All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Trouble in Texas
Hardly anyone seems aware of it, but on Nov. 8, Texans will vote on an unusually far-ranging state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and anything...
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The Circle at the Center
As the D.C. metro area constantly evolves, GLBT pioneers continue to plant those telltale rainbow flags in all corners, from blossoming Del Ray in Virginia,...
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Body and Soul
Om. Om. Om. Walk by D.C. Yoga on Connecticut Avenue, and you might just hear the yogic chants drifting toward the street. For thousands of...
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No Fiddling Around
When it comes to naming a business, inspiration can strike from unexpected places. That would explain the moniker of Dupont Circle's Fiddleheads salon on 17th...
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Smart Dishes
Like the Cosmos Club and the Senate filibuster, Kramerbooks & Afterwords is a veritable Washington institution. For nearly 30 years, this locally owned and operated...
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Acoustic Evolution
Nickel Creek's adventurous third release, Why Should the Fire Die?, finds the precocious trio evolving as artists and exploring a much broader sound. With roots...
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Bosom Buddies
It has all of the gilded trappings of classic musical theater comedy. There's the handsome, zany twosome stuck in the middle of their own harebrained...
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Vixens and Vampires
Attending Blake Robison's new production of Camille at Round House Theatre is like accepting an invitation to a particularly exquisite dinner party. The table is...
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A Human Tale
''Every sixth human being in the world today is an Indian,'' begins the introduction to Narendra Jadhav's family history/memoir Untouchables, an indispensable opening from which...
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Three's a Crowd
Never look a gift horse in the mouth, or so the saying goes. Oh, well. In celebration of the Washington National Opera's 50th anniversary and...
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White Wedding
Around the time your late twenties begin to take shape on the horizon, everyone who's passed that benchmark will tell you that you'll soon be...
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A Sigh of Relief
How did John Roberts do at his hearing to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Before the hearing, I laid out five...
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Lesbian Stereo-hyping
There are few moments in a lesbian's life with more texture, few occasions more richly rewarding, than the experience of sitting with a couple of...
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Vocal Prowess
A rarely-staged tale of political and emotional rebellion, I Vespri Siciliani should be an operatic tour de force. Verdi takes us to one emotional crescendo...
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All My Sons
Few playwrights possess the ability to stimulate, provoke and bewilder an audience as well as British firebrand Caryl Churchill. Her plays are muddy, mutable forces...
