Features
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Big Apple Autumn
The city that never sleeps most fully lives up to that billing every autumn. If you like hustle and bustle – And why would you...
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Follow the Sun
Those glorious days of Rehoboth Beach, Del., summer are winding down. As the Earth makes another orbit around the sun, there's not much a sun-seeker...
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The Real McCoy
He's the man about town who seems to know everybody, but who's hard to pin down. Not that you'd have a chance, since Nick McCoy...
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Bunny Business
''I have no idea what hatefulness is in store,'' Lady Bunny says. ''But all I have to do is slap my thigh and laugh and...
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Zero Feet Away
In December 2011, Johnny Skandros, aka ''Johnny Scruff,'' turned 30, a threshold that consumes some gay men. ''I was working on Scruff,'' says the co-founder...
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Field Goals
It seems fair enough to say that Wade Davis has an impulsive streak. Six years ago on Christmas Eve, stranded in a Chicago airport by...
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Building Home
The dog days of summer just may be the best time to check out the many museums Washington has to offer. By this time of...
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Now On Display
AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM 800 Key Highway Baltimore 410-244-1900 avam.org All Things Round: Galaxies, Eyeballs & Karma – This 17th annual, thematic mega-exhibition features over...
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The World in Washington
There is a sort of magical portal at the corner of M and 17th Streets NW. Step away from the street traffic and the noise,...
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From Europe, With Culture
A visit to Europe is certain to satiate any artistic or historical craving you may have. European museums, in particular, are temples to the greatness...
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The IMAX Factor
Movies are larger than life. When a film is projected onto the big screen, characters become gargantuan to our puny little eyes. They're above us,...
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A Queen's Hidden Treasures
1. Dorothy's Ruby SlippersSmithsonian National Museum of American History 2. Hope Diamond and National Gem CollectionSmithsonian National Museum of Natural History 3. Salon DoréCorcoran Gallery...
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Hometown Girl
''When I've been lucky enough for people to tell me that they've experienced many of the same things,'' says Mary Chapin Carpenter, ''you just invariably...
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Mayor Vincent Gray reflects on the International AIDS Conference
In 2008, during the XVII International AIDS Conference, held in Mexico City, one speaker helped set the tone. Ron MacInnis, a D.C. local, who was...
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Conference Community
Without question, the International AIDS Conference, returning now to the United States for the first time since 1990, is a global affair. From far and...
