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  • Stage Preview

    By on September 4, 2002

    Actors' Theatre of Washington 202-543-3607 www.atwdc.org After Dark -- GLBT-focused company brings back last season's romantic comedy hit (1409 Playbill Café, 11/8 to 12/23)... Naked...

  • Popular Music Preview

    By on September 4, 2002

    SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS No. 2 9/5: Neil Gust, formerly the gay co-frontman of Heatmiser, reinvents himself as the gay co-frontman of rawwwk-chopped pop outfit No. 2,...

  • Books Preview

    By on September 4, 2002

         As summer winds down, it's time to take a moment and seriously consider the idea of the summer beach book. Aside from the fact...

  • Dance Preview

    By on September 4, 2002

    Dance Place 3225 8th St. NE 202-269-1600 www.danceplace.org Bolshoi Ballet Step Afrika! -- Explosive and percussive ensemble highlighting the African-American fraternity and sorority art form...

  • Art Preview

    By on September 4, 2002

    American Visionary Art Museum 800 Key Highway Baltimore, Md. 410-244-1900 High on Life: Transcending Addiction -- Featuring artwork created by drug addicts while in the...

  • Student Handbook: Bibliography

    By on August 28, 2002

    POLITICAL SCIENCE D.C. Statehood Green Party 1314 18th St. NW 202-296-1301 www.dcstatehoodgreen.org Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) 202-667-5139 www.glaa.org Read about these locations in...

  • The MW Student Handbook

    By on August 28, 2002

    Photography by Michael Wichita Also see the accompanying Resource Guide. You're a freshman, so you're a little bit stupid. S'ok. D.C. is easy if you...

  • Tony Curtis

    By on August 21, 2002

    Tony Curtis ''I'm telling you'' -- Tony Curtis's Brooklyn accent is as thick and redolent and comforting as a slice of New York pizza with...

  • Melting Point

    By on August 21, 2002

    Like any Washingtonian worth his salt, I loathe tourists, especially in August. Nothing amplifies late summer misery like encountering a gaggle of out-of-towners standing to...

  • And Now, Your Local Forecast

    By on August 21, 2002

    For infotainment at its best, you can't beat your local TV news affiliate. Unlike the national broadcast, delivered with an icy sense of professionalism, the...

  • It's the Heat. And the Stupidity.

    By on August 21, 2002

    It's hot, and I'm stupid. I wanted to use some big words to tell you this, but they all seem to be lost in the...

  • Living in Cyn

    By on August 14, 2002

    Cyndi Lauper is turning fifty years old. Now let's think about this for a moment, because her effect on you when she entered your life...

  • Icy Terrain

    By on August 7, 2002

    Photography by Michael Wichita Write what you know. It's the sage advice all aspiring novelists hear, and Brian Malloy took it to heart when creating...

  • This One's for the Ladies

    By on July 31, 2002

    Straight Talking, Hard Knocking, Indie Rocking Women with a Cause. Have a Seat, Fellas... Tsunami Without the retro value or stretch pants of Charlie's Angels,...

  • Women's Work

    By on July 31, 2002

    Let's say you're in Portland, Oregon. You're on tour, packing it in after each gig and schlepping it to the next town where your audience...