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Step Afrika dance troupe puts their best foot forward

Step Afrika is back and bold. The D.C.-based percussive dance troupe is using classical music to take the dance form developed by African-American college students in the early 1900s to new heights with Symphony in Step.

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Wolf Trap fireworks celebrate summer's unofficial start (Video)

The light show kicked off a sure sign of the summer's start with the annual Wolf Trap Summer Blast Off.

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D.C. high school student's opera hits stage this weekend

"Cinde'ella" is "a drama with themes of right and wrong."

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Vigil honors officers killed in the line of duty (Video)

Thousands of people converged on Judiciary Square Monday night to honor fallen heroes at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

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'Once Wild' aims for artistic revolution (Video)

"Once Wild: Isadora in Russia" opens this weekend at Georgetown University's Davis Performing Arts Center in collaboration with Word Dance Theater.

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Jose Andres teaches final class at George Washington University

Imagine having a world-famous chef as a college instructor -- and no, it's not cooking school.

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A survivor's triumph at Komen Race for the Cure

When Kristi Mangan saw a picture of her sister kissing someone this spring, she wondered who the mystery person was.

Tags: Susan G. Komen for the Cure, susan g. komen global race for the cure, Manassas, breast cancer,

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American Idol continues on, but NoVa Idol has winners

It was a packed house filled with students, parents and people who love up-and-coming talent.

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'Antiques Roadshow' appraiser to attend Washington Home & Garden Show

The Washington Home & Garden Show runs March 22-24 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and includes hundreds of outdoor and indoor home decorating ideas.

Tags: home, garden, Washington Convention Center, antiques,

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Girl Scouts celebrate movement, Women's History Month (VIDEO)

March 12 was National Girl Scouts Day, which commemorates the day in 1912 when Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the organization's first 18 girl members in Savannah, Ga.

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