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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ice Wonderland
Bringing to life the 1957 Dr. Seuss holiday classic tale, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ice Wonderland features 10 colorful scenes straight out of the...
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James Brown Death-Mas Holiday Bash
James Brown died on Christmas Day four years ago, so the Black Cat is throwing a party — the James Brown Death-Mas Holiday Bash, helmed...
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Coming Out Strong
Looking back on 2010, it was a celebrity-filled year. In the spring, Kathy Griffin brought her My Life on the D-List reality show to the...
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Satirical Song
Next June, Doug Peck will get married in his hometown of Chicago. ”It’s not legal yet but we’re doing it anyway,” he says. The...
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A Wrinkle in Time at Round House
Round House Theatre greets the season with A Wrinkle in Time, a show that talks about love and family with more humor and adventure than...
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Washington Ballet’s Nutcracker closes this Sunday
Seven years ago, The Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre refashioned The Nutcracker to be a tribute to the nation’s capital, starring George Washington as the heroic...
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Good for the Jews
A musical-comedy duo from New York, Rob Tannenbaum and David Fagin are “putting the Ha! in Hanukkah” on Christmas Eve with Good for the Jews,...
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All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam
Now in its 12th year, Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage presents the All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam, a free concert with host and vibraphonist Chuck Redd,...
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2010: Year in Review
JANUARY The transition from 2009 to 2010 was harsh, marked by a murder. The year's first issue of Metro Weekly reported on the shooting of...
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The Path Down the Aisle
Two weeks before the start of 2010, Mayor Adrian Fenty joined a crowd of about 200 at All Souls Unitarian Church where he signed the...
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Done Deal
Way back in 1993, I was a young activist filled with the desire to make the world a better place for gays and lesbians. Many...
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Banner Day
Saturday night's holiday concert by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington began with director Jeff Buhrman saying to roaring applause, ''Today was a historic day,''...
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Where Bullies Are Born
Every morning, I spend my 30-minute commute from D.C. to Lorton, Va., listening to the Sports Junkies – four guys shooting the crap about all...
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Signing Is Not the End
Although President Barack Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law on Wednesday, Dec. 22, the law remains in effect...
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Musical Chairs
When he assumes the role of mayor next month D.C. City Council Chairman Vince Gray (D) will be handing his council seat to Councilmember Kwame...
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Sympathetic Sleuths
It's been more than four years since Robert Wone was found dead inside the Dupont home of his gay college friend Joseph Price. And the...
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The Waiting Game
Leaving his spot as director of the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs at the end of 2010, as was expected with Mayor Adrian Fenty's departure,...
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Maryland's Marriage Push
The prize is the same, but the playing field has improved for activists seeking marriage equality in Maryland over the past three years. It was...
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Raise Your Glass
The year 2010 was as bad as -- or worse than -- 2009. But it ended with a gay bang, with the long-delayed, down-to-the-wire repeal...
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Some Enchanted Evenings
Okay. So, Nellie Forbush is no Cee Lo Green. While both deliver tunes that are incredibly infectious and sure to stay with you for a...
