Features
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Senior Services
When former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty signed marriage equality into law in December 2009, Frank Kameny was missing. He had to attend to his heating...
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Frank Remembrance
It's difficult to watch someone with whom you've had close contact over the years, someone whom you admire, visibly edge toward life's finish line. But...
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Seeking Recognition
''I think Paula was very similar in public and private, very passionate about her views, very funny, and at times very playful – especially with...
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Reel Affirmations 20
Welcome to Metro Weekly's total review and guide to the Reel Affirmations film festival for 2011. Reel Affirmations 20 runs from Thursday, Oct. 13, through...
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Movie Magic
The 2011 installment of Reel Affirmations, the 20th anniversary of the international LGBT film festival, is many things. It's a showcase of LGBT culture. It's...
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Raising the Bar
Sitting on its prominent 17th Street corner, the expansive windows of JR.'s look out on a community that its helped become a little more ''out''...
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Becoming Law
The conclusion of a four-part series marking the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act By the time the Senate passed...
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Over and Out
''That's a dream come true,'' retired Air Force Maj. Margaret Witt said, watching servicemembers celebrating the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' on Tuesday, Sept....
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House Holdouts
After Congress passed and the president signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act in December 2010, all the action that Congress needed to take...
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The Line to Re-enlist
For former Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Johnson, Sept. 20 could not come fast enough. In 2007, after serving for 10 years, Johnson came...
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Imagining a Better Future
''For many of us, this is a dream long deferred,'' Michelle Benecke says. ''I've been working on this for 22 years, since I resigned my...
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Film
In order of scheduled release date. Dates subject to change at the whim of a studio executive. SEPTEMBER DRIVE -- Ryan Gosling headlines a murderer's...
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Stage
ADVENTURE THEATRE Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Glen Echo, Md 301-634-2270 adventuretheatre.org Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse -- Even Lilly has some bad days, but...
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Dance
CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER University of Maryland College Park, Md. 301-405-ARTS claricesmithcenter.umd.edu Maryland Dance Ensemble (12/2-3) 29th Annual Choreographers' Showcase -- Choreographers from the area present...
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Classical Music
BACH SINFONIA Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center Silver Spring, Md. 301-362-6525 bachsinfonia.org Suoni Belli: Instrumental Wonders of the Italian Baroque -- A journey into...
