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Krista Detor at Jammin’ Java
The traditionally Americana artist Krista Detor is touring to support her forthcoming lush and dark indie-pop album Chocolate Paper Suites. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 7:30...
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DADT Drama in Trial
The story of Air Force Reserve Major Margaret Witt has some drama to it and that drama may well be trotted out this week as...
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Reid: Defense Act — Including DADT Repeal — Vote Next Week
In an email to supporters, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his intention to take up the National Defense Authorization Act — which contains language...
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Sebelius Speaks About HIV/AIDS Challenges, Funding
Earlier today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius addressed the 2010 United States Conference on AIDS in Orlando, Florida. In her speech...
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On the Effort to Have California’s Lt Gov Appeal the Prop 8 Decision
On the (arguably) final day to file a notice of appeal in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger Proposition 8 case, word comes via Ian Millhiser at...
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Suzanne Carriero at Borders Books & Music
In The Dog Who Ate the Truffle, veteran food critic Suzanne Carriero recounts her time in Umbria and shares recipes and traditions of the modern-day...
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Of Montreal, tonight at the 9:30 Club
The Athens, Ga., band Of Montreal has ties to the French Canadian city in name only — but critics love their indie-rock just the same....
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Gaga Takes On DADT
[UPDATE AT 2AM: After winning eight awards at MTV’s Video Music Awards, the above capture is now the landing page for Lady Gaga’s website. It...
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Jaws at the AFI SIlver
In celebration of the 35th Anniversary of Jaws, the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre screens the original summer blockbuster from Steven Spielberg. It’s the movie...
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Touchstone Gallery reopens
Penn Quarter’s Touchstone Gallery, started in 1976, reopens in its new space, a custom-designed, ground-floor site next to Acadiana restaurant, with a group show featuring...
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Now at the 1708 Gallery
Mama Pajama Rolled Out of Bed features paintings and animations by Brooklyn artist Marcie Paper — in this case, works created during a two-year period...
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Director’s Cut at Washington Printmakers Gallery
Director’s Cut features five member artists and five complementary outside artists, all favorites of the gallery’s director Annie Turner. On display to Sept. 26. Washington...
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Perez Hilton, 50 Cent swap flaming Tweets: Fiddy jokes about shooting gay wedding; GLAAD incensed
PerezHilton @50cent Weren’t you going to quit Twitter? #Douchebag Monday, September 06, 2010 1:20:45 PM 50cent Perez hilton calld me douchebag so I had my...
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Ward 5: What The Post Editorial Wrought
Unsurprisingly, the National Organization for Marriage picked up on The Washington Post‘s endorsement of Ward 5 City Council candidate Delano Hunter — and the spirit...
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Gaelic Storm at The Birchmere
The Celtic rock band Gaelic Storm formed at an Irish pub in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1996, and a year later they appeared in James...
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Un Ballo in Maschera at The Washington National Opera
The Washington National Opera company kicks off its new season with Opera Colorado’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, about a king who...
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Eastern Market Music Series
The Capitol Hill Community Foundation presents the Eastern Market Music Series, a month-long series of free Sunday concerts by local acts, beginning this weekend with...
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Universal Gear's Fall Fashion Preview
On Thursday, September 9, Universal Gear held a Fall Fashion Preview show at its flagship store on 14th Street in Washington, D.C. Metro Weekly's Justin...
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The Presidential News Conference, And What I Didn’t Ask
Although it was exciting to consider the possibility that I might ask President Obama a question at today’s news conference in the East Room of...
