Metro Weekly

All posts by Will O'Bryan

  • Dogs Have Their Day

    It wasn't actually the dog days of summer. Rather, the skies over the Pride of Pets dog show offered about as perfect a late-spring day...

  • Potomac Fever

    Members of Potomac Fever MISSION: Founded in 1983, Potomac Fever is a men's a cappella ensemble, upholding the highest musical performance standards through the presentation...

  • SigMa (Special Interest Group Men's Association)

    Members of SigMa ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION: SigMa is devoted to providing an environment where like-minded men can safely and sanely explore alternative sensual experiences, from bondage...

  • Flames of Passion

    Everyone's heard of climbing a stairway to heaven. But last weekend, one local recreational sex venue unintentionally offered a stairway to a little slice of...

  • Graham Goes Smoke-free

    During a Ward 1 town-hall meeting Thursday, June 9, Councilmember Jim Graham publicly offered his support to expanding the city's smoke-free workplace laws to include...

  • Graham Joins Smoke-Free Effort

    During a Ward 1 town-hall meeting last night, June 9, Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) publicly offered his support to expanding the city's smoke-free workplace...

  • Against the Current

    The nation's capital yearns to be orderly. Ever since Pierre Charles L'Enfant's dream for this difficult and confusing city came to life, it seems the...

  • D.C. Coalition, Inc.

    ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION: Founded in 1978, the D.C. Coalition seeks to abolish discrimination against, and build a strong political and economic base for the black LGBT...

  • Firmly Rooted

    The way Deacon Maccubbin tells it, establishing an annual Gay Pride celebration may have had as much to do with civic pride and community pride...

  • Moving Pride

    It's Thursday and the French Riviera beckons. Trade the D.C. climate for a Mediterranean breeze and fields of lavender. If you're reading this, chances are...

  • Baring it All

    Gay entertainment has had no problem embracing full-frontal nudity in the pursuit of artistic expression. Who could blame anyone for thinking that Robert Seeley's choral...

  • Tending the Grassroots

    When the capital-area LGBT community looks for its boogeymen, attention often turns to the Virginia General Assembly, making itself more and more infamous by the...

  • Star Turn

    So this is it. Barring Episodes VII, VIII and IX, we're done with Star Wars movies. That's not to say we're done with some Star...

  • Party Crasher

    Titan Bar held all the elements for a party Monday evening. Beyond the regular bar offerings, there was a buffet. The crowd of about 50...

  • I Remember Nomi

    There is a cliché in the popular-culture lexicon: the German performance artist. Klaus Nomi is one of the pillars of this oft-parodied caricature, though his...