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  • Poe Goes Pop

    By on January 18, 2006

    It's fitting that the first three letters in ''poetry'' belong to Edgar Allan Poe. The infamous writer of all things dark and dreary is resurrected...

  • Minimal Effort

    By on January 18, 2006

    Last year's Six Feet Under swan song was poignant and unforgettable not just for what you saw but for what you heard: ''Breathe Me,'' Sia...

  • Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend 2006

    By on January 18, 2006

    For the second year in a row, Rehoboth's Double L Bar has launched a leather legend, as judges selected Scott Harris to serve as Mr....

  • Better Late Than Never

    By on January 11, 2006

    Just like with a boyfriend, it's fair to say you don't truly know a car until you've spent time with it on vacation. If, after...

  • Weight Watchers

    By on January 11, 2006

    What is it with Neil LaBute and lousy, knucklehead guys? First came Adam in The Shape of Things, a mousy, apathetic college kid who couldn't...

  • Swagger and Sass

    By on January 11, 2006

    ''Morningwood to the Nth Degree!'' goes the anthemic cry to the third track on the self-titled debut album from Morningwood. Yes, there is actually now...

  • Torture Garden

    By on January 11, 2006

    I'll admit to feeling a certain dread walking into Hostel last weekend. After all, as much as I love the horror film genre, I fall...

  • Strategic Planning

    By on January 11, 2006

    After a year spent on a financial precipice, the Whitman-Walker Clinic now says its situation is stabilizing and that it has already begun taking steps...

  • Big Blowoff

    By on January 11, 2006

    Forget small. Forget intimacy. Forget cramped. Blowoff is about to get bigger. A lot bigger. The popular monthly party, created three years ago by indie...

  • Leather Scribe

    By on January 11, 2006

    In October, 1971, Marcus Hernandez put pen to paper and began covering the San Francisco leather community. At age 74, he's still writing. Penned under...

  • Reigning Leather

    By on January 11, 2006

    It's a question he hears all the time: ''Is that your real name?'' Yes, in fact, Steve Ranger is his God-given name. ''I'm just grateful...

  • Eleven Flavors of Local Leather

    By on January 11, 2006

    Centaur Motorcycle Club D.C. Bear Club Defenders Levi/Leather Club (LLC), Washington, D.C.

  • Bashing the Ban

    By on January 4, 2006

    UPDATED JAN. 5 -- The City Council on Jan. 4 voted 11 to 1 in favor of a bill to ban smoking in all enclosed...

  • The Pink Past

    By on January 4, 2006

    For most, January is an obvious time to stop and reflect on the passage of time as we say good-bye to one year and welcome...

  • High (and Low) Notes

    By on January 4, 2006

    Maybe it's our bias, but we think 2005 will be remembered for its riches of dance-pop treasures and electronica-tweaked rock songs -- not mutually exclusive...

  • Cinema Magic

    By on January 4, 2006

    In the world of movies, 2005 will be a year remembered for the birth of Darth Vader and the death of King Kong (third time's...

  • Stage Presents

    By on January 4, 2006

    No matter what your taste in stage fare, there were plenty of options to choose from in the 2005 theater buffet. Whether you fancy sophisticated...

  • Best of the Last Word 2005

    By on January 4, 2006

    ''It seems that editors at what are, arguably, the nation's most respected (and liberal) newspapers believe that one personal detail cannot be mentioned in even...

  • Dearly Departed

    By on January 4, 2006

    Wanda Alston April 7, 1959 - March 16, 2005 GRIEF TRAVELED as fast as the news that Wanda Alston had been murdered in her Northeast...

  • Bats and Balls

    By on January 4, 2006

    Who could avoid the biggest local news story of 2005, the return of baseball to D.C.? From the front page of newspapers to repetitive sportscasts,...