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  • Distinguished Group

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...

  • The Party Line

    A visit to the Best of Washington's Web site isn't exactly a celebration. It's something more like a remembrance. The ''news'' section, for example, offers...

  • Scarlet Contribution

    The Scarlet Foundation raised approximately $12,000 during its 37th Annual Bake Sale and Auction, on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the DC Eagle. ''There was great...

  • Gone, Never Forgotten

    Members of the GLBT community and allies are invited to attend ''Before the Ballpark: Remembering What We Had in SE,'' at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday,...

  • Survival Tactics

    When a woman is sexually assaulted by another woman, it's obviously not rape: no penis, no rape. And when a man is sexually assaulted, there's...

  • Countdown for Chaos?

    Despite rumors to the contrary, Club Chaos, a 10-year-old GLBT restaurant and bar located at 1603 17th St. NW, has not shuttered its doors. It...