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  • Book Keeping

    Should a walking, talking tree from The Wizard of Oz or, perhaps, The Lord of the Rings, enter my house, I expect that within a...

  • Lawrence King Vigil

    About 150 people gathered around the Dupont Circle fountain on Monday, Feb. 25, to light candles and sing, ''We are Gentle Angry People.'' Angry over...

  • Avon Calling

    The Whitman-Walker Clinic announced Feb. 20 that the Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund has awarded a $40,000, one-year grant to the clinic's Lesbian Services Program....

  • Making Plans

    At the regular monthly meeting of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, among the most prominent gay and lesbian political clubs in Washington, held Monday, Feb....

  • Parental Guidance

    It may not be Truman Capote's legendary Black-and-White Ball of 1966, full of pop culture's who's who donning masks for the ''party of the century,''...

  • A Complete Guide to Dining Out for Life

    A complete guide to all participating restaurants as of press time, by neighborhood, including applicable meals, and what percentage of each food bill will be...

  • From Canvas to Cafe

    There is no doubting that Cuban-born Jorge Zamorano is a passionate man. The proof is not solely in his Banana Café, which this year marks...

  • Pee Shy

    ''Cross-dressing men in your daughter's locker room'' and men lurking in women's restrooms are just some of the things Citizens for a Responsible Government, a...

  • Finding Joy in Fairfax

    Conventional wisdom holds that suburbanites must venture downtown for world-class entertainment. But from Olney to Alexandria, non-District denizens have repeatedly shown that artistic merit knows...

  • Bathing Beaus

    Alan Ball is the celebrated writer behind Six Feet Under and American Beauty. But for local gay director Serge Seiden of the Studio Theatre, it...

  • Soul Salvation

    Who will save your soul? Long before Alaskan waif Jewel yodeled the question to her audiences, George Bernard Shaw's very non-waiflike Major Barbara was issuing...

  • Mini Car, Maxi Fun

    Few driving experiences are as distinctive as being behind the wheel of a Mini Cooper. Much vaunted for its ''go kart'' feel, the Mini encourages...

  • School's Out Forever

    Ebone and Anastasia in vintage tux and gown from Meeps Vintage Fashionette. Michael wears a vintage tux shirt and sport coat from the Remix. Boutonierres...

  • Last Word

    ''In his absence, he's standing up one more time and showing people the way.'' -- Thatcher Bailey, a high-school classmate and friend of Ric Weiland,...

  • It’s Oscar Sunday!

    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

    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

    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

    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

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

  • 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...