All posts by Will O'Bryan
-
Anti-Crime Encore
A recently launched, grassroots effort to respond to violent attacks against members of the GLBT community made notable progress Monday evening, Sept. 22. Two weeks...
-
Irreverent Icon
Some might argue that ''icon'' is too reverent a word to apply to Holly Woodlawn. From Puerto Rico to Miami to Times Square, Woodlawn has...
-
Stirred to Action
Perhaps a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to motivating a community, a picture -- far more than flow charts of crime...
-
Capital Pride Prep
As summer winds down, few will be turning their thoughts so soon to next summer. Some, however, have June 2009 squarely in their sights --...
-
Celebrating The Center
Gathering Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Columbia Heights home of prominent D.C. couple Donald Hitchcock and Paul Yandura, members and supporters of The Center, the...
-
Museums as Merchants
We've got the monuments, the memorials, the cherry blossoms and opportunities to catch your favorite politeratti in embarrassing situations. But two stalwarts of any good...
-
The Weekend Wake-Up
Ever since that infamous 2002 episode of The Simpsons parodied the GLBT community with a pride parade that included a float serving as homage to...
-
Witty Repartee
The trick of improvisational theater is taking a few ideas and stitching them together on the fly before an audience. Success can be measured in...
-
Electing to Evolve
With about as much interest in the Olympics as in the Super Bowl -- none -- I didn't catch any of the games. There was,...
-
A Rootin' Tootin' Return
The faint scent of steers and sawdust, mixed with same-sex affection, will soon waft once more across the metro area. Marking its 17th year, the...
-
Snowden Steps Down
With the end of August also came the end of Courtney Snowden's year as president of D.C. Black Pride. Although her term was to run...
-
Heath and Home
Advances in technology are often heralded as labor-saving enhancements of our way of life. Yet the technology often seems to simply create avenues for even...
-
Strange Blogfellows
Born just a few months apart and thousands of miles from each other, both John Aravosis and Andrew Sullivan today call Washington home. And both...
-
On the Outs
Love him or hate him, blog-reading Washingtonians know Mike Rogers. And his handiwork can be seen in some collapsed careers. Rogers is that boogeyman that...
-
Club Kudos
Extending the celebration of the just-ended Democratic National Convention -- and not likely to worry about missing its Republican counterpart, Sept. 1 to 4 --...
