Metro Weekly

All posts by Will O'Bryan

  • Back-to-School Bias

    It's back-to-school time. At my advanced age, I'm not sure what that means. Are school supplies still the same, or have Trapper Keepers been replaced...

  • Center Celebrates

    The Center, the metro area's LGBT community center, has announced four honorees to be celebrated at the nonprofit's Fall Reception, Thursday, Sept. 2. Those honorees...

  • Happy-Hour Hunt

    When EFN Lounge/Motley Bar closed its doors Monday, Aug. 16, a Friday fixture – ''Bear Happy Hour'' – found itself homeless. But those bears, who...

  • Arrest in King Homicide

    The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced today, Aug. 14, that an arrest has been made in the stabbing death of Delando King. At approximately 2:30...

  • Fenty v. Gray

    Elections are sometimes decided – unofficially – during the primaries. In the overwhelmingly Democratic District of Columbia, that's the rule for choosing the mayor, not...

  • Going Gray

    There's no question that the Vince Gray for Mayor campaign has been picking up steam. From straw polls to multiple unions to – most importantly...

  • Fenty's Followers

    Moving to the District in 1973 to write his dissertation, Jerry Clark has a long relationship with the District. His career has taken him to...

  • American Mosque

    Islam is no friend of mine. Actually, no religion is really a friend of mine. I don't claim any. And I could possibly even consider...

  • The Promised Land

    Ugandan politics took a sad walk onto the world stage at the end of 2009, when David Bahati, a member of Parliament, introduced a bill...

  • Gut Check

    Initially, I was going to use this opportunity to recount my July 4 exercise in acquiescence – filling out my juror application for federal court....

  • Priming the Primaries

    In one of the peculiarities of the District, the Democratic primary Sept. 14 is largely the local equivalent of what other jurisdictions nationwide will experience...

  • Outraged

    He's not much of a grandstander. In person, he's unassuming. He can laugh heartily, but he's otherwise fairly soft-spoken. His roots are in suburban New...

  • Questionable Consumption

    A couple of weeks ago, I went to Tampa, Fla., to spend a weekend with my mother and two of my teenaged San Diegan nephews...

  • Animal Magnetism

    Chip Wells presents a mild, polite demeanor. There's a Southern sensibility in the man that makes personal, yet common, questions – his age, for example...

  • Mr. FUK!T

    When it comes to the local LGBT community, it's fair to say Matt Bamford is a bit of a celebrity. After all, he's Mr. Capital...