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  • Summer Concert Highlights

    By on June 27, 2012

    JUNE Brandi Carlile (6/28, Wolf Trap)Ledisi – Soul singer describes new fiery, expressive album Pieces of Me as ''my Shug Avery-like project'' (6/29, Pier Six...

  • Musical Venues

    By on June 27, 2012

    9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW202-265-0930930.com THE BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave.Alexandria703-549-7500birchmere.com BLACK CAT 1811 14th St. NW202-667-4490blackcatdc.com BLACK FOX LOUNGE 1723 Connecticut Ave. NW202-483-1723blackfoxlounge.com...

  • Art of Living

    By on June 20, 2012

    When it comes to home, Chef Art Smith might say north Florida, where he was born, or Chicago, his adopted home where he lives with...

  • DC Cowboys Countdown

    By on June 7, 2012

    Stepping Up Just ahead of the 2004 Atlantic Stampede gay rodeo, Kevin Platte was reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of the DC Cowboys dance company....

  • Kathy Griffin Sees You!

    By on June 7, 2012

    One doesn't ask Kathy Griffin an opening question in an interview situation. She just starts. And once off and running, Kathy Griffin doesn't stop. In...

  • Lizzbian Power

    By on May 31, 2012

    Maybe you've heard the story about Lizz Winstead, as a budding comic, getting yanked off her feet by a bit of theater machinery as she...

  • Poolside View

    By on May 24, 2012

    (Photo by Julian Vankim)} AFTER A WINTER'S worth of work hitting the gym, counting calories and achieving that shape, you can indulge with a little...

  • Drawn Together

    By on May 16, 2012

    An interesting thing happened when Christopher Cunetto met Jason Edward Tucker. One could almost call it a Big Bang for the D.C. queer artistic community,...

  • The Gay Gourmand

    By on May 16, 2012

    Jonathan Bardzik photographed at Eastern Market by Todd Franson, on March 31 Maybe you've heard that tired complaint about the word ''gay'' being ''corrupted.'' If...

  • How It Ends

    By on May 10, 2012

    ''We are an ahistorical people,'' Cleveland attorney Leslye Huff says. ''The number of lesbians in this town, who are under 40, who don't know that...

  • Christopher Barnhill

    By on May 2, 2012

    Christopher Barnhill may be only 25 years old. But to hear this Metro Weekly Next Generation Award winner tell it, he's already fulfilling his life's...

  • Iimay Ho

    By on May 2, 2012

    Iimay Ho remembers one of the first times direct activism paid off for her. While a junior in high school, one of her classmates drew...

  • Terra Tempest Moore

    By on May 2, 2012

    Describing Terra Tempest Moore, Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League Executive Director Andrew Barnett wrote, ''She is a natural leader, talented public speaker, and fierce advocate...

  • David M. Pérez

    By on May 2, 2012

    Some gay people grow up to run screaming from conservative Christian upbringings. Not David M. Pérez. This Southern California native embraced the values of his...

  • 2012 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards Selection Panel

    By on May 2, 2012

    The Next Generation Awards are chosen from a pool of community nominations by a panel of Washington-area LGBT leaders from the worlds of arts, activism,...