Metro Weekly

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  • SHOW CANCELLED: Comedians descend en masse on Jiffy Lube Live

    By on August 17, 2014

    Lineup for the local stop of tour includes Schumer, Dave Attell, Hannibal Buress, Brody Stevens and Chris Hardwick

  • Kyle Dunnigan stands up for free at the KenCen’s Millennium Stage

    By on August 16, 2014

    Though chiefly known these days as a writer and performer on Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Shumer, Kyle Dunnigan is something of a comic star online,...

  • A Drag Salute to the Divas: Disney Twisted Edition

    By on August 13, 2014

    Two years ago, indefatigable local drag sensation Shi-Queeta Lee launched a drag show series at the Howard Theatre in which each show is built around...

  • Conversations: WAMU’s Rebecca Sheir to talk with Michael Kaiser at Hill Center Stage

    By on August 9, 2014

    Rebecca Sheir of WAMU 88.5 FM’s Metro Connection leads an in-depth conversation with Michael Kaiser, departing longtime head of the Kennedy Center. Kaiser will reflect...

  • Unconventional Queer Fest

    By on April 24, 2014

    After years of producing a queer prom, Eboné Bell decided to kick things up a notch and launch a full-day LGBT convention-type event. From workshops...

  • Zoo Story

    By on April 24, 2014

    On Saturday, May 3, in addition to the usual draws — from pandas to monkeys — the National Zoo will also be overrun with animals...

  • Washington Wordsmith

    By on March 27, 2014

    “People think it’s karaoke, but it’s not karaoke,” Regie Cabico says about the weekly variety show he runs at Black Fox Lounge. “You really do...

  • Toasting the Travelers

    By on January 30, 2014

    Every year National Geographic Traveler magazine receives, according to the magazine's George Stone, ''lots of cool letters from passionate individuals telling us about their travels...

  • Supportive Synagogue

    By on January 30, 2014

    A year ago Gil Steinlauf, leader of the oldest and largest Conservative synagogue in Washington, took a stand for gay rights. Writing in the Jewish...

  • Getting Crafty

    By on December 12, 2013

    ''If you go to the mall, things are starting to look a little bit haggard,'' Deann Verdier says. ''People are shopping and picking over things.''...

  • Jolly Holidays

    By on November 21, 2013

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and right now every arts organization and venue in the Washington area is gearing up to offer...

  • Libation Laps

    By on November 7, 2013

    Between the recent AIDS Walk Washington and the Marine Corps Marathon, quite a few spectators might be inspired to move their feet. But if the...

  • Good Fortune

    By on July 6, 2013

    ''I'm trying to make it good fortune and not bad fortune,'' Emily Fortune Feimster teases about the family name that she uses as her first...

  • Memoirandum

    By on June 6, 2013

    This Monday, June 10, at Harman Hall, comic actress Rachel Dratch will read from celebrity autobiographies -- just not her own. ''Actually, when I was...

  • Kick Starter

    By on May 30, 2013

    ''Just watching people try and play kickball in drag is hilarious,'' Karl Muller says. ''The dresses are flying, the wigs are going, and everything.'' This...