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Ghosts and Generals
The language of Conor McPherson's Shining City is a rapid fire staccato. His characters struggle to finish sentences they do not wish to speak and...
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Musical Goldmine
The wonder of this musical theater version of Gloria Naylor's novel, The Women of Brewster Place, is all the honey where you would expect vinegar....
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Welcome to Town
John Guggenmos and Ed Bailey It's late October and the effort to create the latest addition to D.C.'s gay nightlife is in the home stretch....
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Soundwaves
GOLDFRAPP'S' NEW OH LA LA'S... Goldfrapp is one of those slow-boil, boiling-under bands: gaining new admirers all the time, not all at once, still below...
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Never Forgetting
It's been nearly two years since Elexuis Woodland, a transgender woman, was shot to death during a robbery in Southeast. The case is still under...
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The Aqua Decade
It's an exciting time to be gay and Asian, says Linh Hoang, a 25-year-old native of Vietnam, who lives in D.C. ''We have a supportive...
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Sudden Ending
''You cannot negotiate with God.'' Those are the words Noi Chudnoff, beloved local philanthropist and owner of Go Mama Go!, a gift shop at 1809...
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Sudden Loss
Noi Chudnoff, owner of Go Mama Go!, a gift shop at 1809 14th St. NW, died from massive head trauma on Tuesday, Nov. 6, after...
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Memorial Day
In addition to well-known and outspoken gay veterans like Leonard Matlovich, who was one of the first servicemen to publicly challenge the military's ban on...
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Keeping the Faith
You don't go to Damien Ministries to die. Unlike its early days in the late '80s, when it was known as Damien House, the HIV/AIDS...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round Up: Is it darkest before the dawn? You'll have a chance to see this principle in action all weekend, if you keep your...
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Avenging Angel
Fred Phelps will never go away. That's the harsh reality Romaine Patterson has come to realize about Phelps, leader of the infamously homophobic Westboro Baptist...
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Lion's Club
The other day I noticed a bumper sticker that read, ''If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.'' Robert Redford might have slapped the same...
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Men Behaving Badly
In its final two productions before the winter break, the Washington National Opera gives us a fascinating compare and contrast in its scheduling of Mozart's...
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Plot Tease
There are certain books I only buy when rushing to catch a plane. They're usually mystery/suspense thrillers featuring a persecuted main character, a sympathetic authority...
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Sin City
''I just love Sin,'' Sin Morera says. ''I mean, when you meet me, I look like sin. I just have that edgy, badass...
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Soundwaves
TIN ROOF RUSTED -- AND READY... In 2004, Kate Pierson told Metro Weekly that ''now the stars have aligned'' for her band, The B-52's. The...
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The Last Word
''I was just at the very point of striking him with my belt but we were separated.'' -- Sheikh Falah bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan,...
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Art with Heart
More than 70 artists are featured in the Whitman-Walker Clinic's 14th Annual Art for Life auction, which benefits the clinic's Latino services. ''It's an eclectic...
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Sex Drive
''Don Giovanni is sort of a personification of the sex drive,'' says John Pascoe, director and designer of the new production of Mozart's classic, Don...
