Arts + Entertainment
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Foster the People tonight at Merriweather
If you wanna run from the Capital Pride Festival, you better do it as fast as Mark Foster’s gun if you want to catch his...
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Diablo III post-review: Demons still needin’ killin’
Even though I wrapped up my Diablo III review a few days ago, I’m still feeling the pull of demon slaughtering recreation. I’ve launched...
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Gods and Monsters
''There's this really ambiguous sexual attraction,'' says Christopher Henley, referring to the relationship between the god and ruler in The Bacchae. At one point, the...
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Stringed Along
''Germany in general, and specifically Berlin, is a very, very open and diverse place now – a very creative place,'' says classical musician Avi Avital,...
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Pro-meh-theus
Prometheus is an Alien prequel that officially isn't. Director Ridley Scott has adamantly (and repeatedly) denied this movie's ties to his 1979 genre-shaping classic, but...
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Having a Hellish Time, Wish You Were Here
It's not that bad going to hell. In fact, it's a hell of a lot of fun, especially when you get to kill demons. Lots...
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New Video: Olly Murs – My Heart Skips a Beat
Despite the fact that I initially spelled his name Oily Murrs — and was promptly and appropriately bitchslapped over it by a mate in the...
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Metro Stage’s transcendent Lonely Planet
The specter of AIDS haunts Steven Dietz’s Lonely Planet — and yet the disease is never mentioned by name. But it is AIDS causing the...
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Gaylarious! presents Carolyn Castiglia and William Mullin
For the June edition of their popular monthly gay and gay-friendly comedy show at the new Riot Act Comedy club, Chris Doucette and Zach Toczynski...
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Jazz Meets the Classics at the DC Jazz Festival
The second of two local jazz festivals going on right now, this year’s DC Jazz Festival features concerts at two of D.C.’s hottest new performance...
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k.d. lang brings her siss boom bang to Wolf Trap
Stalwart lesbian folk-popper k.d. lang, credited with helping to establish the alt-country genre, brings her big band Siss Boom Bang to a show at Wolf...
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Rich Morel’s Scissor Sisters Only the Horses remix
Scissor Sisters has released several remixes of their latest single, Only the Horses, one by our good friend Rich Morel. (The other remixes are courtesy...
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The Gay Men’s Chorus present Heart Throbs for Pride season
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington helps kick off Capital Pride with a fun and flirtatious homage to hit-making men in music, from teen idols...
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Queering Sound is tonight
J.S. Adams helped start Queering Sound a dozen years ago in part as a response to the consumerist bent of mainstream gay culture, as well...
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Concept Man
Beloved for more than half a century since its Broadway debut, The Music Man is certainly a musical comedy that's earned the label ''timeless.'' Yet...
