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  • Bob Mould: Independent Spirit

    By on July 27, 2005

    When Bob Mould moved to Washington three years ago in June of 2002, he was at a crossroads in his life. Recently fully out, the...

  • Note for Note

    By on July 20, 2005

    A word of advice to those planning to attend a concert conducted by Emil de Cou: Remain in your seats. No autopilot standing ovations, please....

  • Welcome to Provincetown

    By on July 13, 2005

    It's difficult to describe the charm of Provincetown, the ever-popular gay resort town at the very tip of Cape Cod. Like Key West, it lies...

  • Crystal and the Community

    By on July 6, 2005

    The war room assembled June 28, a strategy session pulling together representatives from several corners of metro area's community. The police were there, along with...

  • Encoded

    By on June 29, 2005

    For the past decade, Jeff Code has built his reputation as the D.C. area's premier photographer of the male form. His black and white photographs...

  • Marching to a Different Tuna

    By on June 29, 2005

    There are plenty of tuna recipes. You can grill it, throw it into a salade niçoise, or marry it straight from the can with mayo...

  • Dogs Have Their Day

    By on June 22, 2005

    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...

  • Pride in Pictures 2005

    By on June 15, 2005

    The Capital Pride Parade was held Saturday, June 11, 2005. Parade participants included some fifty floats, bands and marching contingents, plus numerous local politicians and...

  • Charting the Course of Pride

    By on June 8, 2005

    Thirty years ago, Deep Throat was a national mystery, gays and lesbians were a marginalized community under attack, and gay pride was a new idea...

  • Against the Current

    By on June 8, 2005

    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...

  • Artistic Measures

    By on June 8, 2005

    This Sunday's Capital Pride Main Stage and its headliners down on Pennsylvania Avenue may get all the attention, but for the past five years Pride...

  • DC Black Pride 2005

    By on June 1, 2005

    Over the Memorial Day weekend, thousands of participants gathered to celebrate the 15th Annual DC Black Pride Festival and its associated parties, meetings and other...

  • Past, Present and Future

    By on May 25, 2005

    Eric E. Richardson's first trip to Washington, D.C., was for a job interview in the late 1990s, when a local radio station had taken an...

  • Summer Movie Preview

    By on May 18, 2005

    Spring is barely in the air these days when the summer movie maelstrom begins to peek over the horizon. In some ways that's not a...

  • Finding Common Ground

    By on May 11, 2005

    The first few weeks at a new job are always busy, and that's proving particularly so for Joe Solmonese as he settles in as the...