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Heavenly Round-Up: You can't help looking ahead even as the past tugs at your shirttails. You're focused on the yet-to-be, though that which has already...
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The Nightlife Coverboy: A Brief History
You can blame it all on Ed Bailey. During the early days of Metro Weekly, Ed, who at the time ran VelvetNation and now co-owns...
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A Christmas Carol at Ford’s
Ford’s Theatre remounts its music-filled production of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Michael Wilson and directed by Michael Baron. Edward Gero returns...
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Gay Army vet, Dan Choi, has mental “breakdown” after intense battle over “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy
”My breakdown was a result of a cumulative array of stressors but there is no doubt that the composite betrayals felt on Thursday, by elected...
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Carrie Fisher advises John Travolta to back off attacking “gay” rumormill
”Wow! I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don’t care. Look, I’m sorry that he’s uncomfortable with it,...
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Rosie O’Donnell acknowledges that Oprah is not a lesbian
”I thought she was really great on that road trip she did with Gayle when they were going into the camper and Gayle said, ‘Let’s...
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Urine-doused library books at Harvard leave gay students pissed off
”It’s quite unfortunate that so much attention has been given to this incident that was likely an accident, when there were two confirmed anti-LGBT hate...
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Candide at The Shakespeare Theatre
Candide is the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s first musical theater performance at Sidney Harman Hall. The comic operetta boasts music by Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story)...
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Liz Phair at the 9:30 Club
Best known for her 1993 album Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair fused lo-fi indie rock production techniques with the sensibility and structure of classic singer/songwriters....
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Marine Chief’s Stated Concern that DADT Repeal Could Cost Lives Sparks Outrage
The Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James Amos, made it clear when testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 3 that he opposed the...
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Hoyer Announces Murphy DADT Repeal Standalone Bill; Frank Says Effort Has “A Real Chance”
The Wonk Room’s Igor Volsky reports the news that “House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced that Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) will introduce a stand-alone...
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A John Waters Christmas at The Birchmere
An encore performance after last year’s sellout success, legendary Baltimore filmmaker John Waters returns to the Birchmere in his one-man show motivated by a genuine...
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Helen Hayes Awards Showtunes & Cocktails
Pianist Glenn Pearson and special guests from Washington theater stages perform an evening of showtunes, with a portion of the proceeds from specialty cocktails and...
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Lucia Perillo at The Folger
The Folger Shakespeare Library invites the entertaining and enlightening poet Lucia Perillo to discuss her work and pay tribute to Emily Dickinson’s birthday. Poetry Society...
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Oprah Winfrey: Still not gay
”I have said we are not gay enough times. I am not gay. I am not lesbian. I’m not even kind of a lesbian. And...
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A Broadway Christmas Carol at MetroStage
“Deck the halls with lots of showtunes,” Donna Migliaccio sings in the opening number of A Broadway Christmas Carol. And that, she does. By the...
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SLDN Fights Congressional Inaction With Legal Fire
This morning, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of three servicemembers ousted under “Don’t Ask, Don’t...
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2010 Coverboy of the Year Trailer [video]
Join host Ebone Bell on Thursday, Dec. 16, to go behind the scenes of the 2010 Metro Weekly Coverboy of the Year photo shoot. Meet...
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A Girl’s Guide to Washington Politics at Woolly Mammoth
Following on last year’s hit, Barack Stars, Chicago’s notorious and uproarious The Second City returns with A Girl’s Guide to Washington Politics, a new political...
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Christmas Movie Festival at The Arlington Cinema ‘N Drafthouse
Certainly one of the region’s most entertaining places to see a movie — since there’s table service with food and alcohol — the Arlington Cinema...
