Hospitality_Recreation

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Those who used to frequent the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. back in the day are very impressed with the newly renovated space, which opened to the public Monday, April 9, 2012. Names like Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross used to play the club, which many residents remember cutting school to go to as well. The theater will now offer a full-scale kitchen, bar and of course, live acts. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A bust of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin sits inside a museum dedicated to him in the town of Gori, some 50 miles west of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on Monday, April 9, 2012. The museum, which has honored Stalin since 1937, is being remodeled to exhibit the atrocities that were committed during his rule. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

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An undated artist's rendering from Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architect & Paul Murdoch Architects shows a proposed design for Constitution Gardens, one of three underused and neglected areas of the National Mall in Washington, which architects and designers have been competing for the chance to renew. (AP Photo/Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architect & Paul Murdoch Architects)

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**FILE** A satellite image taken Sept. 27, 2009, shows a suspected nuclear enrichment facility under construction inside a mountain located north of Qom, Iran. (Associated Press/DigitalGlobe)

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It was a fitting end to the Masters for Bubba Watson, who waves to the crowd Sunday night at the green-jacket ceremony. (Associated Press)

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A photograph of Billie Holliday adorns the lobby of the redesigned Howard Theatre in the District, which is set to reopen with a ribbon-cutting Monday and a gala Thursday night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Peter Hanson, of Sweden, waves after his birdie on the eighth green during the third round of the Masters golf tournament Saturday, April 7, 2012, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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A photograph of Billie Holliday, center, sits in the middle of the lobby of the redesigned historic Howard Theatre which is set to reopen with a ribbon cutting Monday and an opening night gala on Thursday, Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 5, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A man passes by the menu as it rests against a parking meter, at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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This is a plate of crab salad, served up at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Valencia Ford (left) and Linda Neils (right) both of Washington, D.C., receive their lunches at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Sophia Stellabotte spoons up a serving of crab soup at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Shari Villarosa of Washington, D.C. talks with Feelin' Crabby? food truck owner Alex Tsamouras as she orders lunch at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Feelin' Crabby? food truck owner Alex Tsamouras takes orders from people during the lunch hour, near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Sophia Stellabotte (right) and Feelin' Crabby? food truck owner Alex Tsamouras (left) work serving lunch in the small confines of the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)