All posts by Doug Rule
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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...
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Hear Queer
{Cheyenne Jackson (Photo by Karl Simone)} THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN able to turn on the radio without hearing the soaring work of...
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Hooking Up: The Musical
Last year Eric Tipler spent a weekend in New York City. While there he took in a Broadway musical, but otherwise spent most of his...
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Fun.’s Boost for Tegan & Sara
One day soon here’s hoping we’ll see an American pop hit from a bona fide out LGBT artist or act. You don’t have to look...
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Provincetown Bear Week: Planning for Foraging and Fur Trapping
It’s an overwhelming list of activities: BigMuscleBears at Paramount, Furball at the Boatslip, Bearracuda at Purgatory, Blowoff at the Boatslip, Fag Bash at Governor Bradford,...
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Songs of Summer 2013 Sampler
Just in time for your weekend, Metro Weekly has assembled a Spotify playlist of the leading contenders as Song of Summer 2013. That is, at...
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Duplex Diner Celebrates 15 Years Tonight
Over the past 15 years, D.C.’s restaurant scene has grown by leaps and bounds — in number, in quality, in variety. The bar scene has...
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Fortune Feimster at Arlington Drafthouse This Weekend
Is it as fun working for comedian Chelsea Handler as it would appear? “Oh for sure,” Fortune Feimster tells Metro Weekly. “We’re all lucky because...
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Art Party
When Mikey Torres decided to start a queer-focused, performance-based party, he didn't want to just copy what he liked about Town's holiday-Sunday party, WTF, or...
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Alien Visitation
Right now, Washington is awash with tourists. They're trying to take in too much in too little time, and will end up getting at least...
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The fun. Activist
''It's all fun. and gay 'til someone loses their rights.'' The phrase comes from a T-shirt sold by the rock band fun. on its website...
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Amusing Klymaxx
Back in the mid-'90s Bette Midler took inspiration from Bernadette Cooper for her popular Diva Las Vegas revue. ''They love me, they hate me, but...
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Call Girl
Carly Rae Jepsen is responsible for the song of summer 2012. Maybe you remember it, the one with the unforgettable music video in which, as...
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Scientific Songwriter
''A lot of the stuff that they're making fun of is actually things that I like about Portland,'' says Chris Pureka, referring to the IFC...
