1. Memorial Gathering for Jerry Fuchs in Brooklyn This Thursday
2. 10 Things You Should See for FotoWeek DC
3. Meet New Moon Cast Members at Fair Oaks Mall
4. Wale Watch: The “Support The Movement” Movement
5. Arts Morning Roundup: RIP Jerry Fuchs

• Trey Graham dissects the “artsy collage” of Woolly Mammoth’s fall-of-the-Berlin-Wall story, Full Circle—”a production that breaks through theatrical boundaries as enthusiastically as the citizens of Berlin took that other barrier down two decades ago.”
• Ted Scheinman praises the National Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos, “a Strauss gem about the limitations of tragedy.”
• Also playing: Adding Machine: The Musical; Angels in America I & II; The Alchemist; Lost in Yonkers; Dracula; A Streetcar Named Desire.
  

1. When Will the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Run Out Of Mainstream Acts to Induct?
2. Meet New Moon Cast Members at Fair Oaks Mall
3. Clip Job: Five Bands with at Least as Many Members as Songs
4. Photos: Miley Cyrus @ Verizon Center
5. Photos: Bruce Springsteen @ Verizon Center

1. Area Code: The term “DMV,” brought to you by the hard work of local rappers. And phone cards.
2. Post Profile Brings Up Touchy Subject: What Claim Do Writers Have on Their Bylines?
3. Meet New Moon Cast Members at Fair Oaks Mall
4. Das Racist Goes After Sasha Frere-Jones For Being White ‘N’ Educated
5. Creed Was Never Underrated

CP’s theater critics generally agree among themselves on who covers what. Here, in a not entirely atypical e-mail trail, is more or less how each week’s assignments get done.
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Drop the cravat. Put that jaunty hat back in the closet. And you can leave your Dutch bike parked at home. The Sartorialist may be coming to D.C. tonight for a book signing (the titular 512 page photo book is his first), but he is here to do precisely that: sign your book. Meaning: not to photograph you.
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Ben Westhoff reviews Lil Boosie’s Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz and finds it to be less than bad ass.

Aaron Leitko talks to singer/songwriter Aaron Thompson about “Vals,” which captures the Nordic calm of Ikea in song.

In this week’s music section:

Brent Burton reviews Polvo’s In Prism

Marc Hirsh reviews Patty Loveless‘ Mountain Soul II

Aaron Leitko talks to Dennis Kane about “What Can Never Slip Away” from his latest disc, The Two of Us