart.

Children's
Rod Lott
One imagines Frankenweenie is the movie director Tim Burton has been waiting to make his entire life.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012