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  • Classical and Choral Music Preview

    By on September 15, 2004

    D.C.'S DIFFERENT DRUMMERS 202-269-4868 www.dcdd.org Tunes that go Bump in the Night -- A Halloween concert presented by D.C.'s Different Drummers Symphonic Band, complete with...

  • Pop Music Preview

    By on September 15, 2004

    SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS TEARS FOR FEARS: Like so many other long-ago hitmaking Britpop bands, have regrouped this year for the first time in 15 years. Would...

  • Stage Preview

    By on September 15, 2004

    AFRICAN CONTIUUM THEATRE CO. 1365 H St. NE 202-396-2125 www.africancontinuumtheatre.com A Lesson Before Dying -- As an innocent young man is condemned to death, his...

  • Boots, Buckles and Broadway

    By on September 8, 2004

    Growing up on the quiet, conservative streets of Virginia Beach, Va., Kevin Platte discovered at an early age that he had a passion for dancing....

  • Rodeo Schedule

    By on September 8, 2004

    Remingtons: 639 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; Washington, DC Montgomery County Fairgrounds: 16 Chestnut Street; Gaithersburg, MD Hyatt Regency: 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW; Washington, DC For...

  • Buck Off!

    By on September 8, 2004

    These are the sounds of a rodeo: Thumping hooves. Stomping feet. Snorting bulls. Yee-haw cowboys. Twangy guitars. Clapping hands. Clicking heels. Clicking heels? Well, we...

  • Targeting Dupont

    By on September 1, 2004

    Washingtonians have plenty of reasons to feel anxious, looking at the city through Code Orange-tinted lenses. An errant airplane causes the frenzied evacuation of Congress....

  • Signature Moments

    By on August 25, 2004

    ''My mother won't explain it,'' says Paris Barclay of his offbeat but memorably elegant first name. ''She claimed she was reading mythology when I was...

  • Trans Mission

    By on August 18, 2004

    At the age of forty, a time when many people are contemplating the middle of their lives, Mara Keisling was at the beginning of a...

  • Without Fear

    By on August 11, 2004

    ''It kicks your butt, touring solo,'' says SONiA as she settles into the start of a Saturday afternoon interview from a motel in Ohio, where...

  • Home Making

    By on August 4, 2004

    ''I can die happy now!'' It's Sunday afternoon, the first day of August, and Michael Mayer is on the phone waxing enthusiastic about a moment...

  • A Night to Remember

    By on July 21, 2004

    ''It's not a party. It's not a gala. It is a social marketing effort that also has a fundraising component.'' Clyde Penn's description of last...

  • Finding the Center

    By on July 14, 2004

    It's an unassuming place, Stead Park, bounded on two sides by streets that define to a large extent the center of the gay and lesbian...

  • Victory In Leather

    By on July 7, 2004

    ''Utter shock.'' That's how Jason Hendrix describes his feelings the moment his name was called as this year's International Mr. Leather. ''My hands were shaking....

  • Leading the Charge

    By on June 30, 2004

    Cheryl Jacques had a tough act to follow when she arrived in D.C. last January to take the helm of the Human Rights Campaign. The...