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  • The Top 5 Songs of Summer 2012

    DJ Steve Henderson Ziegfeld's/Secrets Florence and the Machine - Spectrum (Calvin Harris Mix) Maroon 5 - Payphone (Cosmic Funk Mix) Karmin - Brokenhearted (Razor and...

  • Summer Concert Highlights

    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

    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

    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

    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!

    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

    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

    (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

    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

    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

    ''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

    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

    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

    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

    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...