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PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN CHEAP SEATS FOR ‘HENRY VIII’ Even if you think of English history as a bunch of boring dates and repetitively named kings, you can’t deny that one of Shakespeare’s talents is imbuing every character with heart and motivation and humanity. “Henry VIII,” the Bard’s final history play, tells the story of Queen Elizabeth’s father and the dissolution of his first marriage — when he moved heaven and earth to get divorced, only to get rid of his second wife in a much simpler and bloodier fashion a few years later. It’s rarely produced, but the Folger had to get around to it sooner or later. This production stars Helen Hayes Award winners Naomi Jacobson and Lawrence Redmond, and Hayes nominee Ian Merrill Peakes as King Henry VIII. If you see it Tuesday night you can take advantage of the pay-what-you-can preview performance.
THE BEAT GOES ON: Trouble Funk’s sounds reverberate at D.C. Music Salon’s “Go-go: Not an intro.”
MONDAY
Hip-hop dance ambassadors Columbus Day at Millennium Stage offers the chance to get into the groove and feel the beat when dancers from around the world, including Abraham Pari Seis from Bolivia, Min Htun from Burma and Yvonne Zinyoro from Zimbabwe, show off their moves. 6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 2700 F
St. NW. 202-467-4600.
www.kennedy-center.org. TUESDAY
Lea: Hear Me Roar Expect an energetic performance from the contemporary R&B singer who performs as part of the Take Five series. 5:30 p.m. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center,
Gildenhorn Recital Hall. University of Maryland, University Boulevard and Stadium Drive, College Park. 301-405-2787.
www.claricesmithcenter.umd. edu.
WEDNESDAY
Go-go: Not an intro Join the D.C. Music Salon as go-go scholar Kip
Lornell discusses “The Beat: Go-Go’s Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop,” and clips of the cult-favorite go-go
c Free & easy KYLE GUSTAFSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
film “Good to Go” will familiarize newbies with the sounds of Trouble Funk and Chuck Brown. 7 to 9 p.m. Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood
Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. 202-727-1288. www.
dclibrary.org/watha.
THURSDAY
Zestfest If you haven’t visited NoMa (that would be the area north of Massachusetts Avenue near the New York Avenue Metro station) in a while, this is the perfect opportunity to check out the new development. This three-week festival offers different programming every day, including live music and painting Thursday. Later in the run, catch free salsa lessons, parties and a Halloween costume contest for dogs. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. for music and painting. 1200
First St. NE.
www.zestfestdc.org. FRIDAY
‘Adam de Boer: Finca’ The local artist spent some time at his friend’s farm in Colombia last December, and his new exhibit features a series of colorful, narrative paintings inspired by the visit. 6-8 p.m., opening reception. Exhibition runs
through Nov. 13. Flashpoint Gallery, 916 G St. NW. 202-315-1305.
www.flashpointdc.org.
SATURDAY
Hispanic Heritage Family Day Learn about Argentines who have made advances
in aviation, such as Jorge Newbery, who founded Latin America’s first aviators club more than a century ago. An afternoon of hands-on activities includes demonstrations of how space suits and hot-air balloons are made. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. National Air and Space Museum, Sixth Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000.
www.nasm.si.edu.
SUNDAY
‘Max and Moritz: A Cartoon Opera in Seven Pranks’ The Embassy of Norway and the New York Opera
Society present the premiere of a children’s opera based on a popular 19th-century European story about young troublemakers. 6:30 p.m. National Gallery of Art, East Building Concourse. Fourth Street and Constitution Ave. NW. 202-737-4215.
www.nga.gov.
— Alex Baldinger, David Malitz and Stephanie Merry
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE; 202-544-4600. Pay-what-you-can.
JAMES KEGLEY
SIX WIVES? Ian Merrill Peakes stars as King Henry VIII in the Shakespeare play at Folger Theatre.
PLANNING AN EVENT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ? TELL U S . SEND LISTINGS INFORMA TION TO EVENTS@WASHINGTONP OST.COM Portrait of Rahm, painted in broad strokes media notes from C1
“demanded” an answer, “shot back” a response or, better yet, banged his fist on the table? That’s why the recently departed White House chief of staff has been such a media favorite (in addition to the fact that he constantly calls reporters, sometimes to spin, sometimes to carp). He is, to trot out another cliche, a larger- than-life character, suitably satirized on “Saturday Night Live.” But the Rahm image, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote last week, “doesn’t square with the guy I’ve covered for the past decade. . . . Far from a head-busting capo, I’ve found him to be more thick-skinned about criticism than most people I write about. Overall, Rahm is a warmhearted Machiavellian.” Some reporters concede the point.
