Features
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Harriet Harris
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...
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Bosom Buddies
''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...
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Fired Up
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...
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State of Mind
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...
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Secret Service
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...
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Visibly Proud
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...
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Lily Tomlin
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...
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Cherry
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...
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Soul in the Machine
''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...
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Country Roads
''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...
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Family Ties
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...
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Gay Old Timers
Rainbow Retirement Sitting at the southern tip of the mouth of Tampa Bay, there is a spot akin to somewhere over the rainbow. It's here,...
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Searching for Home
Sandy Douglass knows the ins and outs of aging. She's the CEO of The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia, a non-profit retirement community...
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Trans-American
When Ruby Corado arrived in the Washington area as an immigrant from El Salvador, she was a teenager. She was also male. ''What marked the...
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Chair Apparent
The second in an occasional series of interviews and stories on the 2006 D.C. mayoral and Council races. Linda Cropp It's definitely election season when...
