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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...
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Microsoft XBox still banning the “gay” in online gaming
”I’m proud of where I live and this makes no sense…. I’m amazed that in this day and age they would flag the word gay....
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Rachel Maddow covers court decision “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell;” gay baiting by Christine O’Donnell of Delaware [video]
”I was kind of shaking my head in wonder. This is what the Justice Department’s argument was: They wanted to know how I showered and...
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Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival
The 26th annual Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival helps kick off the center’s 2010-2011 season and comes as part of its Celebrate Mexico 2010,...
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Vampire Weekend at Merriweather Post Pavilion
From its self-titled debut to the new Contra, Vampire Weekend has maintained a consistent sound — a melting pot combination of Afro-pop, British New Wave...
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The Day the Earth Stood Still at the AFI Silver
The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre screens a new 35mm print of Robert Wise’s 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still, about a...
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BSO’s Season Highlights Concert
Marin Alsop leads the BSO in a Season Highlights concert, with excerpts from this year’s classical programs, focused on youth and beauty, plus the work...
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Trial Court in Log Cabin Case Finds DADT Unconstitutional
U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips ruled this evening that the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is unconstitutional, violating the free speech and...
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MD Governor O’Malley sticks with gay civil unions; passes marriage decisions to legislature, court, public opinion
”I think somehow we have to find a way to recognize rights equally. Other states have figured out a way forward. Some of them have...
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Olympic swimmer, Stephanie Rice, apologizes for using gay slur on Twitter [video]
”I owe it to those who I have offended to publicly say I am sorry. I also want to say it’s just not me to...
