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  • Velvet Memories

    By on June 28, 2006

    When Velvet Nation makes its last stand next month, D.C. will lose a nightlife institution, a place that helped seal the city's reputation as a...

  • Silver Celebration

    By on June 21, 2006

    THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY, music has been used to make statements that go far beyond stringing notes together for the sake of a pleasing tune. Patriotic...

  • Pride 2006

    By on June 14, 2006

    View more Capital Pride Festival photos As the stormy weather dissipated at dusk on Friday, June 9, it left at least one rainbow over D.C....

  • Bosom Buddies

    By on June 7, 2006

    ''Oh, that's too perfect!'' Christine Baranski whooshes into the Kennedy Center's Africa Room, and immediately positions herself next to an elegant bare-breasted sculpture carved from...

  • Christine Baranski

    By on June 7, 2006

    METRO WEEKLY: How did the performing bug bite you? CHRISTINE BARANSKI: It's hard to exactly pinpoint, but the fact is that my paternal grandparents were...

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    Harriet Harris

    By on June 7, 2006

    METRO WEEKLY: Let's begin with what first got you interested in acting. HARRIET HARRIS: I'm from Texas. I grew up in Fort Worth, and there...

  • Fired Up

    By on May 24, 2006

    Clarence* J. Fluker wants everyone to be just as excited as he is. A tall order, perhaps, given his naturally enthusiastic and gregarious personality. But...

  • State of Mind

    By on May 17, 2006

    It's been a busy a time in Maryland. And that suits Dan Furmansky just fine. The 32-year-old executive director of Equality Maryland, the state's most...

  • Secret Service

    By on May 10, 2006

    In a time of war, a good man is hard to find. Which makes it all the more frustrating that the U.S. military continues to...

  • Visibly Proud

    By on May 3, 2006

    In many ways, Pride is about being seen, being visible. And that's one of the goals behind Pride & Heritage, D.C.'s annual celebration of the...

  • Lily Tomlin

    By on April 26, 2006

    Do Ernestine! The plea perches in the back of your head, chirping incessantly, while you talk to Lily Tomlin. Please, PLEASE do Ernestine. Or Edith...

  • Cherry

    By on April 19, 2006

    Spring in Washington is a time for blooming and booming: When nature's emerging foliage and flowers bring out the big and the brassy, from parades...

  • Soul in the Machine

    By on April 19, 2006

    ''You get completely put in a different time zone when you hear them. It's like smelling a perfume, you get reminded of a certain kind...

  • Country Roads

    By on April 19, 2006

    ''We wanted to do something unique when it came to Cherry weekend, and we knew there hadn't been a country women's dance ever before,'' says...

  • Family Ties

    By on April 12, 2006

    When it comes to gay and lesbian families, the past year has seen a bit of bunny business. You may remember last year when Buster...