Features
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Above and Beyond: Comedy, Readings, Discussions, Spoken Word, Multimedia, Tastings, Tours in D.C.
Next weekend ushers in the National Book Festival on the National Mall, and later comes a locally focused day-long literary event at the Folger Library...
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Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz
From Beyoncé to Pharrell Williams to the Zac Brown Band, if it’s big you want, big you can get this season at area concert venues....
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Stage: Live Theater and Musicals in D.C.
It never ceases to amaze how remarkably rich, involving and varied the theater scene in Washington is. But it's always been that way -- only...
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Kiki Starter
Recently, Ana Matronic left a voicemail. But it wasn't for Pickles, so she didn't ham it up. And since she was calling for a Metro...
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Robbie's Rules
Robbie Rogers never set out to make history. But on May 26, he did just that. Rogers had taken to the soccer field hundreds of...
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Marching On
The LGBT community and its struggles for equality will share the stage alongside other communities advocating for social justice as community organizers, activists and civil...
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A Date To Remember
When it comes to dates, Paul Kuntzler is a sort of human computer. ''I first came to Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1961, for John...
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Fired Up for the Future
At 35, Aisha Moodie-Mills was a long way from arriving on the scene when the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place. But...
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Frontline Figure
Eleanor Holmes Norton was 26 years old when somewhere around 250,000 people descended on the nation's capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and...
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Chantilly Trek
{Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (Photo by Todd Franson)} Depending on traffic, where you're coming from, and a few other variables, getting to the Smithsonian National...
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Aspirational Agitation
At the start of the 1970s, Faith Ringgold was commissioned to paint a mural for the female detention center at Rikers Island. One prisoner asked...
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Evolving Appreciation
''I think we all realize that what we might have liked in our 20s versus age 40 may be very different,'' says the Phillips Collection's...
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DC Cowboys Become American History
Locals aren't the only ones who said goodbye to the DC Cowboys when the gay dance troupe's 18-year run came to an end in 2012....
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D.C. Area Museum Listings
AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM 800 Key HighwayBaltimore410-244-1900avam.org The Art of Storytelling: Lies, Enchantment, Humor & Truth -- The museum's 18th, year-long exhibition explores the power...
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Laverne Cox Rocks
They say a lady never reveals her age. It's a rule Laverne Cox lives by. ''I don't discuss my age,'' she says playfully, ''except to...
