All posts by Doug Rule
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Here's Valerie!
''I feel like there's momentum now, finally in the country, toward sanity,'' says Valerie Harper. The veteran actress, this year's Capital Pride Celebrity Grand Marshall,...
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Pride After Dark
Every year, New York City includes in its Pride festivities a huge outdoor dance party on a pier off the Hudson River in Chelsea. Michael...
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Dark Victory
''I didn't know what was happening -- I thought he was having a mid-life crisis or something,'' says composer Michael Shaieb of a close friend...
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New Heights
Have you made Ciara's acquaintance yet? No doubt you've heard of her. After all, the Atlanta-based singer-songwriter -- born Ciara Princess Harris -- is a...
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Pageantry of Pride
Two years ago, a drag king was crowned Mr. Capital Pride, and drag queens generally reign as Miss Capital Pride. But either contest ''is certainly...
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Going Green
Five years ago, Green Day blazed a new path toward rock respectability with the release of American Idiot. The high-concept album instantly became a classic,...
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Uncovering Ivri
Ivri Lider kissed a girl -- and people liked it. ''Yeah, it was like it was written by a gay man,'' Lider laughs, referring to...
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Red Hot
''It's not going to be like any other night at Apex,'' says Adam Ross Wilson, who is bringing his party Calor to city's longest-running gay...
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Rhoda Returns
''She was so much more outrageous than I would ever think of being,'' says Valerie Harper of legendary actress Tallulah Bankhead. ''She would make Rhoda...
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Crystal Clarity
Two decades ago, Crystal Waters was just another bored D.C. government employee. On a lark, she turned to recording music, and in short order, the...
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A la Mode
Has Depeche Mode, pioneers of dark electronica, seen the light? ''Just look at me,'' lead singer Dave Gahan sings on ''Peace,'' from the band's new...
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Gray's EFN Anatomy
Bill Gray is happy to have stirred up a bit of mystery surrounding the future of the bar at 1318 Ninth St. NW. ''I get...
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Puppet Master
Until just a few years ago, Joe Goode considered himself a ''puppetphobe.'' ''Puppets seemed like children's theater,'' says the innovative choreographer. ''The cuteness factor was...
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Happy Hours
''I had never bartended before in my life,'' says Eduardo Sevilla Jr. of the time five years ago when he went from being a regular...
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Stateside Arrival
''One of the things we wanted to do was bring some of the fun back to dance music,'' says James Wiltshire, referring to the impetus...
