All posts by Doug Rule
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Aspirational Agitation
At the start of the 1970s, Faith Ringgold was commissioned to paint a mural for the female detention center at Rikers Island. One prisoner asked...
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Evolving Appreciation
''I think we all realize that what we might have liked in our 20s versus age 40 may be very different,'' says the Phillips Collection's...
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‘Tootsie’ Tonight on the National Mall
“Before there was ‘Lola’ there was ‘Tootsie!’” Billy Porter tweeted last week as a birthday toast to actor Dustin Hoffman. Porter won a Tony Award...
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3 LGBT-Focused Musicals to See Now
Next month, gay D.C. theatergoers will be offered at least two must-see shows brimming with LGBT content: Ford’s Theatre’s The Laramie Project and Studio Theatre’s Torch...
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New York’s Splash Bar to Close This Sunday
In case you haven’t heard, New York’s Splash Bar nightclub has announced plans to close this Sunday, Aug. 11, after 22 years in business. The...
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Emeli Sande To Return to Area This Fall
IMP Productions, the entity that owns the 9:30 Club, presents another area show for Emeli Sandé, the incredible Scottish soul singer/songwriter who dazzled as one...
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Big Bite of Beefcake
You don't have to be beefy to go to ''Beefcake,'' the party that Chris Reed throws once a month at the Green Lantern. In fact,...
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‘Janis Joplin,’ From Arena Stage to Broadway
All together now: Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on, and take it! Take another little piece of One Night with Janis Joplin, now...
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Writ Large
Some prefer sci-fi, while others crave spice. Or, maybe it's nonfiction all the way. E-book or traditional, there are plenty of options, and that's what...
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Poet Rising
''It's odd that I am a poet,'' Niki Herd laughs, ''because I remember not caring for poetry very much in high school.'' Herd, who grew...
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Novel Approach
K. Murry Johnson secured a great quote from the noted African-American novelist James Earl Hardy for the book jacket of his self-published debut novel. ''An...
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Ultra’s Altar
Electronic/dance music, or EDM, is a singles-driven genre, so you don't expect EDM artists to produce albums as regularly as you do those in other...
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Modern Marriage
''It's a musical I never thought I'd end up directing, that's for sure,'' says Jack Marshall of I Do! I Do! ''I actually avoided seeing...
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Icona Pop to Return to Area with Stop at Virgin FreeFest
This year’s Capital Pride headlining duo Icona Pop are on a tear, striking while the iron — aka that little ditty called “I Love It”...
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Flannel Fete
''For the longest time,'' says Charger Stone, ''people thought you couldn't go into Phase 1 unless you had a lesbian escorting you. And I get...
