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Arts roundup: Annapolis's classiest new bar

September 3, 2010 - 07:00 AM
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And you thought the finest tourist attraction in Annapolis was the Maryland State House.  The Baltimore Sun (via @dance_DC) reports that the waterfront city is due for a classy new inhabitant in a couple weeks: Wild Willy's Rock House Sports & Grill, a Coyote Ugly-like establishment where the servers, called "wild girls," are paid to sporadically erupt into choreographed dance thoughout the night.

And if that's not WILD enough for you, Wild Willy's (named after its owner, "Wild" Willy Koutroumpis) boasts the biggest projection screen in Annapolis, nine additional projection screens (?!), and happy hour isn't just happy – it's WILD!  This ain't your daddy's sports bar and grill!  See you at the opening – I'll be there with my blue pen (to fill out a job application).

Don't care about the Nappy?  Arlington residents, here's one for local pride: Tonight at the Lower Arlington Bar & Grill, the restaurant screens Please God Someone Normal, an indie flick filmed entirely in South Arlington by director Jonathan Darden.  The flyer says it's a rom com with "everything including a smarmy boat guy."  Sounds promising, but more urgent: Does this local film come up with a good nickname for South Arlington?  SoArl and LoArl just aren't cutting it.

Nationwide: Christopher Hitchens says "pfft" to people praying for his recovery from throat cancer, gross comments on the Washington Post website ensue; rumors swirl that T.I. was sipping codeine sizzurp in his Maybach before he was arrested on Wednesday, and Chris Richards' unpublished interview with the Atlanta hip-hop artist lends some evidence to that suspicion.

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