Thursday TV: Parole for O.J. Simpson?
“Today the day.” Such were the memorable words of a guy on the street in Key West, Fla., 22 years ago. Nobody had to ask what he was talking about:…
Steve Earle & the Dukes at the Birchmere
It’s a brash move to close out a show on one of the hottest days in the D.C. metro with a song called “Christmas in Washington,” but Steve Earle’s career…
Wednesday TV: Caribou, Migration Champs
Let’s hear it for the caribou, who take the longest land migration of all the species on the series “Nature’s Great Race” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings). It involves…
The Zombies Come Alive at Birchmere
Half a century ago this summer, the Zombies were in Abbey Road studio, working on an album that would both break up the band and bring them back together decades…
Tuesday TV: Photographing Every Species
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore has a big ambition: to document every species on the planet in a project he calls the Photo Ark. Each is shot, if possible, in…
Rock Review: NRBQ Sustains at Amp
It was a shock six years ago when the newest incarnation of NRBQ was actually something that had been touring as the Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet. Adams had…
Monday TV: ‘Presenting Princess Shaw’
Here is an internet story for our time: A woman in New Orleans posts videos singing a cappella for fun in her spare time and goes nowhere. Someone she doesn’t…
Sunday TV: Winter is Here
The anticipation is super-high for the return of “Game of Thrones” (HBO, 9 p.m.) for its seventh season, which can be seen as the first half of its final season.…
Saturday TV: Pretend It’s Christmas
Hallmark takes a bold jump by filling up a sweltering summer week with its huge backlog of Christmas movies and including a new one tonight. Brooke Nevin and Patrick Duffy…
Friday TV: Mixed ‘Friends from College’
Sometimes even bad shows are interesting to watch. Such is the case with the new “Friends from College” (Netflix, streaming) which is about some old Harvard friends who have married…