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  • Environs

    You can't help but fall for this two-story Shaw 2 BR plus den townhouse. If the exposed brick and bigger-than-it-looks interior don't grab you, the...

  • Hopping Mad

    Walking toward my Unitarian church on Easter morning, I struck up a conversation with an older gentleman who was headed my direction. He was, like...

  • Give a Hoot, Don't Recruit

    When it comes to protesting the Pentagon's ban on allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly, law schools have been in the forefront. But...

  • Smoke Signals

    In Washington's ongoing tug-o-war over tobacco, the Whitman-Walker Clinic Board of Directors voted late last month to support expansion of the city's smoke-free workplace laws...

  • Hearsay

    Hearsay was recently asked to join the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington by a source who will go unnamed to protect his secret identity. Needless...

  • Wigging Out

    Cookie Buffet may have clawed her way through the local political arena last year, as her alter ego Christopher Dyer won a seat as an...

  • Learning Experience

    When Eytan Fox was an Israeli teenager, he went to Germany as part of a folk dancing troupe. He and his friends were all anxious...

  • Simply Magical

    It's easy to mistake Big River for just another fluff musical based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. After all, its jazzy ragtime...

  • Operatic Wonder

    As we all know, Joan of Arc died hard and Tchaikovsky's Maid of Orleans is for a different sort of die-hard -- the operatic kind....

  • Animal Husbandry

    If Edward Albee's goal as a playwright is to expose the lies that organize our everyday lives, then he succeeds brilliantly with The Goat or,...

  • Rock Steady

    Named after a song from post-punk pioneers Public Image Ltd. -- and not after the British radio station -- Radio 4 is far from the...

  • The Task at Hand

    When the crowds gather next Thursday, April 7 for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 16th Annual Leadership Awards to honor former presidential candidate...

  • Environs

    Home is where the C&O Canal is with this New York style 1 BR plus den, three-level loft apartment. Complete with two balconies for neighborhood...

  • Heavy Lifting

    There are two things I hate about writing this column. The first is that I almost always end up writing it on a Sunday night....

  • Water Torture

    This week's multi-million dollar question: Does evil ever really give up the ghost and slink away quietly into the night? If you're living in the...

  • Almost Famous

    We call it ''fine art '' because it requires fine skill. Who possesses the skill, exactly how much ability they possess, and how they intend...

  • Virginia's Resolved Outpost

    Thirty years ago, on March 25, 1975, the Alexandria City Council made a big step toward securing its reputation as one of Virginia's most progressive...

  • A Life Remembered

    Bad news travels fast. And it shot across town like lightning last Wednesday, March 16, as news spread that Wanda Alston, 45, cabinet member and...

  • Fag Bashing

    The word lingered on my brain for about 30 seconds: fags. I mulled it for a second, was a little surprised to see it, and...

  • Gay Tax Tips

    With tax season upon us, you and your partner may be in for some good news: Some gay couples have a distinct advantage over married...