“There are two Rahms,” says CNN correspondent Ed Henry, who has been on the receiving end of some of his outbursts. “There’s the ruthless political operator, and that’s been well- chronicled — fast-talking, expletive- filled, trying to win the day, the hour, the minute. But there’s a Rahm heavily focused on major initiatives, deeply involved in policy.” Not everyone agrees. Washington Examiner reporter Julie Mason says the “underreported” story is that Rahm was rough on his staff, especially some of the women. “I’m sure he was very nice to David Brooks,” she says. “But to suggest his abrasiveness was a construct of the media doesn’t really wash.” Begala says his pal is “a sensitive guy,” and he wasn’t surprised when Emanuel choked up while talking about his parents during an East Room ceremony marking his departure. But Begala understands why, say, “The Plan: Big Ideas for Change in America,” which Rahm co-wrote last year, drew little attention: “You can’t expect a serious policy book to get the same amount of coverage as sending a dead fish to a pollster,” as Rahm famously did. Henry points out that “it’s more fun to write about the ruthless Rahm because it’s someone people can relate to.” My periodic dealings with Rahm,
dating back to the Clinton White House, suggest a more complicated fellow than the public persona. But that makes me wonder: Do we do this to people all the time? Do we paint everyone, from politicians to athletes to movie stars, in overly broad strokes? To what extent does our coverage oversimplify public figures? In the case of Christine O’Donnell, those Bill Maher videos, in which she talks about witchcraft, masturbation and evolution, are certainly fair game in her Senate race. There must be more to the Delaware Republican than some
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RAHMBO:The tough-talking Emanuel, former White House chief of staff, is a popular press caricature.
HOWARD KURTZ
wacky things she said a decade ago. But by walling herself off from the media, O’Donnell made it impossible for journalists to cast her in a fuller light. O’Donnell has now relented, talking
briefly to CNN and to the Times’Mark Leibovich for a profile in which her family described how her father had once played Bozo the Clown. Unfortunately, this claim came into question, and Leibovich wrote in a follow-up blog post that “I was mortified to have possibly played a small role in perpetrating such a falsehood.” Daniel O’Donnell later told the reporter he had been a part-time clown but not an official Bozo. Even accessible politicians have had the media crowd brand them with clownish labels. “I’m guilty of it,” Mason says. “Look at the way we write about Joe Biden: the backslapping, glad-handing, gaffe-prone goofball. That doesn’t define him at all.” Meanwhile, the White House press corps is left with someone who is hard to caricature as anything other than colorless. There are few anecdotes about interim Chief of Staff Pete Rouse, a behind-the-scenes guy so averse to publicity that he didn’t speak at his own announcement ceremony. Some reporters will be tempted to fly to Chicago and cover Rahm’s race for mayor, hoping for some fireworks. If he wins, though, he may fade from the national radar, much as Arnold Schwarzenegger did when he completed the transition from celebrity candidate to workaday governor. This label for the press, at least, is accurate: far better at covering campaigning than
covering governing.
Leaning which way? MSNBC has a new slogan — “Lean
Forward” — that has skeptics wondering what the network of Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow is trying to say. “A rather halfhearted attempt by MSNBC to gloss its same-old lefty line with a coat of empty post-ideological babble,” Daniel Foster writes on National Review Online. Nonsense, says MSNBC President Phil
Griffin, recalling that he got the idea watching Bryant Gumbel lean forward in his chair. “Lean forward has so many meanings,” he says. “One is, be engaged. Don’t be scared. Don’t lean back and be dismissive. Be passionate. Don’t lean right, don’t lean left. It’s a sensibility.” But the extent to which the cable channel’s reputation poses a marketing challenge is reflected on its Web site. As the New York Times reported,
MSNBC.com is considering changing its name to distance itself from the liberal network. The problem: A different moniker might reduce traffic for one of the most popular online portals.
