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Anthony Dortch’s offers sexually charged art at Vitruvian Gallery
“People are very surprised,” says local mixed-media artist Anthony Dortch, whose new exhibit, Come Play With Me, recently opened at the Vitruvian Gallery. “It’s not my typical style.”...
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Draw Your Weapon
A friend on Facebook last weekend posted a provocative meme by Ricky Gervais that said, “Blasphemy: a law to protect an all-powerful, supernatural deity from...
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Tori Amos delivers her best album in over a decade with “Unrepentant Geraldines”
It struck me while listening to Unrepentant Geraldines, Tori Amos’ first non-orchestral studio album in five years, that children born when her solo debut Little...
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Star Attraction: Laura Benanti’s ties to GMCW extend beyond song and dance
Laura Benanti remembers having a slight existential crisis as a kid. “What is this world that I live in? What is this horrible place where...
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Simpson To Run for State Board of Ed
Scott Simpson, a gay man, has announced his candidacy for the open Ward 1 seat on the D.C. State Board of Education that is being vacated...
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Capital Pride Announces 2014 Honorees
Capital Pride, the D.C.-based nonprofit organization focused on serving the needs of and celebrating the diversity of the area’s LGBT community, announced Monday the recipients...
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Neil Patrick Harris poses naked for Rolling Stone
“Once all cards were on the table, I got more opportunities than ever. Some actors don’t get hired because you can’t look into their soul...
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Indoor Puppy Playground
On a recent Friday afternoon nearly a dozen dogs, guided by their owners, were put through the paces of an indoor obstacle course in a...
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Pritzker To Receive Kameny Award
The National LGBT Bar Association, a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, will honor Retired Army Lt. Col. Jennifer Pritzker with its Frank...
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Will Christie punish a New Jersey judge for his gay-marriage ruling?
The New Jersey Supreme Court justice who led Gov. Chris Christie to abandon his fight over a court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in the Garden...
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Prince: Ranking His Albums, Bottom to Top
Thirty years ago this month, in May 1984, Prince was readying the release of the first single from his upcoming album and film, Purple Rain....
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LGBT concerns grow as Brunei implements Sharia law
With the expected implementation of an anti-LGBT law in Brunei that would punish homosexuality with death by stoning, LGBT-rights advocates are mobilizing against the financial...
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Homegrown Edibles
“It’s an attractive houseplant, but it’s also edible.” That’s not something lifelong horticulturist Jonathan Bardzik gets to say very often. In fact, during a conversation...
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Coverboy: Jose
Walk into Number Nine and you’re likely to see Jose, a 32-year-old bartender by night who is a high school counselor by day. Born and...
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Pet Cemetery
Walking your dog in a cemetery may seem a somewhat creepy way to exercise your canine. Then again, particularly when you live in a crowded...
