Features
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Poet Rising
''It's odd that I am a poet,'' Niki Herd laughs, ''because I remember not caring for poetry very much in high school.'' Herd, who grew...
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Novel Approach
K. Murry Johnson secured a great quote from the noted African-American novelist James Earl Hardy for the book jacket of his self-published debut novel. ''An...
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Schedule for Outwrite 2013
FRIDAY, AUG. 2 Women Write Gay EroticaTC Blue, Ellis Carrington, Treva Hart, Marguerite Labbe6:30 p.m.The DC Center1318 U St. NW SATURDAY, AUG. 3 All Saturday...
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Chad In Charge
Chad Griffin doesn't seem very tired, but it's hard to imagine how he couldn't be. It's been a whirlwind of a year for the 40-year-old,...
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Shock Treatment
''Our production lacks a certain amount of modesty,'' purrs Collin Ranney, costume designer for Studio Theatre's 2ndStage production of The Rocky Horror Show. ''There's a...
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The fun. Activist
''It's all fun. and gay 'til someone loses their rights.'' The phrase comes from a T-shirt sold by the rock band fun. on its website...
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Amusing Klymaxx
Back in the mid-'90s Bette Midler took inspiration from Bernadette Cooper for her popular Diva Las Vegas revue. ''They love me, they hate me, but...
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Call Girl
Carly Rae Jepsen is responsible for the song of summer 2012. Maybe you remember it, the one with the unforgettable music video in which, as...
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Scientific Songwriter
''A lot of the stuff that they're making fun of is actually things that I like about Portland,'' says Chris Pureka, referring to the IFC...
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Summer Concert Highlights Around D.C., Maryland and Virginia
JULY · Special Agent Galactica (7/12, 7/26, Black Fox Lounge) · Skylar Grey (7/14, U Hall) · Jill Scott (7/15, Wolf Trap) · Lee Dewyze...
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The Top 5 Songs of Summer 2013
Will it be Robin Thicke or Daft Punk? Selena Gomez or Miley Cyrus? Just as last year, there's no obvious winner at this point in...
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Sen. Adam Ebbin
It was roughly a decade ago when Adam Ebbin took his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, making history as an out legislator in...
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Spc. Kushaba Moses Mworeko
The first time Kushaba Moses Mworeko went to Texas, it changed his life. It was October 2009, and his first trip to the United States....
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LGBT Patriots
Patriotism is a delicate expression. Too much, and you might easily veer into jingoism. Too little, and the pioneering American experiment – the 1776 launch...
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Kiva Wilson
In the thick of the Cold War, 1960, a young Sen. John F. Kennedy delivered a late-night speech to students at the University of Michigan....