Follow the money
This is one way to underwrite journalism: ABC News will launch a year- long examination of health crises around the world with a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The network will kick in $4.5million and retain editorial control.
Editor ousted
Bill Marimow was canned as editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer last week, a casualty of the infighting over the bankrupt paper’s future. The new owner of the paper concluded
that Marimow — a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner — did not have the necessary background in digital media, the Inquirer reported. Philadelphia Media Networks, owned by 32 financial institutions, bought the Inquirer at a bankruptcy sale. Stan Wischnowski, the deputy managing editor for operations, was named acting editor. Marimow had been editor of the Baltimore Sun, but was replaced in 2004 after battling budget cuts at the paper. He became a top executive at National Public Radio before being tapped for the Inquirer job in 2006 by the man who bought it from McClatchy Newspapers. The latest owners, of course, get to install whomever they want. But dumping a proven journalistic commodity such as Marimow, who will stay on as a reporter, speaks volumes about what the new company values.
kurtzh@washpost.com
Howard Kurtz also works for CNN and hosts its weekly media program, “Reliable Sources.”
Dear Amy:
My best friend and I have been friends for 15 years. She and her husband married young and have had a rocky marriage. I have been a very supportive friend. Two years ago, my friend and her husband separated. He lives four hours away from her now, although they are still married and say they are working on their marriage. She makes frequent visits to see him. About a month ago, my friend confided that she’d had a one-night stand. At the time, I expressed my disappointment in her behavior and encouraged her to tell her husband and attempt to work things out. Now she has learned that she is pregnant and is pretty sure that the baby is not her husband’s. She is planning not to tell her husband about the indiscretion and wants to let him think the baby is his. I feel that this is wrong and have expressed this to her. My question is: Should I tell her husband? We’re not close, but I feel that he deserves to know what is going on before he unwittingly becomes committed to caring for a child who is not his and who is the result of his wife’s adulterous behavior.
Confused in TN
Your friend’s pregnancy will give her many months to figure out how to do the right thing. I could imagine that this separated husband with a rocky marriage might have some questions about his wife’s pregnancy. You should continue to be a
supportive friend by urging her to be truthful with her husband. If you choose to inform her husband of the possibility that this unborn child isn’t his (you obviously don’t know for sure who fathered this baby), then you can expect your friendship to end. If this baby isn’t her husband’s, the
child’s biological father needs to be informed.
Dear Amy: My husband, “Steve,” and I are a
same-sex couple. We were legally married in California in 2008. I was recently referred to a chiropractor for an ongoing back problem. Because my husband was interested in hearing the doctor’s diagnosis, he went with me to the appointment.
I introduced Steve as “my husband,”
ASK AMY
Should friend’s spouse be told of indiscretion?
and the doctor invited him to observe in the exam room. He patiently answered our questions, and we agreed to schedule several more treatment sessions.
As he scheduled me for another
treatment, he asked us how long we had been married. We told him, and he responded that he and his wife had been married for two years, too. The day of my next appointment, the doctor called me and said he had a “veterinary emergency” and would have to cancel my appointment that day, but he would call me the next day to reschedule. It has been almost three weeks, and I have yet to hear from him! We are baffled that he hasn’t called to reschedule. I think that someone (his wife, maybe) may have taken offense to two men having the gall to refer to each other as “husbands.” What do you think? Was I wrong to introduce Steve as my husband? Should I call and confront the chiropractor?
Disappointed in Denver Perhaps this chiropractor’s
inattention is due more to his lack of organizational skills and less a referendum on your marriage. And, please, don’t reflexively blame his wife.
If you are desperate for another
treatment, you should either contact this chiropractor yourself to make sure he hasn’t lost your number or get a second referral to a chiropractor that is more organized, competent and available.
Dear Amy:
Is it rude to offer someone a tissue? I ride public transportation to and
from work, and more times than not there is someone near me sniffling or sneezing. I would like to offer these people a tissue. I carry a small package with me, so it’s not as if I am pulling it out of my pocket and it’s crumpled up, but
I don’t want to offer it if it’s rude. Bus Rider
Not only is it not rude to offer a tissue, it is very polite, and I thank you in advance.
Write to Amy Dickinson at askamy@
tribune.com or Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611.
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