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every tongue confess at Arena Stage
On the surface, Marcus Gardley has written with every tongue confess a kind of Southern fairy tale about hatred and racism and rejection in this...
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Pelosi, Others Celebrate “Joyful Day” at DADT Repeal Act Ceremony
[Photo: The audience and members of the media — as well as a set of pens — await the arrival of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who...
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Godard in the Sixties
Largely unseen in the U.S. due to rights issues, the West End Cinema is screening Jean-Luc Godard’s Made In U.S.A. for the first time ever...
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The National Zoo’s Zoolights
Now in its fourth year, Smithsonian’s National Zoo presents ZooLights, in which colorful Christmas lights illuminate life-sized animal silhouettes, dancing trees, buildings and walkways. All...
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Win Tickets to Justin Jones at the 9:30 Club
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St. Petersburg Trio at Strathmore
Though the members of this trio met at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in the Russian city that gave it its name, they didn’t start performing together...
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UPDATE: DADT Repeal Signing Is Wednesday Morning
[Photo: President Barack Obama makes Congressional calls from the Oval Office on Dec. 18 before the final Senate vote repealing the ban on gay men...
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Win Tickets to Candide at the Shakespeare Theatre
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Wale at the 9:30 Club
This up-and-coming rapper from D.C. created far more attention than he bargained for last May. He blames his handlers for canceling a headlining appearance at...
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Last Train Home’s Free Kennedy Center Concert
Named Washington’s “Artist of the Year” in 2003, this roots-rock band — part rock, part blues, part bluegrass — has since relocated to Nashville, but...
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Full Circle — With a Lot of Work
It was not a close vote. With 63 senators on one side and 33 senators on the other – and four not voting – the...
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News Analysis: Today’s DADT Repeal Vote, by the Numbers
[Photo: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) speaks to reporters after the successful cloture vote on the bill to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” on...
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Lady Gaga celebrates DADT repeal in Senate
”Can’t hold back the tears+pride. We did it!i Our voice was heard + today the Senate REPEALED DADT. A triumph for equality after 17 YEARS.”...
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DADT Repeal Passes Senate 65-31, Heads to the President’s Desk
[Photo: Mike Almy speaks at a news conference follow the successful cloture vote on the bill to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. (Photo by Chris...
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White House Won’t Commit to Halting DADT Discharges — a Move Urged By Reid, Levin
Saying that they had been “focused” on the vote, a senior White House aide intimately familiar with the administration’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal efforts...
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Senate Achieves Cloture on DADT Repeal, Bill on Path to Become Law
On a 63-33 vote, and with six Republicans voting “yes,” the U.S. Senate — at a little before noon today — voted for cloture on...
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Today Is DADT (Repeal) Day
[Photo: Former Air Force Major Margaret Witt (left), Washington National Guard Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer (Ret.) and Air Force Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach in March 2010...
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Santa at The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center’s Roof Terrace Restaurant presents its 14th Annual Sunday Brunch with Santa, featuring live jazz and views of the city in addition to...
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The Washington Chorus presents A Candlelight Christmas
With the splendor of brass, organ and percussion plus the 200-voice Washington Chorus, A Candlelight Christmas features Christmas classics, sing-a-longs and a candlelight processional. Saturday,...
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DADT Repeal Q-and-A With Lieberman: “We’re on a Very Encouraging Path”
[Photo: Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) speaks about the effort to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at a news conference on Friday, Dec. 17. Standing behind...
