All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Court on Campus
May the federal government deny funds to universities that ban military recruiters from campus? That's the issue the Supreme Court began considering this week in...
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Full House
It isn't so much Eartha Kitt's sultry version of ''Lazy Afternoon'' that should have inspired S.M. Shephard-Massat to pen Starving, but the aching lyrics of...
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Broadway Rhapsody
Thanks in no small part to the success of 2002's Chicago, the movie musical genre is back in business. Case in point: The Tony Award-winning...
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High Art from High Altitudes
The Andean spine of South America is creeping its way northward into Adams Morgan. Under the flag of ''Toro Mata,'' this Peruvian outpost offers unique...
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MaidPro Maven
Metropolitan D.C. has no shortage of movers and shakers. From the halls of power to high-tech corridors, many Washingtonians are pulling long hours. So who...
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A Diversity of Options
Hipster to oldster, gay to straight, funky to formal, Adams Morgan remains one of D.C.'s most eclectic and popular destinations for a wildly diverse range...
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Queen Bee
She's the delicious demon of a character everyone loves to hate, most especially gay men. Think Tori Spelling as Sally Bowles, Norma Desmond as Holly...
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Open House
I'd rather hang out at anyone's apartment than a bar. There's a bar called Tribe on the corner of our block that's filled with the...
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Back to the Future
The expectations are as high as a towering Manhattan skyscraper. After such successful local productions of Take Me Out and The Dazzle, the area premiere...
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Tab Browsing
A memoir, by its very definition, is self-serving. Writing ''your'' story can serve as therapy, disclosure, dutiful revelation, apology, even revenge. To some extent, Tab...
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Powerhouse
You know the songs. You've heard the story. But nothing will prepare you for the astounding power of this full operatic production of Gershwin's modern...
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Gaul Fodder
The self-referential, Charlie Kaufman-esque twist to The Dying Gaul, opening Friday at Landmark's E Street Cinema, is the somewhat astounding fact that the movie was...
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The Odd Coupling
We're auspicious allies -- indomitable Americans and Brits. We boast the same language, a shared history, and even gaze through the same looking glass at...
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The Cute One
It has been years since I've answered an ad in the Women Seeking Women section of anything. It's been years since I've needed to; my...
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Sense in Advertising
If we do better than expected when Texans vote on an anti-gay marriage amendment on Nov. 8, much credit should go to the National Gay...
