Parton’s concert is a rescheduling of two March appearances (one at the Verizon Center) that she had to postpone due to troubles with her back.

The platinum-blonde with the down-home appeal, is on tour promoting her latest CD, Backwoods Barbie.   With a record 41 top-ten country albums, and more number one singles than any other female country singer, Dolly Parton probably belongs enshrined in Las Vegas, along with other notable American icons of entertainment.

Her style is mostly country with a bit of pop and folk.  But besides singing and have great roles in movies such as 9 to 5 and Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Dolly Parton’s other ventures, including her DollyWood theme park, the Big Wigs fan club, her Dixie Stampede Wild-West-like extravaganza dinner show (three locations), a film and television production company that produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and her Imagination Library that delivers books to young children, proves that this is not just a singer and entertainer, she’s one smart business woman.  She even has a bright red rose named after her, The Dolly Parton.

Here’s an interview from the UK, where , as usual, Dolly tells it like it is.

And a classic Cat Stevens tune – Peace Train, performed in Dolly’s own unique style.

Dolly Parton
Patriot Center at George Mason University
4500 Patriot Circle
Fairfax, VA 22030  (map it)

Date and Time – Monday, April 28, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets – $45.50 – $75.50 and are available online at Ticketmaster.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Vienna – Orange line, then a 10 minute cab ride.

Parking – Included in the ticket price at the Patriot Center.

Images – Flickr – singing, with guitar 

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The area closest to the stage as the “poncho section”, and patrons are provided ponchos to protect them from flying “materials” used in the show. 

High energy, high volume, high levels of fun… that’s the Blue Man Group.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning – 10 a.m.  And they make excellent stocking stuffers.

Blue Man Group – How To Be A Megastar Tour 2.1
Patriot Center
George Mason University
4500 Patriot Circle
Fairfax, Virginia 22030  (map it)

Dates and Times – Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9th and 10th, 2008, Sat. – 8:00 p.m., Sun. 7:00 p.m.

Tickets – $52.50 and $78.00 and are available online or by phone 703-573-SEAT (Ticketmaster).

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Vienna – Orange line, then a 10 minute cab ride. Cabs are NOT usually waiting for passengers after concerts, so make prior arrangements.

Parking – Parking is included in the ticket price.

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MOMIX returns to the DC area with another how-do-they-do-that performance of Lunar Sea, a fluid and surreal journey to an aquatic world. Using glow in the dark floating dancers, it’s a combination laser light show, surrealistic fantasy and dreamscape in one. 

Dates
- Saturday 1/20 at 8:00 p.m.
- Sunday 1/21 at 4:00 p.m.

Tickets
$44, $36, $22

The Center for the Arts  
George Mason Univ. Concert Hall
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030

Directions – Located on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University, the Concert Hall is six miles west of the Beltway (I-495) off of I-66 at exit 54, at the intersection of Braddock Road and Route 123.

Parking – Paid parking is available on the Visitor Parking Deck, located directly adjacent to the Concert Hall. Free parking is available in Lot K, across the pond from the Concert Hall.

Nearest Metro subway station – Vienna/GMU station – Orange line, then a 20-30 minute bus ride.

Photo credits: all photos courtesy of MOMIX
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