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  • Budgets and Buildings

    On Thursday evening, Oct. 6, The Center: Home for GLBT in Metro D.C. opened its doors and its accounting books -- to a degree --...

  • Spirited Songs

    It's a daring move for any performer to record a tribute album, much less an album of songs associated with an icon as beloved as...

  • Desperate Housewife

    At the heart of Marie Ndiaye's Hilda stirs a cold and raw bitterness that pierces the air, the kind of astringent breeze that punctures your...

  • Art With Heart

        From tsunamis to earthquakes, hurricanes to mudslides, the past year has been rough. Those in a position to donate may feel tapped out....

  • Reel Affirmations 2005

    Here's an advanced look at 150 films and videos during this year's 57 presentations, from Thursday, October 13 - Saturday, 22, 2005. Reviews by Sean...

  • Soundwaves

    Garbage DON'T THROW OUT GARBAGE YET... Don't put Garbage in the pop trash heap just yet. A Sept. 23 post to the band's Web site...

  • Making the Point

    Washington is a college town. It may not be the first thing people think of, but with American University, Catholic University, Gallaudet University, George Washington...

  • Slimmed Down

    Just in time for a dramatic increase in gas prices, the 2006 Hummer H3 landed in my driveway. What timing. Granted, this is the baby...

  • Bosom Buddies

    It has all of the gilded trappings of classic musical theater comedy. There's the handsome, zany twosome stuck in the middle of their own harebrained...

  • Resurrected Renegades

    It's pretty much a given that everyone dying to see Serenity saw it this past weekend. As it stands, the film only racked up $10...

  • Quirky Pop

    Death Cab for Cutie may or may not be the ''it'' alt-rock band of the moment -- and there are at least a dozen vying...

  • Acoustic Evolution

    Nickel Creek's adventurous third release, Why Should the Fire Die?, finds the precocious trio evolving as artists and exploring a much broader sound. With roots...

  • Smart Dishes

    Like the Cosmos Club and the Senate filibuster, Kramerbooks & Afterwords is a veritable Washington institution. For nearly 30 years, this locally owned and operated...

  • No Fiddling Around

    When it comes to naming a business, inspiration can strike from unexpected places. That would explain the moniker of Dupont Circle's Fiddleheads salon on 17th...

  • Body and Soul

    Om. Om. Om. Walk by D.C. Yoga on Connecticut Avenue, and you might just hear the yogic chants drifting toward the street. For thousands of...

  • The Circle at the Center

    As the D.C. metro area constantly evolves, GLBT pioneers continue to plant those telltale rainbow flags in all corners, from blossoming Del Ray in Virginia,...

  • A Sigh of Relief

    How did John Roberts do at his hearing to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Before the hearing, I laid out five...

  • White Wedding

    Around the time your late twenties begin to take shape on the horizon, everyone who's passed that benchmark will tell you that you'll soon be...

  • Walking for Whitman-Walker

    Under what are predicted to be sunny skies, Whitman-Walker Clinic will hold its 19th annual AIDS Walk fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 1, kicking off from Freedom...

  • Aging with Optimism

    Aging has long been a frightening topic in the gay community, where youth often seems synonymous with happiness -- particularly so among the males. But...