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A Change in the Pulpit
The relationship between gay Washingtonians and the city's religious establishment frequently feels contentious. While gay churches such as Metropolitan Community Church offer succor, and the...
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Name-Drop Pop
Throwbacks: the Giants Chances are any new pop band you discover will sound like a slight modification of those that came before it. Chances are...
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Star Gazing
Paris, 1904. Albert Einstein walks into the Lapin Agile hoping to see his sweetheart, whom he has planned to meet at the Bar Rouge at...
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Humor Most Foul
Recently, I've been on a Woody Allen retrospect kick. My Netflix queue is overflowing with his past works, back when they were funny (Bananas), back...
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Divine Intervention
We were on I-5 heading south toward Seattle, stopped in traffic, when Carl's sister called to tell us that there was some sort of SWAT...
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Second City Safari
My partner tells the story of her family's Brady Bunch-inspired drive to the Grand Canyon and back, two parents and three kids with pop-up camper...
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Vacation Outing
My most beloved tropical vacation began with a single border crossing. There is no other way to get to Dulles than to cross into Virginia....
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
I've never really been the vacationing type. I have a number of handy excuses for this personality flaw. My work schedule generally precludes me from...
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Summer Vacation
Vacations. For some, they're about adventure. For others, they're about complete relaxation. They can be quiet, they can be loud. They can be in a...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You know when you forget something and go back to the house, and find that you also left the burner on? Well, here's...
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Green-Eyed Envy
My partner has red hair. It was one of the first things I learned about her more than 11 years ago. I'd never even seen...
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Home Team
The fourth in an occasional series of interviews and stories on the 2006 D.C. mayoral race. Michael A. Brown likes to get around the city....
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Plays, Pumps and Progress
With showgirls, ''hottie guards,'' elaborate headdresses and even a touch of royalty -- the King and Queen of Sodom, no less -- the Actors' Theatre...
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Dress Up
Never mind that you've probably never heard of them. The New York Dolls have helped inspire much of the punk and hair-metal music you have...
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Splish Splash
I'm feeling a little sorry for M. Night Shyamalan right about now. Slam-dunking his movies seems to have become an Olympic sport for critics. In...
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Silky Smooth
He doesn't look much like the Duke, with his coarse dreads pushed back and an empty buttonhole crying on his shoulder. But make no mistake...
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Soundwaves
Jackson WHAT ABOUT THAT, WHAT ABOUT THAT... Janet Jackson's new album, due Sept. 26, will be reflective of the music she's created over the past...
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What Comes Around
For those of us who fell in love with our best friends growing up, Michael Thomas Ford's Full Circle appears to be a dream come...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Aren't startling revelations and unexpected solutions grand? Haven't you been longing for more of them, more often? This may be your lucky week....
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The New York Effect
In the past few weeks, gay-marriage advocates pursuing their goal by filing lawsuits have suffered several defeats. The most surprising and most significant of these...
