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Join the circle of prominent art, theater and film critics who make WETA Around Town your one source for the latest Washington-area reviews and recommendations.

WETA Around Town video segments are broadcast on TV 26 in between programs, nightly prior to the 7:00 pm program, and weeknights prior to Charlie Rose.

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Screenshot from October 2009 Around Town Art review of Anne Truitt: Perception and Reflection.

Art

Anne Truitt: Perception and Reflection

Janis Goodman and Peter Winant review this new exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum.

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Angels in America

Theatre

Angels in America

Trey Graham reviews Forum Theatre's production of "Angels in America", which he calls "one of the biggest events on the fall theater season" in Washington.

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The Men Who Stare at Goats

Film

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Joe Barber and Jane Horwitz discuss this dark comedy, which follows a reporter and a Special Forces operator with psychic powers as they try to find the missing founder of the New Earth Army program.

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Precious

Film

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Joe Barber and Tim Gordon discuss this film about a sixteen year old girl who begins a journey from darkness, pain and powerlessness to a life with love and self-determination.

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Full Circle

Theatre

Full Circle

Jane Horwitz and Trey Graham discuss this new production of “Full Circle” by Charles L. Mee, which is staged throughout the Woolly Mammoth facility and honors the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Panelists

Learn about the WETA Around Town panelists who lend their expertise each week on what's hot and what's not in Washington area arts, film, and theater.