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Wpadka: czego nie ma na plakacie?

Kolejny brawurowy wyczyn mistrzów Photoshopa , tym razem podpatrzony przez naszego czytelnika w warszawskim metrze. Czego nie ma na zdjęciu? Zagadka dla spostrzegawczych.

Get All Wet — in Winter - Indoor Water Parks Offer Summer Fun in Any Weather

It's a perfect 84 degrees, the waves bounce you gently in your inner tube until your brother, masquerading as a shark, upends you with a gleeful screech of "last one to the waterslide is a rotten egg!"

"The Book of Night Women," by Marlon James

THE BOOK OF NIGHT WOMEN By Marlon James Riverhead. 417 pp. $26.95

TV Listings for Tuesday, Feb. 17

Finally, "American Idol" (Channel 5 at 8) gives the power to the people, as the first group of the top 36 performs and viewers vote on who stays.

Quick Spin: Morrissey's “Years of Refusal”

YEARS OF REFUSAL Morrissey "I know by now you think I should have straightened myself out," sings Morrissey on the opening track of his new disc, "Years of Refusal," though it's unclear what use a straightened-out Morrissey would be to anyone. The former Smiths frontman is as potent and persistent a...

“Dark Was the Night,” a Compilation By Various Artists

DARK WAS THE NIGHT Various Artists To call "Dark Was the Night" an indie-rock compilation isn't quite accurate. It's true that the double-disc, 31-song album -- the latest in a two-decade-long benefit series from AIDS charity Red Hot -- features exclusive tracks from Internet-hyped stars such as the...

Top 10 Films of the Week

Here are the top movie ticket sales Friday through Monday, with estimated weekend receipts, and total receipts since the movie opened. The number of weeks opened is in parentheses.

Review: "What's a Girl to Do When It's Time to Put Down the Drink"

"Yes, I understand my choices: recovery crap or jail," a young woman deadpans to a judge in "What's a Girl to Do When It's Time to Put Down the Drink?", a solo show about women and alcoholism running at the H Street Playhouse. Apprehended for booze-fueled mayhem that included biting a policeman, the...

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Bayreuth Festival's Family Cycle

Death, or catastrophic world war, has been the usual conclusion of the tenures of past directors of the opera festival that Richard Wagner founded in Bayreuth, Germany, 132 years ago. But yesterday Wolfgang Wagner, 88, the composer's grandson who has led the festival since 1951, announced that he...

Census Paints Picture of Artists

Although it may not appear that way here in Washington, there are more working artists than lawyers in the United States, and their numbers are growing.

Mariinsky Orchestra at George Mason University

Valery Gergiev's right hand inhabits a world of its own. Most conductors' hands work independently of each other, but the very fingers of Gergiev's right hand appear to be on separate tracks, pursuing thoughts and ideas within the music that are not necessarily even audible. The hand supplies its...