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  • Scarlet Contribution

    The Scarlet Foundation raised approximately $12,000 during its 37th Annual Bake Sale and Auction, on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the DC Eagle. ''There was great...

  • Young Again

    DJ Tracy Young won’t be spinning Sunday at the Grammy’s or at any Grammy after-party. She’s also not nominated for a Grammy as a remixer...

  • Billy’s Beats

    Billy Carroll has been DJ-ing for more than 30 years, getting his start at seminal New York nightclubs Studio 54 and Paradise Garage and going...

  • Baked Goods

    This Saturday brings us one of D.C.’s most enjoyable annual events, Scarlet’s 37th Annual Bake Sale and Auction. If playing with the English language is...

  • Apex Turns 25 with a Birthday Blowout

    What do you want to do when you turn 25? What’s that, you say you already did? Well, this year, so has Apex! Yes, 25...

  • Goodbye Dakota, Hello Sudsy

    Now it can be told. Sold last December, Glen “Hamburger Mary” Mlaker‘s former Titan/Dakota Cowgirl space will become a chi-chi restaurant serving mostly high-end pizza...

  • Death Unbecomes Her

    Perhaps everyone who goes to see Over Her Dead Body will leave the theater believing themselves psychic, because it's impossible not to see every plot...

  • Winter Weary

    You may be done with winter, but winter's far from done with you. With nearly two months to go, make sure you're prepared with cap...

  • Choice Chocolates

    Step aside Easter, Saint Valentine is the real king of candy. And when it comes to candy, choosy adults choose chocolate. BIAGIO IN THE BASEMENT...

  • Last Word

    ''He has gone out of his way to ensure that the department has a new air of inclusiveness and an open and welcoming environment for...

  • Writing Lessons

    Michelle Burleson didn't choose to become a songwriter. It chose her. She can't explain why it happened, but it was sometime in between admiring the...

  • Time Passages

    There are those days when you look up from whatever pile of paper has spread like a cup of spilled coffee across your desk only...

  • Lobby Day 101

    Sitting calmly in the office of a man who voted against your civil rights, by supporting the successfully passed marriage amendment that prohibits same-sex marriage...

  • Calling on Annapolis

    When thinking about Equality Maryland's upcoming Lobby Day in Annapolis on Monday, Feb. 11, Dan Furmansky, the equal-rights organization's executive director, can't help but quote...

  • Writing on the Wall

    Although the Metropolitan Police Department would not release information regarding what authorities described as ''homophobic graffiti'' found inside a restroom at the Fifth District Police...