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  • House of Games

    A semi-hallucinogenic, unapologetically creepy fantasia on the life and unsolved murder of pre-pubescent beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, House of Gold is a play that withers...

  • Crazy Good

    Last year, British star Lily Allen caused a stir with an impossibly sweet-sounding song called ''Fuck You.'' The title alone was an attention-grabber, of course....

  • Mr. Wizard

    You're a tease, Harry Potter. That's right, you heard me. A great big wizard tease. Just when things really get rolling in Harry Potter and...

  • Crystal City

    ''The question we've had all week long,'' says Lia Halloran of the large ''crystals'' currently on display at Arlington's Artisphere, '' what are these made...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: It's a heavy time. There's a lot going down. And the holidays haven't even gotten off the ground. Yet there's a sense of...

  • HHS Finishes Hospital Visitation Rules

    In a call with reporters on Wednesday, Health and Human Services Department officials discussed the final rules submitted today regarding hospital visitation policies for hospitals...

  • Angels in America Part I at Shenandoah Conservatory

    This weekend, Shenandoah Conservatory, part of Shenandoah University in conservative Winchester, Va., mounts a production of the first part of Tony Kushner’s award-winning 1993 masterpiece,...

  • Special Agent Galactica lands tonight at ACKC

    Special Agent Galactica, DC’s “Chanteuse of Sync,” presents an intimate cabaret performance at ACKC tonight for two half-hour sets of “Galactica and the Chocolate Factory.”...

  • Hair at the Kennedy Center

    Equal parts revival and outright rave, there is something slightly bizarre about mounting Hair in the red velvet box that is the Kennedy Center’s Opera...

  • The Legacy of Laramie

    As part of the Arena Stage productions of The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, Metro Weekly and Arena Stage will host...

  • Coverboy: Omar

    11-18-10 COVERBOY Omar Omar came out just one year ago and has found support and friends while working at Town Danceboutique. The 25-year-old Northern Virginia...

  • Girlyman at the Barns at Wolf Trap

    Girlyman, a sweet and sensitive queer quartet of three girls and a boy creates its own soaring three-part harmony in the acoustic-leaning folk-pop manner of...

  • Stale Air

    So, here's what I've been struggling with lately: I'm 42 at the moment and will all-too-soon turn 43. It's not my age that's nagging me...

  • History Repeating

    There's a project I'm working on that is fascinating me. It involves scanning loads of old photos. One, in particular, is captivating. My late Uncle...

  • Ups and Downs of a Lame Duck

    Visit Metro Weekly's Poliglot for further updates to this story. As the first week of the lame-duck Congress opened, the LGBT advocates who have been working...

  • World Bank Relents

    On Nov. 10, Metro Weekly reported that Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) had been listed as an eligible organization in the World...

  • Expanding Effort

    More than 60 people applied for a part-time, paid position, to become the first HIV program associate at The Center, the area's LGBT community center....

  • Love Game

    Tennis icons Billie Jean King, Andre Agassi, Martina Navratilova and other players joined forces at American University on Monday, Nov. 15, and raised more than...

  • Colorado Springs student allowed to wear ‘Marriage is so gay’ shirt

    ”The ACLU contacted me actually because they saw my story and I had wanted to but hadn’t gotten around to it yet. My rights were...

  • Laramie Project at Arena Stage

    New York theater troupe Tectonic Theater stops at the brand new Arena Stage as part of the national tour of both the original Laramie Project...