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  • It’s Oscar Sunday!

    By on February 24, 2008

    It’s Oscar Sunday, yet another excuse for Hearsay to down one-too-many martinis (shaken AND stirred), and shout a string of profanities at a television. Then...

  • Centering on the Oscars

    By on February 23, 2008

    Hearsay hopes to have close encounters with all of you this Sunday, Feb. 24, at The D.C. Center’s annual Oscar gala, “Glamour, Glitter and Gold”.”...

  • Whiskers on Kittens

    By on February 22, 2008

    Be Bar’s Mike Watson is throwing a “birthday party extravaganza” at his club this Saturday night, Feb. 23, in honor of his own birthday. Which...

  • Guiding Light

    By on February 20, 2008

    If there's one thing Rainey Cheeks knows how to do -- and do exceptionally well -- it's to engage with a story. And he has...

  • Wicked Win

    By on February 20, 2008

    Wicked Jezabel Forget the Grammy Awards. In D.C., it's all about the Wammies, the Washington Area Music Awards (WAMA), which...

  • Distinguished Group

    By on February 20, 2008

    The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., has announced its six ''Distinguished Service Award'' recipients for 2008, who the group will honor for...

  • Case Dismissed

    By on February 20, 2008

    Ending an odyssey that began in October of last year, popular local DJ Rob Harris has been exonerated. U.S. District Judge Theresa Carroll Buchanan on...

  • Horoscope

    By on February 20, 2008

    Heavenly Round Up: Don't come up too fast, or you'll get the bends. Let the nitrogen rebalance in your bloodstream first. You've been down in...

  • Striking Gold

    By on February 20, 2008

    Try as you might, you can't taste or smell Goldfrapp just listening to the British duo's music. You can't literally touch it, either. But even...

  • Choosing Oscar

    By on February 20, 2008

    Phew! We can all breathe a big, collective sigh of relief now that the writers' strike has come to an end. It means -- yes!...

  • Mad Money

    By on February 20, 2008

    The current state of economics is leaving me stumped. Primarily, I'm scratching my head about this rebate package President Bush signed last week. In the...

  • Wondrous Winds

    By on February 20, 2008

    Get up close and personal with small ensembles, consisting of quartets and quintets, of the D.C. Different Drummers during its upcoming concert, Intimate Winds: Beautiful...

  • Superficial Ball

    By on February 20, 2008

    All That I Will Ever Be starts with possibly the most insipid act to be found in one of the most stereotypically superficial cities in...

  • Soundwaves

    By on February 20, 2008

    GRAMMY'S ''LOVESTONED'' DANCE MOVES... This year's Grammy Awards may have been dominated by Amy Winehouse singing from rehab (no, no, no: just via satellite from...

  • Carrying On

    By on February 20, 2008

    Humanity has always been on the move, trekking out of Africa to populate the rest of the planet. And rather than showing signs of slowing,...

  • Saving Face

    By on February 20, 2008

    When HIV attacks a person, it sets its sights on the body. The collateral damage is done to the psyche, as HIV indirectly causes stress,...

  • Can't Stop the Music

    By on February 20, 2008

    You know you want to be a rock star, whether you're the type who sings in the shower, plays some surreptitious air guitar or taps...

  • President’s Day for Night

    By on February 17, 2008

    Get out your sunblock! Today, February 17, between 5 and 9 p.m., you can do more than just dream of summer. You can actually plan...

  • Mystery Flight 1639

    By on February 14, 2008

    Hearsay is intrigued. What is Flight 1639? Is it part of the Oceanic airlines family? No, don’t think so. Hearsay thinks it has something to...

  • Smokin’ in the Boysroom

    By on February 14, 2008

    Remember glory days passed, when you could go to a club and see men in all stages of (un)dress, wearing frocks or socks or their...