Arts + Entertainment
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Good Fortune
''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...
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Janelle Monáe’s Funky New Video “Dance Apocalyptic”
The new Janelle Monáe album “The Electric Lady” doesn’t drop until September, but she’s already released the 2nd video from it. Following on the heels...
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Editors’ Explosive Return: “The Weight of Your Love”
British post-punk revivalists Editors return this week with their 4th album, “The Weight of Your Love,” and it’s a doozy. Despite having released three critically...
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A Satisfying Splash
At first glance, The Way, Way Back seems to hit all the benchmarks of a pleasant indie comedy. It's got the sad-eyed teenage boy who's...
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Catch John Grant Tonight at U-Hall
Sinead O’Connor cries out the lyrics right alongside John Grant on Grant’s aching song “Why Don’t You Love Me Anymore?” The song is about exactly...
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Don’t Miss The (Show) Boat on Two Classics
Got a hankering for a classic musical? It’s pretty easy to get a fix around this theater-loving town. Generally there’s at least one classic being...
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Hints from Arvind: Wolf Trap’s Future
Maybe this weekend you’re headed to Wolf Trap to take in the National Symphony Orchestra’s multimedia show Frozen Planet in Concert. Or R&B great Anita...
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Macklemore Raises Up Gay Rights in Hip-Hop
Is there a hot new pop act more gay friendly than Macklemore & Ryan Lewis? At the least the Seattle hip-hop duo has definitely given...
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R&B Singer Puff Johnson Succumbs to Cancer
Puff Johnson, best known for R&B hits “All Over Your Face,” “Over and Over” (from the film “The First Wives’ Club”) and “Forever More” succumbed...
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A Single Man
Boy, do people really get hung up about getting hitched. It wasn't that long ago when gay people were effectively immune from a lot of...
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Shakespeare as Summer Sizzler
This is not hyperbole: Much Ado About Nothing reflects Joss Whedon's skill as a director as much as it celebrates Shakespeare's timeless words. (Blasphemy, you...
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George Michael’s 10 Chart Toppers
Well, another week, another iconic pop star reaches a milestone birthday. Only days after Cyndi Lauper turned 60, fellow 80s megastar George Michael reaches the...
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”Crossover Kids” examines lives of transgender children and teens
“I would much rather have a good relationship with the daughter that I have, than a poor relationship with a son that doesn’t really exist.”...
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The Lost Patrol’s campy new “See You In Hell” video
Earlier this month we wrote about the stellar new album by The Lost Patrol, “Driven.” The NYC-area band has just premiered their new video for...
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Casey Stratton’s soaring, beautiful “Sea Into Sky”
Casey Stratton is a prodigious talent who didn’t allow being lost in the major-label shuffle to derail his career. Released by Sony Records in 2004,...
