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  • Aisha Tyler: Girl on Game

    ''The Walking Dead, that game broke me.'' Aisha Tyler is sitting in a cramped, cluttered side room within the Ubisoft encampment at E3, the video...

  • Launch Pad: Xbox One vs. PS4

    With two new consoles launching this holiday season, it can be difficult to choose which is more deserving of your hard-earned dollars. Each has a...

  • On Tap

    Maurice Hines doesn't remember how old he was when he first performed as a tap dancer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson alongside his...

  • Cho-Zen

    She may have catapulted to fame for her standup when she was barely old enough to drink, but Margaret Cho has shown no signs of...

  • Keep Calm and Carrie On

    What better an occasion than Halloween to don our best silk prom dresses and highest of heels, douse ourselves in a liberal splash of pig's...

  • Heel Thyself

    Click here to see photographs from the High Heel Races, 2002-2012, by Todd Franson, Ward Morrison and Michael Wichita Edging up on three decades, preparations...

  • Boo Binge

    Halloween isn't until next Thursday, Oct. 31, but around these parts this will be a Halloweek -- with a full week's worth of entertainment, from...

  • Queer as Carrie

    When Kimberly Peirce, director of the 1999 Oscar-winning drama Boys Don't Cry, was offered the chance to helm a remake of the 1976 horror classic,...

  • The Decline and Fall of the Ex-Gay Movement

    When Tracey St. Pierre was 16-years-old, she fell in love with a girl from her high school. They were head over heels for each other...

  • Pipe Dreams

    Go figure. The young celebrity musician behind the biggest and loudest musical instrument is himself relatively brash and audacious. Moreover, Cameron Carpenter, the international concert...

  • Savage Intent

    A decade ago Dan Savage irreverently propagated the term ''santorum'' as ''the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of...

  • Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival

    Sunday, October 6 E.L. DoctorowAndrew's Brain: A NovelMontgomery College Cultural Arts Center7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring7-8:30 p.m.$30 Monday, October 7 Man of Mystery: Walter MosleyPresented...

  • From Wyoming to Washington

    Setting the Stage TWO YEARS AGO, under the guidance of artistic director Paul Tetreault, Ford's Theatre launched the Lincoln Legacy Project to annually build programming...

  • Transformational Faith

    In marking these 15 years since the death of Matthew Shepard, Ford's Theatre has partnered with a number of other entities. Some of the partners...

  • Special Events Calendar

    Note: The sudden ''shutdown'' of the federal government may affect some performances at Ford's Theatre. Please read this update. Sunday, Sept. 29 The Laramie ProjectPay-What-You-Can...