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 “Ambassadors of Goodwill“® have been entertaining basketball fans for 82 years. 

The Harlem Globetrotters
Verizon Center
601 F Street, NW, between 6th and 7th Streets, NE
Washington, DC 20004 (map it)

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

Date and Time - Saturday, 2008, 1:00 and 8:00 p.m.

Tickets – Verizon Center – $17.00 $140.00, Patriot Center – $20.50 – $123.50 and are available online through Ticketmaster.

Nearest Metro subway station – Gallery Place / Chinatown (the Metro station is part of the Verizon Center) – Red, Yellow and Green lines or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – limited street parking in the area, but various paid lots and garages are within a short walk.

Images – Flickr – team, Special K, Just Resting

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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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