Metro Weekly

The Year in Pictures 2006

5,500 photos from 144 of Washington, DC's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Scene community and nightlife events

Don’t miss the Letter from the Publisher, too.
 

January

· Halo
· Remingtons

· D.C. Eagle
· Hot Ash Cigar Smoker

Green Lantern

· Leather Cocktails

Almas Temple

· Mr. MAL 2006

Almas Temple

· Reaction Dance

Official MAL Closing Party, at Nation

· JR.’s
· 30 Degrees
· Blowoff

9:30 Club

· Hush

Chloe Restaurant

February

· Liquid Ladies

Apex

· Woof!

Titan

· Freddie’s Follies

Freddie’s Beach Bar

· Ziegfeld’s

· Heat

· Cobalt
· Wet’s 11th Anniversary Party

with Mark Dalton. Edge/Wet Nightclub

March

· Dyke Night’s 3rd Anniversary

D.C. Eagle

· Glamour, Glitter & Gold

The Center’s 1st Annual Academy Awards Gala. Titan Bar.

· Fuego’s Mardi Gras Party

Cada Vez

· 1409 Playbill Café’s 8th Anniversary

1409 Playbill Café

· Freddie’s Beach Bar

5th Anniversary Celebration

· Blowoff

Nightclub 9:30

· Liquid Ladies

Apex

· DC Eagle
· Stormy Vain’s Drag Cabaret Show

Benefiting BHT. Green Lantern.

April

· Last Night at Ziegfeld’s

Ziegfeld’s/Secrets

· The Victory Fund Champagne Brunch

The Mayflower Hotel

· PEN Annual Awards Dinner

Westin Embassy Row

· Lizard Lounge’s Final Night

MCCXXIII Nightclub

· The Truth Fundraiser

Cada Vez

· The Hippo

· Cherry Main Event

9:30 Club

· American Brotherhood Weekend

Holiday Inn on the Hill

May

· Youth Pride Day

Rock Creek Park

· Youth Pride Infatuation Dance

VelvetNation

· Log Cabin Republicans National Dinner

Ronald Reagan Building

· Fab Lounge’s Grand Opening

Fab Lounge

· The Academy’s Golden Boy Awards

Omni Shoreham Hotel

· NOVAM’s Imagine Gala

Torpedo Factory

· Blowoff

Nightclub 9:30

· One In Ten’s Walk the Red Carpet

Spring Gala & Auction. Hotel Helix.

· A Celebration of Life

Whitman-Walker Clinic’s 13th Annual Spring Gala. Andrew W Mellon Auditorium.

· A Night Out for Equality

Equality Maryland’s 5th Annual Gala. Bethesda North Marriott Hotel.

· Madonnarama

VelvetNation

June

· Fun in the Sun: 2006 D.C. Black Pride Festival

Old Convention Center Site, 9th & H Streets NW

· Red Hott

2006 D.C. Black Pride Nightlife, 9:30 Nightclub

· Fever: 2006 D.C. Black Pride Nightlife

Republic Gardens

· Swim

Chloe

· Mystics Pre-Season Event

Hosted by the HRC Federal Club and The Women in the Life Association. Verizon Center.

· Latin@s En Accion Gala

American Clergy Leadership Conference Hall

· D.C. Dyke March

Dupont Circle

· 2006 Capital Pride Parade

Dupont Circle area, Washington, DC

· 2006 Capital Pride Festival

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC

· Capital Pride Bachelor Auction

Remington’s

· Cobalt
· Metro Teen AIDS Art and Articles Auction

Embassy of Finland

· Drag Benefit for Food and Friends

Green Lantern

· Woof!

Titan

July

· Apex
· Phase 1
Atlas: Whirld

MCCXXIII Nightclub

· UMMAH’s White Attire Affair

The Ronald Reagan Building

· Velvet’s Last Dance

Nation

JR.’s

August

· Omega
· DC Eagle

· Halo
· Riff Raff

Green Lantern

Freddie’s Beach Bar

Cobalt

· Fuego’s Wig Out Party

Cada Vez

· Smart Ass Trivia

Titan

September

· Calor’s Opening Night

Fur Nightclub

· Dario’s Opening Night

Café Napoli

Vida Fitness Grand Opening

Verizon Center

· JR.’s 20th Anniversary

JR.’s

· ASGRA’s 2006 Atlantic Stampede

Montgomery County Fairgrounds

· The Center’s End of Summer Tea Dance

Washington Plaza Hotel

· Hillwood’s Gay Day

Hillwood Museum & Gardens

October

· Ramrod
ATLAS’s 16th Anniversary Celebration

Club MCCXXIII

· Reel Affirmations XVI Opening Night Party

The Ellington Rooftop Terrace

· Inova Country Hoe-Down

Odyssey Cruise Ship

· High Heel Race

17th Street, Dupont Circle

· More High Heel Race

17th Street, Dupont Circle

November

· Employee Turnabout Show

Green Lantern

· Leather Sabbat

DC Eagle

· Election Night Out

Capitol City Brewing Co.

· JR.’s
· Five Years of Tuesdays

Cobalt

· Blowoff

Nightclub 9:30

· Mr. DC Eagle 2007

DC Eagle

· The Hippo

· Whitman-Walker’s Art for Life

Organization of American States

· SMYAL’s Fall Brunch

Renaissance Mayflower Hotel

· NGLCC National Dinner

National Building Museum

· Green Lantern’s 5th Anniversary

Green Lantern

· D.C. Black Pride Fall Harvest Reception

HRC Action Center and Store

December

· Crack

Club DC9

· After ”The Opens” Party

18th and U Duplex Diner

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